Last season, both Chitwan and Karnali reached the playoffs. Karnali defeated Chitwan by 21 runs in the league stage and by 6 wickets in the playoffs.
Chitwan will field first in Tuesday's Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket match. Chitwan captain Kushal Malla won the toss and elected to bat for Karnali Yaks at the Tribhuvan University Cricket International Ground.
Along with Kushal from Chitwan, Dev Khanal, Saif Zaib, Arjun Saud, Ravi Bopara, David Malan, Deepak Bohora, Bipin Acharya, Kalamsingh Airi, Region Dhakal, Sohail Tanbir are playing in the playing 11 .
Zaib was selected as the Player of the Series while playing for Sudurpaschim last season . Experienced Malan, who has played for England, is going to play in the NPL for the first time .
Chitwan has not kept spinner Bipin Sharma, who was selected as the Emerging Player last year, in the playing team . Karnali's hero of last season, William Bosisto, is also not in Karnali's playing 11 .
Karnali, captained by Sompal Kami, has Pawan Saraf, Max O'Dodd, Arjun Gharti, Najibullah Zadran, Priyank Panchal, Gulshan Jha, Mark Watt, Nandan Yadav, Younis Vikram Singh, Yuvraj Khatri playing for the team.
Last season, both Chitwan and Karnali reached the playoffs. Karnali defeated Chitwan by 21 runs in the league stage and by 6 wickets in the playoffs.
