Kathmandu, Feb. 20 -- Two years ago, a 30-year-old cricket enthusiast, Ravi Khanal, from Attariya, the country's Farwest, pondered over promoting women's cricket by introducing a franchise-based league. It was a daring act spurred on by the clamour that the national men's franchise cricket had made.

But Khanal, unlike other cricket enthusiasts, decided to swing against the wind-and promote cricket by initially planning a league entirely for women.

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Khanal, who was the president of United Attariya Sports Club at the time, had to live the toughest four months of his life to materialise his plans.

"With all the buzz created by the franchise leagues, its players' auction and the massive attention it was generating, I thought...