Netherlands Cricket League 2026
The Netherlands Cricket League is a city-based franchise cricket tournament designed to elevate the standard of community cricket in the Netherlands.
Now in its second edition, the NCL brings together the country’s top talent in a fast-paced, high-energy format built for players and fans alike.
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Tournament Vision
To build a premium short-format cricket spectacle with city pride, elite execution, and strong fan engagement across the Netherlands.
2026 Edition at a Glance
- 10 city-based franchise teams
- 130 players selected through a live public auction
- 10 overs format
- Live streamed throughout the tournament
- 250+ expected attendance across match days
- 22 and 23 August 2026, Haarlem & Amsterdam
Prize Pool
Winners: EUR 500, Runners-up: EUR 300, plus individual and team awards for standout performances.
Special Events
Auction-based team selection, captains briefing, live score updates, and curated event moments in the gallery.
Champions and Runner-up
Group A
Five teams of Group A
Amsterdam Capitals
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- Rohit Sarin (Captain)
- Jay Mishra
- Praveen Kumar Rajendran
- Ajay Vishnu Bhat
- Surya Naragani
- Hamid Khan
- Aravind Raja Ramasundara Moorthy
- Vincent Paulraj
- Avik Mukheree
- Rajat Sapra
- Sanjogpaul Singh
- Deepak Bisht
- Satyajit Rout
Maastricht Superkings
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- Sunny Prakash Singh (Captain)
- Ashutosh Munot
- Kumar Utkarsh
- Vinay Raj KN
- Fayyaz Khan Fazli
- Charanraj Tharigonda
- Ayush Kothari
- Darsh Patel
- Chethan Kumar Venkatesh
- Abhinav Gaur
- Dileep Unnikrishnan
- Ashwin Ayyappa Hariharan
- Manudatta Ganesh
Amstelveen Warriors
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- Arun Prakash (Captain)
- Darshan Pathak
- Shriram Surendrababu
- Joseph Byreddy
- Mohamed Rafi
- Sandeep Chavali
- Pradeepkumar Tammireddi
- Asher Ben
- Mahesh Vemula
- Harshad Rayunipet
- Yogesh Sharma
- Sagar Choukhande
- Hitlar Rajendran
Rotterdam Royals
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- Sumeet Diwan (Captain)
- Karthikeyan Manikuttan
- Mahesh Maurya
- Ambarish Toorihal
- Ahmad Nadeem
- Navneet Chadha
- Bhanu Mishra
- Aditya Bura
- Uday Gummanoor
- Soham Banerjee
- Arvind Sheoram
- Manoj Attakkara
- Aryan Vysyaraju
Delft Daredevils
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- Jagandeep Singh (Captain)
- Aditya Sambyal
- Amanpreet Bakshi
- Dheeraj Pershad
- Sushil Jakhotia
- Abhishek Dubey
- Utsav Poddar
- Himanshu Sukhwal
- Vipin Mishra
- Pawan Shinde
- Akhil Chandran
- Shanmuganathan Ganesan
- Vijay Swamy
Group B
Five teams of Group B
The Hague Challengers
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- Shivansh Saharawat (Captain)
- Anshuman Choubey
- Akshay Mandiwal
- Tanuj Vishnoi
- Manas Mendiratta
- Apoorva Bansal
- Adityaraj Talatiya
- Praveen Kumar Bari
- Shivkumar Pitchumani
- Monik Sharma
- Sarabjeet Singh
- Wasim Siddique
- Sankara Narayana Reddy Kommuru
Utrecht Knight Riders
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- Rohit Jhamb (Captain)
- Ajinkya More
- Sandeep Dash
- Karna Bhatt
- Navneet Pandey
- Ajay Kotnala
- Sivaramavelan Paramasivam
- Vikas Dubey
- Kaustubh Tendulkar
- Githendra Vishal Balaji
- Ashutosh Kaushik
- Sultan Khan
- Rajkiran Nair
Leiden Lions
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- Shuhaib Thottathil (Captain)
- Bhuvanesh Selvaraj
- Marimuthu Sethuraman
- Kiran Nanjundaswamy
- Surendra Singh
- Ramesh VM
- Aditya Chouksey
- Karson Edward
- Niranjan Kowshika Basavaraju
- Mohammed Adil
- Girish Poyyara Prakash
- Abu Abdur
- Bhupen Newalkar
Haarlem Kings
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- Goutam Nayak (Captain)
- Shawn Rodrigues
- Swarup Hiremath
- Praveenkumar Narayanan
- Bala T
- Tanveer Singh
- Kanchan K Palariya
