Ashwani’s heroics came after spinner Vignesh Puthur claimed 3-32 on his debut in Mumbai’s defeat by Chennai Super Kings last week, and Pandya was delighted with the team’s latest find.

Five-time champions Mumbai boast a batting lineup that includes India T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav, test and one-day skipper Rohit Sharma and the hard-hitting Tilak Varma in their top five.

Hong Kong is hosting Nepal, Qatar and Namibia for the quadrangular series from April 9 to 13.

As the top two teams after 45 games between 10 teams across 19 days in three venues, NPC and TAC will play for the trophy at Siddhartha Cricket Stadium on March 29.

Perennial underdogs Punjab have reached the IPL final only once when they finished runners-up to Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014, and they came ninth of 10 teams last year.

Koshi have not won more than one game in all seven editions of the PM Cup.

With a six-wicket haul against Karnali on Tuesday, Rajbanshi becomes the first bowler to bag over 100 wickets in the tourney.

The rule allows a player to be substituted into the starting 11 at any time and teams have been using it to great effect, swapping out a bowler for a batter during a run chase and frequently bringing up 200-plus totals.

Gandaki defeat Madhesh in the first-ever super over of Men’s PM Cup history.

Kishan said the freedom offered by skipper Pat Cummins had allowed them to go in with an ultra-aggressive approach.

Sudurpaschim’s Kiran Thagunna, who scored 121 off 101 against Gandaki on March 10, became only the third batter to score two centuries in one edition of the PM Cup.

APF secure fifth victory with Aasif Sheikh’s half-century against Gandaki.

Lalit Rajbanshi and Shahab Alam have bagged 30 and 20 wickets, respectively, in the ongoing edition.

Chasing 175 for victory, the three-times runners-up rode Kohli’s unbeaten 59 and former Kolkata batter Salt’s blistering 56 at the top of the innings to comfortably reach their target in 16.2 overs.

Being one of the top four teams will allow the teams to play in the Jay Trophy, a multi-day cricket between PM Cup’s Top 4.

Lifting the saliva ban, a Covid-19 legacy, will allow the fast bowlers to try and generate some reverse swing in a format which treats them as cannon fodder.

Chase down 117-run target in 26.5 overs.

The parties signed the agreement on Thursday.

It is the first time that the IPL will be broadcast live on a Nepali TV channel.

NPC have won 17 consecutive games in the Men’s PM Cup since the last edition.