{"id":434575,"date":"2026-08-23T20:26:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=434575"},"modified":"2026-08-23T20:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:41:45","slug":"former-indian-test-player-ks-bharat-to-play-for-kathmandu-in-npl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/08\/23\/434575.html","title":{"rendered":"Former Indian Test player KS Bharat to play for Kathmandu in NPL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> Kathmandu Gorkhas has signed Indian wicketkeeper-batsman KS Bharat as its first foreign recruit for the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Kathmandu-Gorkhas-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Kathmandu-Gorkhas-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Kathmandu-Gorkhas-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Kathmandu-Gorkhas-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Kathmandu-Gorkhas.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Courtesy: Kathmandu Gorkhas\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bharat, an experienced Indian domestic cricketer, has played seven Tests for his India. He has also played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has scored more than 6,000 runs in first-class cricket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He retired from international cricket in June earlier this year. The third edition of the NPL is scheduled to be held in Kathmandu from coming October 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: Kathmandu Gorkhas has signed Indian wicketkeeper-batsman KS Bharat as its first foreign recruit for the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL). Photo Courtesy: Kathmandu Gorkhas\/Facebook Bharat, an experienced Indian domestic cricketer, has played seven Tests for his India. He has also played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Delhi Capitals and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":434576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-434575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434577,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434575\/revisions\/434577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434575"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=434575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}