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Two matches are being played today under the Nepal Premier League (NPL). In today's first match, Kathmandu Gurkhas and Chitwan Rhinos will face each other.
The match will start at 9:15 am. Both these teams belong to Bagmati province. Karan KC, a member of the Nepali national cricket team, is the marquee player of Kathmandu Gurkhaz, owned by Kathmandu Sports Development Venture. He has good experience in various national and international games.
Kathmandu Gurkhaz has Bhim Sarki and Sahab Alam who have played for the national team along with Karan. Similarly, Dipesh Kandel and other players who played for U-19 are Rashid Khan, Krishna Karki, Sumit Maharjan, Shankar Rana, Raju Rizal, Prateek Shrestha and Vivek KC.
Similarly, there are five foreign players in Kathmandu Gurkhaz. Namibian captain Gerard Erasmus, Netherlands' Michael Levitt, England's Stephen Eskinazi, Dan Douthwaite and Nathan Sotter are playing from this team. The marquee player of Chitwan Rhinos is Kushal Malla, a member of the Nepali National Cricket Team. He also has the experience of playing various national and international games.
Chitwan Rhinos have Malla, Amar Singh Rautela, Bipin Rawal, Deepak Bohra, Dipesh Shrestha, Gautam KC, Kamal Singh Airi, Ranjit Kumar, Rijan Dhakal, Santosh Karki, Sharad Veswakar. Similarly, foreign players Ravi Bopra, Marsadi Langa, Luke Martin Benkenstein, Hasan Isakhil, Jan Nicole Lofty-Eaton are also playing from this team.
Today's second game will be from 1:15 pm. Janakpur Bolts and Karnali Yaks will meet in this match. Janakpur Bolts are confident after defeating Biratnagar Kings by 8 wickets in the first opening match of NPL.
Janakpur's marquee player is Ashif Sheikh, the opener and wicketkeeper of the Nepali national cricket team. The captain of the team is wicketkeeper Anil Shah, another player of the national cricket team.
Along with them are spinner Lalit Rajvanshi Rupesh Singh, Kishore Mahato, Araniko Prasad Yadav, Tul Bahadur Thapamgar, Akash Tripathi, Shubh Kangsakar, Sher Malla and Hemant Dhami. The Janakpur team consists of Jimmy Neesham from New Zealand, Joshua Tromp from America, Lahiru Milantha from Sri Lanka who plays cricket in America, Mohammad Mohsin Khan from Pakistan and all-rounder Ben Mike from England. Since
, Karnali Yaks owned by Himalayan Builders and Engineers is also expected to perform well. Nepali national cricket team's all-rounder Sompal Kami is the marquee player in Karnali Yaks. He is also a player who played twice in World Cup for Nepal.
Along with Sompal, the team includes national team all-rounders Gulshan Jha, Dev Khanal, Rit Gautam, Nandan Yadav, Arjun Gharti, Mausam Dhakal, Bhuvan Karki, Dipendra Rawat, Yunishvikram Singh Thakuri and Deepak Dumre. Similarly, Dipendra Rawat, Arjun Gharti and Yunish Singh Thakuri are also in the team.
Karnali has contracted five foreign players. Among them are famous Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan, Hong Kong's Babar Hayat, Pakistan's Hussain Talat, West Indies' Chadwick Walton and Oman's Zeeshan Moksud. Cricket lovers are excited to watch the game of Karnali Yaks, who have made headlines by signing Dhawan to the team.
