Monthly Archives: April 2003

Let’s learn from India, but what?

Posted on April 30, 2003 by Ujjwal Acharya

I would like to start with two quotes: “India are more experienced team than us, our boys should learn from them,” said Nepal’s Sri Lankan coach Roy Dias. “I am really disappointed with the behaviour of the Indian team. Being an experienced and good team, they should set an example and let us learn that, but they didn’t do that,” said Nepal U-19 manager and spokesperson of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) Tarak Mani Dixit.

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Nepal, India U-19 set for Kathmandu Klash

Posted on April 25, 2003 by cricketnepal

The Under-19 teams of test powerhouse India and rookie Nepal will play the first ever one day match in the Himalayan kingdom today. The two teams is playing for Kathmandu Klash Trophy. The matches will be played with white balls and colour clothes. The Indian team arrived on Friday. There are two changes in the Indian team annouced earlier. Baroda decided to pull out its two key players – Irfan Pathan and Rakesh Solanki – for the Ranji Trophy final clash with Mumbai. Instead of Pathan and Solanki, seamer VRV Singh and Anoop Pai are included in the team.

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Shakti Gauchan named skipper

Posted on April 22, 2003 by cricketnepal

Shakti Gauchan has been appointed as the captain of the Nepali U-19 team that will play three one-day matches against India U-19, during the first ever visit by an official team of the test playing nation. Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) included four new faces in the team, which otherwise has the players of the team that participated in Youth World Cup in New Zealand last year. Four new players are Sarad Veshwakar, Munik Shrestha, Irfan Siddique and Dipesh Khatri. All of them had already represented Nepal in various age-group.

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Will Roy Dias continue?

Posted on April 1, 2003 by cricketnepal

The future of Sri Lankan cricket coach Roy Luke Dias, the most successful foreign coach for Nepal, looks uncertain after his one-and-half-year contract with Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) ended yesterday. Dias has publicly expressed his desire to stay in Nepal, but has lamented CAN officials for not initiating contract extension process in advance. “If they wanted my contract extension they should have started the procedure in advance,” Dias told an English daily.

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