Sudurpaschim Royals will bat first against Lumbini Lions in Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket. After Lumbini won the toss on Saturday, Sudurpaschim was invited to bat on a difficult wicket for batting in the morning at the Trivi Cricket Ground, Kirtipur.

Lumbini has replaced Ashutosh Ghirohia with Ajurn Saud in their playing XI. Captained by Rohit Paudel, Lumbini is playing Sandeep Zora, Arjun, Tom Moores, Unmukt Chand, Vivek Yadav, Saad Bin Zafar, Durgesh Gupta, Ramon Simmonds, Surya Tamang, Dinesh Adhikari.

Although there is a provision in NPL that a team can play four foreign players, Sudurpaschim is playing only three foreign players against Lumbini. The team has replaced Rohan Mustafa with Vasant Khatri. Brandon McMullen, Saif Jaib and Scott Kuglen are playing as foreign players from the team.

Vinod Bhandari, Arif Sheikh, Naresh Budhaair, Ishan Pandey, Avinash Bohra, Naren Saud are playing from Far West under the captaincy of Dipendra Singh Airi. Sudurpaschim has got off to a great start by winning the first two matches. Lumbini was defeated in both matches.