Karnali Yaks will field first in the second match of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket on Tuesday. Karnali captain Sompal Kami won the toss and invited Pokhara Avengers to bat at the Tribhuvan University Cricket International Ground, Kirtipur.

3 players have been changed from Karnali. Jaikishan Kolsawala, Dipendra Rawat and Yunis Bikram Thakuri have been brought in in place of William Bosisto, Deepak Dumre and Yuvraj Khatri. Kolsawala and Dipendra are playing for the first time this season.

Pokhara has brought in Sumit Verma, Jimmy Neesham, Matt Taylor, Abhishek Tiwari and Dinesh Kharel from the team that played the previous match. Neesham has left for Dubai to play IL T-20. Pokhara has brought in Jason Roy, Dhananjay Lakshman, Rishi Dhawan, Akash Chand and Sandeep KC.

This is the first match in the tournament for England's World Cup-winning opening batsman Roy, Sri Lanka's Lakshman and India's Dhawan.

Pokhara has won only 1 out of 4 matches. The team will have to win all three remaining matches to reach the playoffs. Karnali has won only 1 out of 5 games. The team needs to win both remaining games to keep its hopes of reaching the playoffs alive.