Kathmandu. Mark Watt, who is contracted to Karnali Yaks, has arrived in Nepal.
On Sunday morning, he landed at Tribhuvan International Airport to play the third Nepal Premier League (NPL). He was welcomed by the representatives of Karnali Yax Sports Pvt. Ltd.
The 30-year-old Watt has taken 94 wickets in 83 matches for Scotland in T20Is. He also scored 321 runs. Overall, he has scored 403 runs while taking 123 wickets while playing 131 matches in Twenty20.
Watt, who also played for Karnali Yaks in the second NPL, scored 114 runs. He hit a record hundred in just 41 balls. He is also the second player after Andres Gauss to score a hit in the NPL.
Among foreign players, Karnali has signed South African cricketer David Miller, Pakistan Twenty20 team captains Sahiwzada Farhan and Husait Talat, Bangladesh young batsmen Ariful Islam and Akbar Ali and Scotland all-rounder Mark Watt.
Similarly, Karnali has signed all-rounder Gulsan Jha and bowler Nandan Yadav and Bipin Sharma, Younis Vikram Singh, Dipendra Rawat, Pawan Sarraf, Yuvraj Khatri, Deepak Dumre, Surya Tamang, Diwan Pun, Shivam Tiwari and Sachin Sharma who are playing for the national team along with marquee Sompal Kami as domestic players.