Captain: Basanta Regmi Chairman: Kailash Sirohiya Colours: Blue | Coach: Shyam Sun Jung Thapa City: Kathmandu, Nepal Owner: Kantipur Publications | |
Kantipur Gurkhas (Nepali: कान्तिपुर गोर्खाज) is a cricket team based in Kathmandu, Nepal that plays in the Nepal Premier League. The team is currently led by Basanta Regmi, and coached by Samson Jung Thapa. The team is owned by Kantipur Publications.
Kantipur Gurkhas, a professional cricket team owned by Kantipur Media Group, is a team of common Nepalese representing the cultural identity enrooted in common man and aspiration inbuilt in them to move ahead. Each Gurkha of this team resonates the joyfulness, passion, tolerance and rigidity of common Nepali citizen. Gurkhas as the legacy stands for courage and bravery. They possess qualities of loyalty, self sufficiency, physical strength resilience and orderliness. Led by one of the leading cricketers of the Nepali cricket team, Basanta Regmi, Kantipur Gurkhas is always ready to take on every Nepal Premier League challenge with equal zeal and enthusiasm living up to its motto "Playing to Lead".