{"id":57903,"date":"2026-11-07T08:19:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T02:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=57903"},"modified":"2026-11-07T08:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T02:34:41","slug":"npl-kathmandu-gorkhaz-to-face-lumbini-lions-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/npl-kathmandu-gorkhaz-to-face-lumbini-lions-today\/","title":{"rendered":"NPL: Kathmandu Gorkhaz to face Lumbini Lions today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>Kathmandu, Nov 7:<\/strong> Kathmandu Gorkhaz and Lumbini Lions are set to face off in the third edition of the Siddhartha Bank Nepal Premier League (NPL) today.<\/p>\n<p>The match will be played at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, with play scheduled to begin at 5:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Lumbini will be aiming to strengthen their position at the top of the standings, while Kathmandu will be looking to climb to second place with another victory.<\/p>\n<p>Lumbini currently lead the points table with seven points from four matches. Kathmandu, meanwhile, sit fourth with four points from three matches and have a game in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Kathmandu began their campaign with an eight-wicket defeat against Janakpur Bolts. However, they bounced back strongly, defeating Karnali Yaks by four wickets in their second match before registering a dominant nine-wicket victory over Biratnagar Kings in their third outing.<\/p>\n<p>Lumbini, on the other hand, will be looking to maintain their unbeaten run in the tournament. They opened their campaign with a seven-wicket victory over Sudurpaschim Royals before sharing points with Chitwan Rhinos after their second match was abandoned due to rain.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions then defeated Pokhara Avengers by eight wickets before securing a 16-run victory over Janakpur Bolts in their fourth match.<\/p>\n<p>With both sides enjoying strong campaigns, today&#8217;s encounter promises to be an exciting contest as Kathmandu look to continue their winning momentum and Lumbini aim to remain unbeaten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Nov 7: Kathmandu Gorkhaz and Lumbini Lions are set to face off in the third edition of the Siddhartha Bank Nepal Premier League (NPL) today. The match will be played at the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, with play scheduled to begin at 5:00 PM. Lumbini will be aiming to strengthen their position [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57905,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57903\/revisions\/57905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}