Monthly Archives: June 2012

Cricket dominates the NSJF Pulsar Sports Award 2067 nominations as the organizers Nepal Sports Journalists Forum announced nominations for four main categories. National captain Paras Khadka, who won the awards in 2010, has been nominated for Best Player (Male) while U19 captain Prithu Baskota has been nominated for fourth year for Best Player (Youth).

Nepal suffered an eight-wicket loss at hand of Test playing nation Pakistan in their opening match of the ACC U-19 Asian Cup  at Bayuemas Oval in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. Pakistan U-19 captain Babar Azam won the toss and invitedNepalto bat first. Pakistan bowlers proved their captain’s decision right and bowled out Nepal for 156 runs in 46.1 overs. Nepallost opener Subash Khakurel (6 runs) after putting up 16-run opening stand with Pradeep Airee (18). Naresh Budhayair top scored for Nepal with 34 off 85 balls including three boundaries. Budhayair put up a 33-run stand with Airee for the second wicket, a 12-run stand with Sagar Pun (7 runs) and another 40-run fourth wicket stand with… Read More

Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has revised the match schedules of ACC U-19 Asia Cup as Nepal will face Pakistan in the opening match at Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on June 23, local media reported on Tuesday. In the earlier fixture released by ACC, Nepal´s first match was against India at the Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur. Nepal will meet hosts Malaysia at Royal Selangor Turf Club on June 25 and India at Bayuemas Oval on June 26. Nepal is in Group A whereas Group B consists of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Qatar and Sri Lanka. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semifinals to be played on June 28 and 29. The final is on July 1. All the… Read More

As Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni spent around 45 minutes with the Nepali national team, U-19 and the women´s team at the TU Cricket Ground Kirtipur on Saturday afternoon, Nepali cricketers were on cloud nine. Dhoni, who arrived inKathmanduon Saturday morning on the official invitation of the Indian Embassy inNepal, talked shop with Nepali cricketers at the center wicket of the TU Ground barring the media and other officials. “He was down to earth and gave us tips on handling pressure during games,” said Nepali U-19 captain Prithu Baskota. “When I asked him for captainship tips, he suggested to me to build a team spirit and know teammates´ strengths and weaknesses and to keep things simple and pressure free,” he… Read More

Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni´s high-profileNepalvisit could prove to be a stepping stone for the development of cricket in this country, with the Indian skipper accepting the role of goodwill ambassador of Nepali cricket. Besides giving valuable lessons to Nepali cricketers, the World Cup winning captain said he felt honored to be invited to promote cricket in a neighboring country. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Post Bahadur Bogati declared Dhoni a goodwill ambassador of Nepali cricket on Saturday during an interaction program inKathmandu. Dhoni humbly accepted the proposal.   “As a cricketer, it would be great if I could promote cricket,” said 30-year-old Dhoni on Saturday, upon his arrival inKathmandualong with his better half Sakshi for… Read More

Cricketer Shakti Gauchan has been nominated for the NSJF Popular Player of the Year Award. Along with the 27-year-old senior cricketer, football’s forward 22-year-old Bharat Khawas, Aslesha Lissanevitch, 16, of tennis, Shakti Gauchan of cricket, Sabita Chaudhary of athletics and Ramila Tandukar, 15, of volleyball were also nominated for award.

World Cup winning Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will visit Nepal for a day and interact with Nepali cricketers for a couple of hours at the TU Cricket Ground, daily newspapers reported. Quoting Indian Embassy’s spokesperson Apoorva Srivastav, The Kathmandu Post and Kantipur national dailies reported that Dhoni will visit Nepal on June 15.