Monthly Archives: September 2010

CAN not to extend Dias’ contract

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Wednesday decided not to extend the contract of long-term coach Roy Luke Dias when it ends in December. A CAN board meeting also decided to expand the domestic cricket structure by adding two cricket development regions and departmental teams.

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Armed Police Force forms cricket team

Armed Police Force (APF) has formed a cricket team with national cricketers to compete in domestic cricket tournaments. Those who joined the job at APF are national captain Paras Khadka, former national captain Paresh Lohani, Raju Basnet, Rom Shrestha, Sanjay Kumar Shrestha, Dipendra Chaudhari, Gyanendra Malla, Sharad Vesawkar, Subas Khakurel, Sunam Gautam, Prithu Baskota, Amrit Bhattarai, Ritesh Singh, Basanta Regmi, Sanjam Regmi, Shakti Gauchan and Mehboob Alam.

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Paras wins Player of the Year award

Paras Khadka won the Player of the Year (Male) award of the nation’s biggest Pulsar Sports Award 2066 for his performance during the World Cricket League Division 5 and ACC Trophy. Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) honored the national cricket captain with the award in a gala function held at Nepal Academy. During the program, woman cricketer Rubina Chhetri was award with the Magical Performance of the Year award and retired curator Komal Pandey with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Five nominations for Sports Awards 2066

Cricket has dominated the nominations in the main four categories of the Nepal Sports Journalists Forum’s (NSJF) Pulsar Sports Award 2066. National captain Paras Khadka has been nominated for the Best Player of the Year (Male); Nary Thapa for the Best Player of the Year (Female); spinners Rahul Kumar BK and Nischal Pandey for the Youth Player of the Year and coach Roy Dias for the Coach of the Year Award.

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