Kathmandu: Embassy of India handed over cricket bats to Nepali National Cricket Team led by Captain Rohit Paudel.
At the event, Ambassador of India to Nepal H.E. Naveen Srivastava handed over professional sporting equipment, including 20 cricket bats procured from Sareen Sports to Nepal Cricket Team Captain Rohit Paudel in the presence of Cricket Association of Nepal President Chatur Bahadur Chand and Secretary Paras
Khadka.
The equipment was handed over on behalf of B.P Koirala India-Nepal Foundation and the SJVN Ltd., a Public Sector Undertaking of the Government of India.
The Nepal Cricket Team also presented to the Ambassador a signed jersey of the Nepal Cricket Team. Ambassador in his remarks congratulated the Nepal national Cricket Team on its gritty performance, especially in the recently held Asia Cup and Asian Games.
He added that the handing over would add a new strand to robust people-to-people ties between India and Nepal.
Ambassador wished the cricket team good luck for the upcoming tri-nation T20 Cup Finals and the ICC-T20 World Cup Qualifiers scheduled to begin at the end of the month.