Banking News – Scotland all-rounder Mark Watt has arrived in Kathmandu to play the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL). Watt, 30, who has been signed by Karnali Yaks, landed at Tribhuvan International Airport on Sunday morning. He was welcomed by representatives of Karnali Yaks Sports Pvt. Ltd.

Watt, who has played 83 T20 International (T20I) matches for the Scotland national team, has taken 94 wickets and scored 321 runs. In overall T20 cricket, he has played 131 matches, taking 123 wickets and scoring 403 runs. Watt also played for Karnali Yaks in the previous edition of the NPL. In that tournament, he scored 114 runs. He made an impact in the tournament by hitting a century off just 41 balls. He is also the second player after Andre Russell to score a century in the NPL.

For the third edition, Karnali Yaks has brought Watt and various experienced and talented players from different countries into the team. Among the foreign players are David Miller of South Africa, Sahibzada Farhan and Hussain Talat of Pakistan, and Ariful Islam and Akbar Ali of Bangladesh.

Similarly, among domestic players, Karnali has signed marquee player Sompal Kami, national team all-rounder Gulshan Jha, bowlers Nandan Yadav, Bipin Sharma, Yunish Bikram Singh, Dipendra Rawat, Pawan Sarraf, Yuvaraj Khatri, Deepak Dumre, Surya Tamang, Diwan Pun, Shivam Tiwari, and Sachin Sharma. With the arrival of Watt, who scored a century in the previous edition, Karnali Yaks’ batting and bowling are both expected to become stronger in the third edition.