Kathmandu, Nov. 22 -- Extra preparations and security can be visible at the TU International Cricket Stadium when the venue is hosting Sudurpaschim Royals. Representing the far-western province, the region where love for cricket seems unparalleled, the fans in yellow have been the loyalists of the game and the team.

"Sudurpaschim is cricket," a fan in his late 20s, dressed in Sudurpaschim's yellow kit from the previous season, said in a queue to enter the stadium. "There are crazy and passionate cricket fans in other regions of Nepal as well. But in Sudurpaschim, it is different. We breathe cricket."

As the sixth match of the Nepal Premier League, between Sudurpaschim Royals and Pokhara Avengers, began at 4pm, and Royals' opener Binod B...