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

Athletes recognised for their achievements at the Maldives championship.

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.

New Zealand will play Fiji and New Caledonia will take on Tahiti in the semi-finals in Wellington on March 21.

Nepal will now participate in the third round of the AFC Asian Cup Qualification, which will take place in March next year.

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.

In the co-main event earlier in the evening, Ireland’s Katie Taylor retained her super lightweight title by beating Puerto Rico’s Amanda Serrano.

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.

This victory puts Uruguay second in the standings with 19 points.

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.

The first edition of the franchise-based tournament is scheduled to take place from 30th November to 21st December and will feature eight teams.

World Cup holders Argentina top the standings with 22 points from 11 games and will host ninth-placed Peru on Tuesday.

Five-time World Cup champions Brazil are third in the standings on 17 points.

Oli had a rather blunt take on the salary of women volleyball players, who get Rs5,000 a month, saying all that was available was encouragement.

England, who are seeking promotion to League A, are second in their group B2 with nine points after losing to Greece at home.

Equatorial Guinea, who were a surprise package at the last finals, sit on seven points from their four matches.

Shervoni Mabatshoev and Alisher Jalilov both score double as the Gorkhalis lose the game 4-0 in Dushanbe.

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