- Sanwar Mal
- Tushar Chavan
- Omanakuttan Karthikeyan
- Tanuj Shrivastava
- Sunil Bhagat
- Chinmaya Tripathy
Breda Jaguars
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- Touseef (Captain)
- Himanshu Saraswat Saraswat
- Chirag Sehgal
- Kapil Arya
- Raviraj Gundety
- Tushar Bhakre
- Nipun Vats
- Chinmay Samal
- Abhinandan Nasalapure
- Hemant Ghangare
- Joby Sebastian
- Jimit Shah
- Jagadeesh Pyla
Group Stage Fixture Template
Each team plays every other team once within its group (single round-robin). Update date, time, and status as matches are confirmed.
Group A Fixtures
| Match | Date | Time | Field | Venue | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam Capitals vs Delft Daredevils | 22 Aug 2026 | 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM | Field 2 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Amsterdam Capitals vs Amstelveen Warriors | 22 Aug 2026 | 09:50 AM - 11:10 AM | Field 2 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Rotterdam Royals vs Delft Daredevils | 22 Aug 2026 | 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM | Field 2 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Amstelveen Warriors vs Maastricht Superkings | 22 Aug 2026 | 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM | Field 2 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Delft Daredevils vs Maastricht Superkings | 22 Aug 2026 | 01:50 PM - 03:10 PM | Field 2 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Amstelveen Warriors vs Rotterdam Royals | 22 Aug 2026 | 03:10 PM - 04:30 PM | Field 2 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Rotterdam Royals vs Maastricht Superkings | 22 Aug 2026 | 04:30 PM - 05:50 PM | Field 2 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Amsterdam Capitals vs Rotterdam Royals | 23 Aug 2026 | 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM | Field 2 | VRA, Amsterdam | Completed |
| Amstelveen Warriors vs Delft Daredevils | 23 Aug 2026 | 09:50 AM - 11:10 AM | Field 2 | VRA, Amsterdam | Completed |
| Amsterdam Capitals vs Maastricht Superkings | 23 Aug 2026 | 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM | Field 2 | VRA, Amsterdam | Completed |
Group B Fixtures
| Match | Date | Time | Field | Venue | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breda Jaguars vs Haarlem Kings | 22 Aug 2026 | 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM | Field 1 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Breda Jaguars vs Utrecht Knight Riders | 22 Aug 2026 | 09:50 AM - 11:10 AM | Field 1 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Haarlem Kings vs Utrecht Knight Riders | 22 Aug 2026 | 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM | Field 1 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Haarlem Kings vs The Hague Challengers | 22 Aug 2026 | 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM | Field 1 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Breda Jaguars vs The Hague Challengers | 22 Aug 2026 | 01:50 PM - 03:10 PM | Field 1 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Utrecht Knight Riders vs Leiden Lions | 22 Aug 2026 | 03:10 PM - 04:30 PM | Field 1 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| The Hague Challengers vs Leiden Lions | 22 Aug 2026 | 04:30 PM - 05:50 PM | Field 1 | HCC Rood en Wit, Haarlem | Completed |
| Haarlem Kings vs Leiden Lions | 23 Aug 2026 | 8:30 AM - 09:50 AM | Field 1 | VRA, Amsterdam | Completed |
| The Hague Challengers vs Utrecht Knight Riders | 23 Aug 2026 | 9:50 AM - 11:10 AM | Field 1 | VRA, Amsterdam | Completed |
| Breda Jaguars vs Leiden Lions | 23 Aug 2026 | 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM | Field 1 | VRA, Amsterdam | Completed |
Knockout Fixtures
Auto placeholders use current top positions from Group A and Group B points tables: A1 vs B1 in Qualifier 1, A2 vs B2 in Eliminator 1.
