The English leg-spinner is the Gurkhas’ fifth international recruitment for the Nepal Premier League T20 cricket tournament.

The Bolts, whose marquee signing is national men’s cricket team wicket keeper batter Aasif Sheikh, have appointed former Nepal boss Pubudu Dassanayake as their head coach.

The NPL kicks off on Nov 30, with Biratnagar Kings facing Janakpur Bolts at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.

Bipin Neupane, Asim Shrestha, Atharva Paudel, Shardul Bhatta, Rajendra Bam and Kamal Gupta have also been selected as six other best players for further training.

World champions India elected to bat and posted a huge 283 for one in their 20 overs before bowling out their hosts for 148 as they dominated all facets of the game.

Bopara has represented England 171 times including Tests, ODIs, and T20Is.

CAN confirms Star Sports Network as the official broadcasting partner of NPL T20 cricket tournament, set to take place from Nov 30 to Dec 21.

Krishma Gurung’s four-wicket spell and Sana Praveen’s 35 not out help Nepal beat the hosts UAE by eight wickets.

The skipper scores 130—second ton by a Nepali woman cricketer in an international match—and takes 5-8.

A total of 380 players had registered online for participation in the talent hunt programme. Of these, 150 players demonstrated their skills in Baluwatar on Tuesday.

National team captain Rohit Paudel is the marquee player of the Lions.

Pakistan thrashed Australia in an eight-wicket victory, bringing up their first men’s one-day international (ODI) series win in Australia after 22 years.

The second match of the series will be played in Gqeberha on Sunday.

Nepal have been drawn alongside defending champions Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in Group B.

Dan Douthwaite joins Gurkhas as the fourth overseas player, adding to an impressive lineup that includes Dutch opener Michael Levitt, Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus, and English domestic star and Big Bash League veteran Stevie Sean Eskinazi.

Nepal must defeat UAE on Saturday to keep their bid to qualify for their maiden World Cup on track.

Set 131-run target and bowl out Kuwait for 22 runs.

A four-wicket haul from Rachanna Chaudhary helps Nepal bowl out Thailand for 35 and pull off a comprehensive 67-run victory in Ajman.

Nepal play their next tri-series of the League 2 in Scotland in May next year.

The 23-year-old Namibian hitman will join South African Marchant de Lange, English Luc Benkenstein and Afghanistan’s Hassan Eisakhil in the Chitwan squad.