Kathmandu Gorkhas Vs Sudur Paschim Royals Live Score, Nepal Premier League: Dipendra Airee Keeping SPR Batting Afloat

Naren Saud is the latest batter to be dismissed, Milind Kumar having him caught by Bhim Sharki. The Royals' batting disappointment continues and Harmeet Singh now joins Dipendra Singh Airee. Harmeet needs to lend some support to Airee, failing which the captain would find it hard to strike them big in the death overs.

The Royals lose half their side at the halfway stage of their innings. Aarif Sheikh falls to Rashid Khan, a Nepalese player not to be confused with the star Afghan all-rounder, and that brings Naren Saud into the middle alongside captain Dipendra Singh Airee. The Royals skipper is well known around the cricketing world for his six-hitting abilities and Gorkhas would no doubt be wary of that.

The Gorkhas continue to strike in the powerplay. Captain Karan KC picks up his third wicket, getting rid of big fish Chris Lynn for 2 off 10. Milind Kumar then has Ishan Pandey caught by Mohammad Aadil Alam and the Royals are four down and in heaps of trouble.

Kathmandu Gorkhas skipper Karan KC has struck twice in the very first over! He is really lucky to get Josh Brown's scalp as the opener got a thick inside edge onto his pad, but the umpire wrongly adjudged him LBW. He then has Binod Bhandari caught by Bhim Sharki off the last ball of the over. Meanwhile, the vastly experienced Chris Lynn makes his Nepal Premier League debut; he'll hold the key for the Sudur Paschim Royals.

SPR: 2/2 (2)

Sudur Paschim Royals: Chris Lynn, Binod Bhandari (wk), Josh Brown, Dipendra Singh Airee (c), Aarif Sheikh, Ishan Pandey, Naren Saud, Harmeet Singh, Hemant Dhami, Abinash Bohara, Scott Kuggeleijn

Kathmandu Gorkhas: Aakash Tripathi, Ben Charlesworth, Bhim Sharki, Milind Kumar, John Simpson (w), Sunny Patel, Mohammad Aadil Alam, Karan KC (c), Rashid Khan, Santosh Yadav, Shahab Alam

Kathmandu Gorkhas won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sudur Paschim Royals.

Sudur Paschim Royals: Dipendra Singh Airee (c), Chris Lynn, Harmeet Singh, Scott Kuggeleijn, Binod Bhandari (wk), Aarif Sheikh, Ishan Pandey, Abinash Bohara, Josh Brown, Hemant Dhami, Dipak Bohara, Naren Saud, Milan Bohara, Dipendra Thapa, Tek Rawat

Kathmandu Gorkhas: Aakash Tripathi, Ben Charlesworth, Bhim Sharki, Milind Kumar, John Simpson (wk), Gerhard Erasmus, Mohammad Aadil Alam, Rashid Khan, Santosh Yadav, Shahab Alam, Karan KC (c)