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 wins in ACC U-16 cricket

Nepal has won the title of ACC U-16 East Zone Cup by winning over Malaysia.

In the final match, Nepal won the tournament by defeating the home team Malaysia by 221 runs. Chasing a huge target of 253 runs, Malaysia was bowled out for 31 runs in 14.5 overs.

Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Maldives, Indonesia and Thailand participated in the cricket competition. In the competition, Nepal defeated Thailand along with Malaysia in the group stage and Singapore in the semi-finals.

Nepal also won the ACC U-16 Eastern Region tournament in 2017 and 2019.

Nepal in the final of ACC U-16 East Zone Cup

July 3, Kathmandu – Nepal has entered the ACC U-16 East Zone Cup final by defeating Singapore in the ongoing ACC U-16 East Zone Cup cricket match in Malaysia.

After winning the toss and batting first, Nepal scored 184 runs losing 9 wickets in the scheduled 35 overs. Chasing a target of 185 runs, Singapore was bowled out for 87 runs in 31.3 overs and Nepal entered the final with a 97 run victory.

Nepal will compete against home team Malaysia in the final match on Tuesday.

Nepali team announced for ICC World Cup Qualifiers

May 28 , Kathmandu – The Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) has announced the 16-member Nepali team for the ICC World Cup qualifiers to be held in Zimbabwe.

The Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) has announced the 16-member Nepali team for the ICC World Cup qualifiers under the captaincy of Rohit Paudel. CAN have announced their ICC World Cup qualifiers, adding two players to their 14-man squad from the ACC Premier Cup.

Dev Khanal, Abhinash Bohra, Kamalsingh Airi, Surya Tamang, Mausam Dhakal and Sandeep Zora have been dropped out of the 22-member squad that was announced earlier.

In Zimbabwe, Nepal will play practice matches against UAE on June 13 and Oman on June 15 .

Nepal is in Group A along with West Indies, Zimbabwe, America and Netherlands while in Group B are Ireland, Sri Lanka, UAE, Scotland and Oman.

The competition will be held from June 18 to July 9.Selected Nepalese players for world cup qualifier are, Rohit Paudel (captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh (wicketkeeper), Gyanendra Mall, Kushal Mall, Arif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airi, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Bhim Sarki, Pratish GC, Lalit Rajvanshi, Arjun Saud and Kishore Mahato will .

Arrest warrant issued against Sandeep Lamichhane: Suspended from the national cricket team

Kathmandu District Court has issued an arrest warrant against Sandeep Lamichhane, captain of the Nepali national cricket team, who is accused of rape.

After the arrest warrant has been issued, the police have prepared to make a formal request for Lamichhane’s return through the Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) and if Lamichhane does return even after that, he will be brought back to Nepal through Interpol or other means, the police said.

Suspension from the Nepali National Cricket Team
Cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane, accused of rape, has been suspended from the Nepali national cricket team by the Nepal Cricket Association (CAN).

After the arrest warrant was issued by the Kathmandu district court against Nepali national cricket team captain Sandeep Lamichhane, who was accused of rape, the CAN meeting suspended him from the national cricket team.

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.

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.