PM Shah inaugurates NPL Season 3 [In Pictures]

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Balendra Shah inaugurated Season 3 of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) at the TU International Cricket Stadium in Kirtipur on Monday.

Prime Minister Shah shook hands with players from both Lumbini Lions and Sudurpaschim Royals as well as referees and match officials before the match got underway. He also handed over the match ball to the ICC Match Commissioner.

Minister for Education and Sports Sasmit Pokharel, and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) President Chatur Bahadur Chand and Secretary Paras Khadka, among other dignitaries, accompanied the Prime Minister Shah to the ground for inauguration.

The NPL features eight teams – seven based in the country’s seven provinces and one in the federal capital, Kathmandu.