Jagat Tamata Guru has rightly said, "Everything is good in the Far West Royals." The team is good. Then the player is better. Supporters are also good. The Deuda song and dance performed by those supporters at the TU ground in Kirtipur are both good.

It would have been worse, how come Far West won the top spot at the end of the group stage? And how did the qualifier-one easily win and reach the final? Meanwhile, what is the best of the Far West?

Nepal Premier League (NPL) is being discussed everywhere these days. We are talking about the same thing. It seemed like only yesterday that the competition had started, but now it seemed to be over. There is only one game left in total, the final. In the title clash, the Far West rivals, Janakpur Bolts.

Janakpur is the team that finished second in the league stage, just below Sudurpaschim. In this case, its meaning is simple - the final match is going to be between those two teams, which can be called the two best teams.  At the beginning of the

competition, there was an assumption that the same team will be successful in the NPL this time, whose foreign players will shine. More clearly, the team whose 'Foreigner's Impact' is more accurate will do better. Even so. Also, in politics and diplomacy, 'Foreigner's Impact' is probably not considered healthy. But, in sports it is good, positive.

Now going to the first question raised, the single best thing about Far West is that almost all of its foreign players shine. The only complaint heard from the team that was at the bottom of the league stage was that our foreign players were not playing. However, the foreign players from the Far West enjoyed themselves. His bat also moved, bowling also moved. The first name that comes to this is Saif Zaib. These are batting all-rounders.

This English player has scored 206 runs in 8 matches. And also took 11 wickets. Then comes Brandon McMullen. He is from Scotland. He has scored 187 runs in 8 matches. And the number of wickets he took is 6. New Zealand's Scott Kugelin is one of the highest wicket takers in the entire tournament, so far. He has taken 16 wickets in 8 matches. He didn't have to do anything special with the bat.

even happens when it's his turn to bat. Another foreign player is Harmin Singh Meriki. He has played only 4 matches, but has taken eight wickets. Saying all this, how to forget the name of Far West captain Dipendrasingh Airi? If we make a small list of the star players of Nepal's domestic cricket, among the names in it, the player who shines the most in the NPL this time is Dipendra.

If you have to say this, some of the players in that list have failed miserably, this time in the NPL. However, a cricket captain has a bigger role to play than anything else. Some say captain is bigger than coach, in cricket. This is what Dipendra is doing sweetly. 'Leading from the front' in the exact parlance of cricket. He himself is in the list of highest run scorers, he has scored 218 runs in 8 matches.

Vinod Bhandari, who can be said to be a veteran, cannot be left out. For Far West, he is performing a game that can be considered as a score. First of all, he is playing the role of opener very well. The proof of that is 194 runs from his bat. As much as he is batting well, he is also doing accurate wicketkeeping. Due to Vinod, Sudurpaschim is getting a chance to introduce a player of a different role in the team.

Now about Janakpur. The final trip to Janakpur was not as smooth as it was in the Far West. Janakpur did well in the beginning, but later his performance went down a bit. However, Janakpur is equally entitled to the finals. For this too he has to thank his overseas player Jimmy Neesum. She is also Alllander, from New Zealand. Probably the biggest name among the foreign players playing in the NPL this time.

This Nisam has scored 243 runs in 8 matches. Not only that, he has also taken 6 wickets. In particular, his performance in Qualifier-Two shows that he is a very useful player. The pitch used in that match itself was difficult for the batsmen. The ball was not hitting the bat well. While all other batters failed to collect runs, he scored 45 runs against Karnali Yaks.

He is the most in-form player at the moment. Even though he is 34 years old, he is not too far removed from high-level international cricket. It is players like him, who can hit powerful big shots, that will work on difficult pitches. He is also happy to play in Nepal again, he is enjoying himself in his game. What more can be expected from a foreign player like him?

Another American player of Sri Lankan origin, Lahiru Milantha, is also doing well with the bat for Janakpur. This wicketkeeper-batsman, who has been very good in the first four matches, has been struggling to score some runs of late. However, his biggest feature is that he is not as used to the TU field as other foreign players. Canada's Harsh Thacker has also taken 11 wickets in 9 matches.

Our own unmistakable name for Janakpur is Lalit Rajvanshi. He has taken 16 wickets in 9 matches. Along with Kugelin, he tops the list of most wicket takers. When making the list of 10 players who have scored more runs, 6 of them are foreigners. And there are five foreigners in the bowler list. In that sense, the balance of Nepali and foreign players is right. The more good foreign players come for Nepali cricket, the better it is.