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Toss Winner - Lumbini Lions won the toss and choose to bowl first
Lumbini Lions beat Biratnagar Kings by 5 wickets
It's third versus fifth in Kirtipur!
We are backing Biratnagar Kings to win!
| Tournament: | Nepal Premier League, 2025 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Nepal, Nepal |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
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There is plenty of excitement around fans of both Biratnagar Kings and Lumbini Lions, as well as neutral cricket lovers, as this fixture produced a brilliant contest in December 2024 with the Lions making 191/7 before the Kings responded with 193/8, hitting the winning runs from the penultimate delivery!
Now in December 2025, the teams are already separated by four points with the Kings winning four of five while the Lions have lost three of their five games so far.
But with both winning their last fixtures, morale will be up in both camps.
It all points to an exciting clash at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground!
BK
LBL
143/10 in 19.4 7.27
145/3 in 18.2 7.91
As included earlier in this preview, Biratnagar Kings won their last head to head against Lumbini Lions from the penultimate ball and they did exactly the same in their last match, when they beat Karnali Yaks (NPL) by three wickets on Friday.
The win was very important to the Kings as they had just been beaten for the first time after winning their opening four games. But they showed bags of character to respond strongly after going down by 48 runs against Chitwan only two days earlier.
With the bat, Basir Ahamad comes into this fixture after hitting 62 not out from 43 balls with an innings which included three fours and three sixes.
The top order failed though and that must improve in this match.
Bowling wise, Marchant de Lange will bowl with hostility but may struggle to extract much pace and bounce while Sandeep Lamichhane will cause problems on this deck.
Lokesh Bam, George Munsey, Sam Heazlett, Sahil Patel (wk), Basir Ahamad, Marchant de Lange, Narayan Joshi, Pratis GC, Sandeep Lamibhhane (c), Subash Bhandari, Shehan Jayasuriya
Faf du Plessis, Sam Heazlett, Lokesh Bam, George Munsey, Narayan Joshi, Pratish G C, Marchant de Lange, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sahil Patel, Subash Bhandari , Basir Ahmed
Lumbini Lions showed that they are capable of winning tight games as well as they got the better of Pokhara Avengers to win by three wickets with two balls remaining on Saturday.
Following successive defeats to Karnali, Kathmandu and S Paschim, this was a much needed victory and sets them up for a tilt at the top half of the table over the coming games.
Crucial to Saturday's win was the skipper Rohit Paudel's 40 runs from number three before Niroshan Dickwella struck 37 runs from 22 balls at number four.
More will be expected of D'Arcy Short at the top of the order while the bowling is likely to be headed up by Sher Malla and Tilak Bhandari who both took two wickets in the win over the Avengers.
D'Arcy Short, Sumit Maharjan, Rohit Paudel (c), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dilip Nath, Sundeep Jora, Gulbadin Naib, Ruben Trumpelmann, Sher Malla, Tilak Bhandari, Abhishesh Gautam
Rohit Paudel, Sher Malla, Tilak Bhandari, Abhishesh Gautam, Sundeep Jora, Sumit Maharjan, Dilip Nath, D'Arcy Short, Ruben Trumpelmann, Jonathan Smit, Niroshan Dickwella
The weather forecast is for humid conditions from start to finish in Kirtipur although it will be clear skies. It could be 20 degrees at the start of the contest before dipping down to 18 by the close.
Pitch Condition
BalancedBatting Conditions
Moderate ScoringPace Bowling
SwingSpin Bowling
High Turn
The Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground is one of the lower bouncing wickets in Kirtipur and we expect spinners to be useful across the match. A par score will be around 180+.
After the success for both teams was enjoyed by bowling first and then chasing down a target, we predict that both sides will opt to bowl first in this contest if they win the toss.