KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu Gorkhas and the previous runner-up Sudurpashchim Royals are facing off each other in a match under the ongoing Nepal Premier League (NPL) today.

While Kathmandu seeks a second win, Sudurpaschim aims to make a victorious start of its first match of the second edition of NPL.

Kathmandu Gorkhas defeated the defending champions Janakpur Bolts in the opening match on Monday.

Kathmandu is being led by Karan KC and his team includes Bhim Sarki, Mohammad Adil Alam, Shahab Alam, Ben Charlesworth, Gerhard Erasmus, Dipesh Kandel, Milind Kumar, Rashid Khan, Uttam Thapa Magar (wicketkeeper), Sunny Patel, John Simpson (wicketkeeper), Pratik Shrestha, Akash Tripathi, Tul Bahadur Thapa, Ricardo Vasconcelos (wicketkeeper), Santosh Yadav and Sonu Devkota.

The captain of Sudurpaschim Royals is Deependra Singh Airee, who has also served as the vice-captain of the Nepal national team.

The team under his leadership includes Vinod Bhandari (wicketkeeper), Avinash Bohara, Deepak Bohara (wicketkeeper), Milan Bohara, Josh Brown, Hemant Dhami, Scott Kugellin, Chris Lynn, Ishan Pande, Tek Rawat (wicketkeeper), Naren Saud, Harmit Singh, Arif Sheikh, Deependra Thapa (wicketkeeper) and Himmat Mahara.

Monty Desai, former coach of the Nepal national team, is in charge of Kathmandu’s coaching, while Jagat Tamata is the coach of Sudurpaschim.

Eight teams are participating in the tournament organized by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) which started on November 17.