Nepal and Pakistan playing in ICC U-19 World Cup

Kathmandu – The Nepali U-19 cricket team is playing against Pakistan today in the ICC U-19 World Cup. The match to be played at the Buffalo Park Cricket Ground against pakistan in South Africa will start at 1:45 PM Nepali time .

In the first match earlier, Nepal was defeated by New Zealand by 64 runs and today’s second match will be against Pakistan. The team of Nepali players playing in today’s match are Dev Khanal (Captain), Akash Chand, Arjun Kumal, Deepak Prasad Dumre, Durgesh Gupta, Gulsan Jha, Dipesh Prasad Kandel, Vishalvikram KC, Deepak Bohora, Deepak Bohora, Subas Bhandari, Uttam Thapamgar, Bipin Rawal, Tilakraj Bhandari and Akash Tripathi .

Great victory of Nepal in the match against Bahrain

In the second match under the ACC U-19 Premier Cup, Nepal defeated Bahrain by 7 wickets.

Nepal won by seven wickets against Bahrain, who set a modest target of 78 runs in the tournament in Malaysia. Nepal won by losing three wickets in 11.3 overs.

In the first match earlier, Nepal defeated Iran by a wide margin of 274 runs. Nepal has been at the top of the group so far. Nepal will play the last match of the group stage against Saudi Arabia on October 19.

If Nepal win the game against Saudi, Nepal will reach the semi-finals. The top three teams in the tournament will get to play in the ACC Asia Cup to be held in Pakistan next December.

Nepal in World Cup qualifiers

Nepal has entered the 2023 ODI Cricket World Cup Qualifiers.

After winning against UAE in the final match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League-2, Nepal has entered the 2023 ODI World Cup Qualifiers. The Global Qualifier for the ODI World Cup, which will be contested by 10 teams including Nepal, will be held in June-July in Zimbabwe.

According to the Duckworth-Lewis rule, Nepal managed to win by 9 runs in yesterday’s match at the TU Cricket Ground. Nepal got direct entry into the global selection as it is in the top three positions of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2.

Nepal won the one-day cricket series against Kenya

Nepal has won the one-day cricket series against Kenya after winning three matches in a row.

In the last match held in Nairobi today, Nepal defeated Kenya by 6 wickets.

After winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Kenya managed to add 255 runs losing 9 wickets in the allotted overs of the game.

The Nepali team, which entered the field with a target of 256 runs, scored 258 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 47.1 overs.

For Nepal, Basir Ahmed scored 52 runs, Arjun Saud scored 58 runs and Asif Sheikh scored 56 runs. Similarly, Rohit Paudel contributed 46 runs and Gyanendra Malla 33 runs.

Earlier, Nepal won the T-20 series by 3-2.

Controversial Indian cricketer appointed as a Coach of Nepal’s National Cricket Team

Former Controversial Indian Cricketer Manoj Prabhakar has been appointed as the head coach of Nepal’s National Cricket Team.59 years old Prabhakar was appointed by (CAN) the cricket association of Nepal on Monday.

Manoj Prabhakar was found guilty of match-fixing and was charged by the BCCI and subsequently banned from playing cricket for the Indian National team.
Prabhakar was also sacked as Delhi’s coach two days before the start of the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy season.
He was also a bowling coach of the Afghanistan cricket team and head coach of the Rajasthan Cricket team.

Pubudu Dashanayak resigns from the coach of Nepali National Cricket Team

Pubudu Dashanayak, head coach of the Nepali national cricket team, has resigned from his post.

While saying that Pubud has resigned from the coach due to personal reasons, cricket fans have been demanding the resignation of the coach and captain Sandeep Lamichhane due to the declining performance of the national team.
Pubud sent his resignation to CAN via email about a week ago. Pubudu, who signed a two-year contract with CAN last November for a second term, submitted his resignation within 8 months.

Pubudu was the coach of the Nepali team for the first time from 2011 to 2015.

Nepal’s first win in the triangular series under the ICC Men’s World Cup League-2

Nepal has defeated Scotland by 5 wickets in the triangular series of ICC Men’s World Cup League Two.

Batting first after losing the toss, Scotland managed to add 144 runs in 42.5 overs in the stipulated 50 overs game.

The Nepali team, which entered the field with a target of 145 runs, lost 5 wickets in 25.1 overs and won the match. In the first match, Nepal lost to Namibia by 40 runs and registered its first victory of the series by defeating Scotland.

Nepal dropped out of ICC U-19 Women’s World Cup qualifiers

Nepal has defeated Malaysia by 25 runs in the final match of ICC U-19 Women’s World Cup Asia Qualifiers.

Batting first after winning the toss at the UKM YSD Cricket Oval in Bangi, Malaysia, Nepal managed to add 86 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Chasing the target of 87 runs, Malaysia lost 4 wickets in 20 overs and managed to add only 61 runs.

Nepal has won three out of five matches of the tournament and secured the third position with 7 points.
Out of the six nations competing in the ICC U-19 Women’s World Cup Asia qualifiers, only the winning nation will participate in next year’s U-19 Women’s World Cup in South Africa.

CAN increased national player’s remuneration


Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has increased the salaries of national cricketers and staff.

The CAN meeting held on Tuesday has informed that the salary of the players has been increased. According to CAN, the monthly salary of all male players in Central Contract has been increased by Rs.10000. So on,six thousand for A & B grade women’s team players and five thousand for C grade women’s team players has been increased.

Similarly, the monthly salary of field staff has been increased by Rs 3,000, field office assistant by Rs 5,000 and pitch curator of TRI ground by Rs 6,000.

According to the increased remuneration, A grade players will get Rs 60,000 and B and C grade players will get Rs 50,000 and Rs 40,000 respectively. Similarly, A grade female players will get a monthly salary of Rs 21,000, while B and C grade players will get Rs 18,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively.

Nepal lost to Zimbabwe A by 3 wickets

Nepal lost by 3 wickets in the first ODI against Zimbabwe A at the TU Cricket Ground.

After losing the toss, Nepali team went on batting first. Nepalese team lost all the wickets in 3 overs and managed to add 136 runs.
Zimbabwe A, who came on the field with a target of 137 runs, lost 7 wickets in 26 overs and won the match.

CAN announced a 23-member squad for the ODI and T20 series against Zimbabwe

Cricket Association of Nepal(CAN) has announced a 23-member squad for the ODI and T20 series against Zimbabwe today. Sunil Dhamala has returned to the team after a long absence while Binod Bhandari has also returned to the team.

U-19 all-rounder Basir Ahmed has made it to the senior team for the first time. Gyanendra Malla and Sharad Bheswakar are not in the team.

There will be three ODIs and three T20I matches between Nepal and Zimbabwe A team.

The one-day series will start from 30 April. The first game will be played on the 30th of April, the second game on the 2nd of May and the third game on the 4th of May.

Similarly, the first match of the T20 series will be played on May 6, the second match on May 7 and the third match on May 9. Zimbabwe has already announced the squad for the tour of Nepal on Thursday. The Zimbabwe A team will arrive in Nepal on April 28.

T20 final: Nepal playing against Papua New Guinea

Nepal is playing against Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the final today for the title of the triangular T20 series. Nepal will bat first after losing the toss.

PNG won the toss and elected to field at the Kirtipur-based ground.
A change has been made in the Nepali team. Sompal Kami is playing in place of Kamal Singh Airy who was injured in the last match of the league.