NPL: Lumbini Lions' captain Rohit Paudel declared Player of Tournament, wins car

Kathmandu, Dec 13: Skipper of Lumbini Lions, Rohit Kumar Paudel, who is crowned Player of the Tournament in the second season Nepal Premier League (NPL), has been presented with a car.     

Lumbini had defeated Sudurpaschim Royals by six wickets to lift the NPL Champions title for the first time. The credit for Lumbini's victory over Sudurpaschim goes to Rohit's all-round performance in the game. He is in the second position with the highest number of runs (276) in the second season of NPL.     

He is the Nepali player making the highest number of runs while Binod Bhandari is in the second place among the Nepali player with 264 runs in this edition of NPL. In bowling also, Rohit took 10 wickets. He also became the 'best batter'. He also won a Pulsar Bike, becoming the Emerging Player of the Tournament.     

Sandip Lamichhane and Avinash Bohara jointly took the highest position in the list of the maximum wicket-takers with 17 wickets.     

Similarly, Ruben Trumpelmann has been declared the Best Player of the Tournament, Sandip Lamichhane as the Best Bowler; and Avinash Bohara as the Red Bull Player of the Tournament. Lamichhane and Bohara won a bike each. Trumpelmann won cash prize of Rs 500,000.     

Likewise, Tilakraj Bhandari of Lumbini Lions was declared the 'Energetic Player of the Tournament'. Sher Malla of Lumbini became the 'Emerging' player and received a motorcycle. The award winners were presented with their prizes by Minister for Communication Jagadish Kharel and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) President Chatur Bahadur Chand among others.(RSS)