DHANGADHI, Feb. 9 -- Fapla grounds hosts one of the prestigious Twenty20 tournament-the Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL)-for the first time on Monday with an inaugural match between Kathmandu Goldens and Dhangadhi Stars but hardly anyone in the city would have imagined that a grazing field at the bank of Mohana river would play host to national and international cricketers.

Subash Shahi, who was then campaigning to establish Dhangadhi as the City of Cricket, reached Fapla seven years ago. As the grazing field was stretched to a wider and lengthier area, he envisaged an international cricket ground there. The same day he announced a project 'Dream Fapla'.

The same grazing field is set to host Nepal's highest cash-prized cricket tournament ...