Lumbini Lions Team: Squad, Results, Stats & Schedule

Lumbini Lions are one of the eight founding Nepal Premier League franchises. Fortuna Health Care acquired the Lumbini team in 2024, with Ishwor GC identified as the franchise owner.

The inaugural campaign ended eighth with one win and six losses despite captain Rohit Paudel leading the tournament with 279 runs. Saad Bin Zafar led the team's bowling with nine wickets.

Lumbini recovered from three consecutive losses in 2025 to win seven straight matches. A 4-3 league record placed them fourth on eight points with NRR -0.394; wins in the Eliminator, Qualifier 2 and final then delivered their first title.

The final was decisive: Sudur Paschim Royals were bowled out for 85 before Lumbini reached 86/4 in nine overs. Rohit took a hat-trick in 3/12, Ruben Trumpelmann returned 3/3 and Dinesh Adhikari made 42 from 13 balls.

No. The 20-player list records the completed 2025 championship timeline. Lumbini's Season 3 group currently contains 13 domestic players—seven retained and six acquired through the auction or post-auction process—plus returning overseas bowler Ruben Trumpelmann.

Keeping the two states separate prevents an old foreign signing from appearing current and avoids removing a 2025 participant simply because he is absent from the next domestic core. A squad archive and a recruitment tracker answer different questions.

After losing to Karnali, Kathmandu and Sudur Paschim, Lumbini won their last three league games and all three playoffs. The seven-win sequence began against Pokhara and ended with the title against Sudur Paschim.

The run included two successful chases in the league, two playoff defences and the nine-over final chase. It was a change in outcomes across different match types, not evidence for one simple tactical explanation.

Both are correct within their stages. Lumbini went 4–3 in the seven-match league phase, then won the Eliminator, Qualifier 2 and final to finish 7–3 overall.

The eight points and -0.394 net run rate belong only to the league table. The three playoff wins determine the champion and complete record but do not rewrite the league-stage figures.

No. Fourth place was the last playoff position, and net run rate ranked teams only after league points. Once Lumbini qualified, each knockout was decided by that match's result rather than the earlier table margin.

Lumbini's -0.394 reflected the league stage, including a nine-wicket loss to Karnali. Their 3–0 playoff record reflects what happened later; combining the two creates a misleading single-season label.

Ruben Trumpelmann took 3/3 and Rohit Paudel 3/12 with a hat-trick as Sudur Paschim were dismissed for 85. That left Lumbini needing only 4.3 runs per over across a full 20-over chase.

Dinesh Adhikari then made 42 from 13 balls, so Lumbini reached 86/4 in nine overs despite losing four wickets. The decisive advantage came from the bowling innings and was converted through a short, high-impact chase rather than a risk-free one.