Cricket craze has increased in Jumla. After Nepal started playing international tournaments, Jumli started playing cricket among the youth. Now they have started playing cricket in big farms, school grounds and even in squares.

Although some bring only cricket bats, most of them are playing cricket with wooden bats. Mahesh Hamal of Jumla Chandannath 4 learned to play cricket from the farm. Since 22 years, his focus has been on playing cricket.

He is exchanging the rules of cricket among his classmates. Due to which the youth of his generation are very interested in cricket. Mahesh said, 'Earlier only the name of cricket was heard. Now you can see cricket being played in the fields and playgrounds.'

Nowadays, youths are interested in cricket and its players through YouTube. As the Nepal Premier League is going on in Nepal, cricket has started to be discussed a lot in Chia Chautari. Mahesh said, 'Now cricket is not the only thing being discussed. There is also a lot of discussion about the players who play well.'

Their interest has increased in the curiosity of who will win the title. Even in the discussion of the team's performance, the individual performance of the players, there is a good debate about Jumli Yuva. The players who score most runs and take wickets are also discussed.

16-year-old Anup Khatri from Jumla Sinja is often playing with his friends in the fields with a bat he made himself. It has been a year since he started taking interest in cricket. Study about cricket and named cricketers. Anup said, 'I see a good future in cricket too. But there is a problem because there is no infrastructure to play here.

According to him, the Karnali state government and the local government of Jumla are indifferent to cricket. They have not been able to show interest in sports field and infrastructure development. Anup said, 'If we build sports infrastructure, even in Jumla, national level cricket players can be born.' However, the activity has not progressed since it could not be registered in CAN. The association formed under the leadership of Bhim Bahadur Thapa is playing normal competitions. President Thapa said, "Cricket craze has increased in the remote areas of Jumla, but there is a problem of lack of essential materials needed to play cricket." Jumla participated in the competition held in Surkhet last July.

'We could not get any place,' said cricket player Mahesh Hamal, 'but we were able to convey the message that cricket has reached Jumla.' According to him, the latest generation's craze for cricket is tempting. But there is difficulty due to lack of infrastructure.

After Nepal started playing ICC tournaments at the international level, cricket has also reached remote areas. Now cricket tournaments are held at Karnali Technical School grounds, Tundikhel and Seemachaur. Sometimes there is a match with the Nepali army and sometimes with the students.

District Cricket Association President Thapa says preparations are underway to hold a district-level tournament in Baisakh. Now there are games with small prize money," he said, "there is a chance to organize sports by making Jumla cricket-like." They demand that the local government should also support