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Lankan players to tour Nepal Next month

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Kathmandu : Periwinkle Service is arranging the three-coordinate Twenty20 Cricket Series between Gorkha Rhinos and Lankan Lions here at Tribhuvan University Stadium from April 25 to May 1.

Gorkha Rhinos will include Nepal national colleagues, while Lankan Lions will have previous and in addition current Sri Lankan national players, educated Periwinkle Service Chief Executive Officer Dipesh Ghaley at a press meet here  today.

"The arrangement is a piece of festivities to stamp the 60th commemoration of political ties amongst Nepal and Sri Lanka. Other than this, we are resolved to give the national cricket cooperative people with the stage to play aggressive matches with acclaimed names of worldwide cricket and contribute in upgrading their execution level. We additionally wish to give global standard match involvement to the Nepali observers," said Ghaley.

National group captain Paras Khadka will lead Gorkha Rhinos, while previous Sri Lankan Test player Aravinda De Silva, who played 93 Tests and 308 One Day Internationals, will skipper the Lankan Lions. The matches will be played on April 27, 29 and May 1 and the coordinators will display blessing hampers as prizes to both groups.

Ghaley educated that present Sri Lankan players Upul Tharanga, Rangana Herath, Dilshan Munaweera, Farveez Maharoof, Sachithra Senanayake and Chamara Silva and in addition previous internationals Sanath Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas, Rumesh Kaluwitharana, Upul Chandana and Kaushalya Weeraratne have affirmed their support in the matches.

Cricket Players' Association of Nepal (CPAN) will declare Gorkha Rhinos squad for the occasion. "We have possessed the capacity to sort out the occasion following two years of diligent work and we will attempt to bring players from different nations in coming years," educated Ghaley. He additionally educated that Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara were going to come

with the group however they would not be accessible as a result of their Indian Premier League task.

Ghaley said Periwinkle Service would deal with compensation, airfare and convenience to Sri Lankan players and in addition every day stipend to Nepali players.

In the mean time, national group and additionally Gorkha Rhinos' captain Khadka said the competition would be an impeccable stage for the Nepali players to gain from Test players. "We will inspire time to collaborate with the players and gain from them," said Khadka.

Khadka additionally said the occasion would spread messages to universal groups that Nepal was equipped for facilitating global occasions.

Periwinkle Service will likewise respect first national cricket group captain Uttam Karmacharya with the lifetime accomplishment grant. It will likewise respect first ladies' group captain Nary Thapa, President of Cricket Association of Blind, Nepal Pawan Ghimire, men's group captain Kritan Shrestha Duwal and ladies' group captain Bhagwati Bhattarai and in addition the principal ICC Panel umpire Buddhi Pradhan with blessing hampers amid the occasion.

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