Winning the toss in the Kirtipur-based TU Cricket Ground, Captain of Kathmandu Gurkhas, Karan KC, decided to bowl first. Kathmandu: Kathmandu Gurkhas is fielding against Janakpur Bolts in the inaugural match of the second edition of Nepal Premier League. Winning the toss in the Kirtipur-based TU Cricket Ground, Captain of Kathmandu Gurkhas, Karan KC, decided to bowl first. Monty Desai of India is the main coach of Kathmandu Gurkhas. Monty is former main coach of the Nepali National Cricket Team. Kathmandu Gurkhas has included Gerhard Erasmus of Scotland, Milind Kumar and Sunny Patel of America, Brain Charlesworth and John Simpson of England, Ricardo Vasconcelos of South Africa in its team. Similarly, Bhim Sarki, Shahab Alam, Rashid Khan, Dipesh Kandel, Pratik Shrestha, Mohammad Adil Alam Ansari, Santosh Yadav, Akash Tripathi, Uttam Thapa Magar and Tul Bahadur Thapa are the players of Kathmandu Gurkhas. Shiva Narayan Chandrapal of the West Indies is the coach of Janakpur Bolts. Imran Tahir and Wayne Parnell of South Africa, Lahiru Milantha of Sri Lanka, Sanjay Krishnamurthi of USA, Jan Nicol Loftie Eaton of Namibia are foreign players in Janakpur Bolts. Likewise, Aasif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Kishor Mahato, Rupesh Singh, Tul Bahadur Thapa Magar, Mayan Yadav, Aaditya Mahata, Bikas Aagri and Sachin Bhatta are other players. ...
Dang: The Magar community in Lumbini province is celebrating the Bhume festival today. It is one of the most important festivals of the Magar community, where they worship the earth and nature, praying for better crop yield and protection from natural disaster. Bhume dance is one of the major attractions of this festival, observed specially by the Kham Magar community. Meanwhile, the Lumbini Provincial Government has declared a public holiday in four districts on the occasion of Bhume Parva. The holiday has been declared for the concerned communities of Dang, Rolpa, Rukum east and Pyuthan....
