MORANG: Chief Minister of Koshi Province Hikmat Kumar Karki has pledged to extend the best possible support for the production of cricketers at the local levels.

Inaugurating the annual general assembly of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) in Biratnagar today, Karki said the budget will be allocated to establish training centres in nine separate locations in the province for the production of cricketers from the basic level.

He viewed that the province government would develop and operate a state-of-the-art cricket stadium within two years if the federal government handed over the Baijanathpur Cricket Stadium in Biratnagar to the province government.

Likewise, Chief Minister Karki urged the CAN to bring the province government on board for organizing the third edition of Nepal Premier League (NPL) adding that the province government would manage the first prize to the winner.