Sompal, who is currently captaining Karnali Yaks, has previously won the DPL and EPL under his captaincy. He must have dreamed of the NPL.
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Of the four fast bowling all-rounders of the Nepali national team, three - Sompal Kami, Gulshan Jha, and Nandan Yadav - are in Karnali. This is the strength of Karnali. After returning from Australia, Nandan made a great comeback in the NPL. But the first season of the NPL was not very memorable for Gulshan, who was priced at a maximum of 1.5 million rupees by all eight teams in the auction.
This was one of the main reasons why Karnali stopped before reaching the final. Now, Gulshan is in high form for the national team. Karnali hopes that Gulshan will show the same form in the NPL as well.
Karnali finished third last season. Karnali, which lost in the first two matches, was boosted by the arrival of Australian all-rounder William Bosisto. Along with him, Afghanistan's Najibullah Zadran, India's Priyank Panchal and Jaikishan Kolsawala, and Scotland's Mark Watt are Karnali's foreign players.
Karnali's batting seems to rely mainly on foreign players. But the arrival of Pawan Saraf has made the team's batting even stronger. Dipendra Rawat and Deepak Dumre are the other two domestic batsmen. Bipin Sharma, who came from the talent hunt, won the 'emerging' player award in the NPL last season.
Along with another spinner Yunish Bikram Singh, Karnali has taken young leg-spinner Yuvraj Khatri. So, Karnali's bowling attack is almost certain to be completely dominated by home-grown players.
Sompal has already won the DPL and EPL under his captaincy. He must have dreamed of the NPL.
Who is in the team ?
Sompal Kami, Gulshan Jha, Pawan Saraf, Nandan Yadav, Bipin Sharma, Yuvraj Khatri, Arjun Gharti, Yunish Bikram Singh, Deepak Dumre, Dipendra Rawat, Imran Sheikh, Mark Watt, Max O'Dodd, William Bosisto, Nazibullah Zadran, Priyank Panchal, Jaikishan Kolsawala.
