Sudurpaschim team captain Dipendra Singh Airi won the toss and announced that his team would bat first.
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Sudurpaschim Royals will bat first against Lumbini Lions in the final of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket on Saturday.
Sudurpaschim team captain Dipendra Singh Airi won the toss and decided to bat. Both teams made 1-1 foreign player changes in the final.
Sudurpaschim has fielded Puneet Mehra in place of Mukhtar Ahmed. He played 2 matches in the league stage.
On the Nepali side, the team has fielded Deepak Bohra in place of Milan Bohra. Similarly, Lumbini has fielded Movin Suwasingha in place of JJ Smit.
If Lumbini wins the title, it will win 6 consecutive games and equal Sudurpaschim's record of 6 consecutive wins. Sudurpaschim started the NPL season 2 by winning 6 consecutive games.
But in the seventh game, the team was defeated by Biratnagar Kings. Sudurpaschim had reached the final by defeating the same Biratnagar in Qualifier 1.
Lumbini had won the last 3 matches of the league stage to make it to the playoffs. The team then defeated Kathmandu Gorkhaz in the Eliminator and Biratnagar in Qualifier 2 to make it to the finals.
Sudurpaschim had defeated Lumbini by 7 wickets in the league stage. Last year too, Sudurpaschim had comfortably beaten Lumbini by 45 runs. Last year, Lumbini was at the bottom with 6 defeats in 7 matches.
