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 .

Nepal won the ODI series against Kenya

Nepal won the one-day series by defeating Kenya by 17 runs in the match held in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday.

After winning the toss, Nepal went to bat first and managed to score 230 runs. Rohit Paudel scored the highest 78 runs for Nepal. Similarly, Arjun Saud scored 5, Dev Khanal scored 37, Sompal Kami scored 26, Gyanendra Malla scored 25, Basir Ahmed scored 17, Mohammad Adil Alam scored 14 and Karan KC scored 11.

Kenya, who entered the field with a target of 231 runs, managed to add only 213 runs in 46.3 overs.

Nepal who won the T-20 series earlier also won the previous match by 7 wickets on Friday.

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.