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- ↑ "The first meeting of the Gandaki Province Cricket Association was held today". Cricket Association of Nepal. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ↑ "Gandaki Province". cricnepal. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ↑ "केपी ओली कपका लागि विपिन खत्रीको कप्तानीमा गण्डकीको टिम घोषणा" [Gandaki team announced squad for KP Oli Cup captained by Bipin Khatri]. Onlinekhabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