| Match | Teams | Date | Time | Field | Venue | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifier 1 | Maastricht Superkings vs The Hague Challengers | 23 Aug 2026 | 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM | Field 1 | VRA, Amsterdam | Completed |
| Eliminator 1 | Delft Daredevils vs Haarlem Kings | 23 Aug 2026 | 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM | Field 2 | VRA, Amsterdam | Completed |
| Qualifier 2 | The Hague Challengers vs Haarlem Kings | 23 Aug 2026 | 02:45 PM - 04:15 PM | Field 1 | VRA, Amsterdam | Completed |
| Final | Maastricht Superkings vs Haarlem Kings | 23 Aug 2026 | 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM | Field 1 | VRA, Amsterdam | Completed |
Group A Points Table
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maastricht Superkings | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.560 | 8 |
| 2 | Delft Daredevils | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.911 | 6 |
| 3 | Amsterdam Capitals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.943 | 4 |
| 4 | Amstelveen Warriors | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2.816 | 2 |
| 5 | Rotterdam Royals | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.332 | 0 |
Group B Points Table
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hague Challengers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.952 | 6 |
| 2 | Haarlem Kings | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.668 | 6 |
| 3 | Utrecht Knight Riders | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -0.777 | 4 |
| 4 | Breda Jaguars | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -0.073 | 2 |
| 5 | Leiden Lions | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -3.270 | 2 |
NCL 2026 Orange Cap (Runs)
Sunny Prakash Singh - 172 Runs
NCL 2026 Purple Cap (Wickets)
Ashutosh Munot - 9 Wickets
NCL 2026 MVP
Ashutosh Munot - 31.202 MVP Points
Stats from NCL 2025
Historical leaderboard snapshots from the previous season.
NCL 2025 Orange Cap
Sunny Prakash Singh - 127 Runs
NCL 2025 Purple Cap
Tejas Mehta - 9 Wickets
NCL 2025 MVP
Shivansh Saharawat - 23.367 MVP Points
Moments Gallery
Showcase auction highlights, match-day energy, crowd moments, and trophy shots here. Hover on desktop or tap on mobile to reveal the story behind each image.
The opening auction set the tone for the tournament, bringing city franchises, squad strategy, and first-look excitement into one premium launch moment.
Ground and Parking details of both venues are provided for the convenience of attendees.
The official jerseys for each franchise were unveiled, showcasing team colors, sponsors, and player names.
Sponsoring Netherlands Cricket League 2026
Title partner supporting tournament operations, branding, and on-ground delivery.
Official scoring and player-profile ecosystem for fixtures, stats, and scorecards.
Supporting cricket development standards and community growth across the Netherlands.
Match-day partner for catering services.
Match-day partner for catering services.
Providing fresh fruit treats for match-day enjoyment.
Hydration partner providing energy drinks for match-day enjoyment.
Koentact Dutch Language School as Learning partner of NCL.
Sponsoring Teams
The Hague Challengers
Utrecht Knight Riders
Haarlem Kings
Maastricht Superkings
Amstelveen Warriors
Rotterdam Royals
Leiden Lions
Amsterdam Capitals
Contact Tournament Desk
For franchise operations, squad updates, live stream coordination, sponsorship, and media requests.
Phone
+31 649680121
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Address
Hoofddrop, Netherlands
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Contact Person (For Any Inquiries)
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Amit
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Gaurav
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