Last year, Lumbini was at the bottom and the team lost 6 out of 7 matches in the league stage. However, Lumbini won the match against Chitwan by 33 runs.
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Lumbini Lions will field first in the Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket on Thursday. Lumbini captain Rohit Poudel won the toss and invited Chitwan Rhinos to bat at the Tribhuvan University Cricket International Ground.
Chitwan has changed one player from the team that played the previous match. The team is playing Amarsingh Rautela in place of Bipin Acharya.
Chitwan is playing with captain Kushal Malla, Deepak Bohra, David Malan, Dev Khanal, Ravi Bopara, Saif Zaib, Arjun Saud, Kamal Singh Airi, Rijan Dhakal, Sohail Tanbir and Amarsingh Rautela.
Similarly, Lumbini is playing with captain Rohit, D'RC Short, Dilip Nath, Sandeep Jora, Gulbadin Naib, Sameer Ali, Sher Malla, Abhishek Gautam, Dinesh Adhikar, Ruben Trumpelman, and Judge Schmidt from the playing 11. Lumbini is coached by former Indian fast bowler Tinu Yohanan.
This is Lumbini's first match. Chitwan, on the other hand, defeated Karnali Yaks by 4 wickets in the first match. Chitwan achieved the target of 167 runs by scoring 171 runs with 5 balls to spare.
Lumbini was at the bottom last year and the team lost 6 out of 7 matches in the league stage. But Lumbini won the match against Chitwan by 33 runs. In that only match Lumbini won, captain Rohit Poudel scored 80 runs in 57 balls and took 4 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs.
