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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.

International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed Malaysia as hosts of the upcoming Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4. The ICC Development Committee meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday and Tuesday took the decision. Likewise, the meeting appointed Bermuda, subject to agreeing to budget proposals, as hosts of Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 3. Earlier, ICC had ruled out the United States of America from hosting WCL Division 4 as the USA failed to meet ICC’s criteria. Nepal has reached the Division 4 in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League and Nepal will compete against Tanzania, Denmark, Singapore, Malaysia and the USA in the tournament. Singapore and Malaysia are the two newly promoted teams from the Division 5. Top… Read More

Malaysia turned tables on Nepal to lift the ACC U-16 Elite Cup at their home turf with one wicket victory in a nail biting finish. Virandeep Singh scored unbeaten 55 to ensure the victory in the last over despite valiant effort by Nepali bowlers to pull an unlikely win after scoring 117 in 33 overs. Nepal had beaten Malaysia by one wicket in the league round. This is the first ever ACC title for Malaysia. Nepal could not bat good as it could just get 117 with Akash Bista getting 35. Malaysia’s S Goonasagaram was pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets. In reply, Malaysia had a good start but lost wickets frequently later as Nepal pulled the match to… Read More

Nepal will face India and Pakistan in the ACC U-19 Asia Cup scheduled to start from June 23 to July 1 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to the draw released by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Saturday, Nepal is placed in the group A with host Malaysia, India and Pakistan. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Qatar are in Group B. Nepal had qualified for the tournament after finishing in the top three of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup held in Thailand last year. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh qualified for the tournament as Test playing nations, while Malaysia qualified for the tournament as the host.

Agni Air clinched the title of First Wai Wai Corporate Premier League Cricket Tournament defeating Yeti Airlines by seven wickets on Saturday. In the match played at TU Ground, Kirtipur, Yeti Airlines won the toss and scored 103 runs losing nine wickets in 20 overs. Ravi Sharma scored 25 runs off 40 balls with two boundaries. Sharma and Narendra KC shared a 39-run partnership for the third wicket, which was the highest in the game. Divas Prajapati scored 19 runs off 24 balls. Agni Air conceded 25 runs as extras. Saurak KC grabbed three wickets off four overs while Gaurav Jain took two wickets. Agni Air successfully chased the target of 104 runs in 17.4 overs losing three wickets. Agni… Read More

Two years ago, Singapore had stunned Nepal beating them in the ACC U16 Elite Cup final at TU Ground, Kathmandu. Malaysia’s Bayemas Oval offered a chance to avenge that bitter defeat and Nepal produced a classy performance to advance to the final defeating defending champions by 101 runs. Both captains, Nepal’s Dipendra Chand and Singapore’s Navin Param were part of 2010 final that Singapore won by 68 runs – thanks to spinners led by man of the match Param. This time, Dipendra knew exactly what to do – choosing to bat first and going after pace bowlers to ensure minimal impact of spin. Dipendra and Nurdhoj Sen opened batting as if they were playing Super Sixes. When Dipendra fell for… Read More

The final match of First Wai Wai Corporate Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament between Agni Air and Yeti Airlines was abandoned on Wednesday without bowling a single ball due to heavy rainfall. The match is rescheduled for Saturday at the TU Ground, Kirtipur. Yeti Airlines had entered the final defeating Everest Challengers by 38 runs in the first semifinal while Agni Air had registered five wickets victory over You We Rangers in another semifinal.

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) called in 24 players, including all the 14 members of the team that participated in the ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifiers, for the closed camp training for the ACC U-19 Asia Cup. The closed camp training is scheduled to start from May 15 inKathmandu. CAN has called 10 players based on the performance of the recently concluded Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament. Shiva Tandukar, Sushil Kandel, Prajesh Bahadur Singh, Gopal Singh. Binod Lama, Abhishek Jha, Hasim Ansari, Bijay Ghalan, Surendra Chand and Pawan Shrestha are the players selected based on the national tournaments. Earlier, CAN has given a privilege to the members of the U-19 team, which guided Nepal in the upcoming ICC U-19… Read More

Man-of-the-match Aakash Bista’s all-round performance including a unbeaten 55-run heroic knock helped Nepal to top the group B in the ACC U-16 Elite Cup cricket tournament and remain unbeaten in the tournament on Wednesday. Batting at No 8, Bista scored not out 55 runs off 93 balls with four boundaries and a huge six to guide the team for a wicket victory over Malaysia. Both Nepaland Malaysia had already qualified for the semifinal. Nepali coach Manzur Alam Khan said that the players could not play as per their standard and lost wickets in regular intervals. “We were near defeat but the team spirit of the players guided us for the victory,” said Khan. “We must not repeat these mistakes in… Read More

Nepal produced consecutive victory in the ongoing ACC U-16 Elite Cup cricket tournament, outplaying Bahrain by eight wickets at the Kinrara cricket ground in Malaysia on Sunday. Nepal reached the 142-run target losing only two wickets in 21.2 overs, with man of the match Dipendra Chand top-scoring 75. Nurdhoj Sen made 41. Earlier, wining the toss and electing to bat first, Bahrain scored 141, losing all wickets, in 39.5 overs. Nepali bowler Akash Bista took three wickets conceding just14 runs. On Friday, Nepal in their opening match had defeated Kuwait by 78 runs, while Bahrain lost their first match against Malaysia by 43 runs. Nepal will take on Iran at the Bayuemas cricket ground on Tuesday.

Nepal started the ACC U-16 Elite Cup campaign with a win on Friday as Nurdhoj Sen as well as Kushal Bhurtel excelled with bat and Kali Charan Yadav showed his brilliance with the ball to pull a 78-run victory over Kuwait. Nepal elected to bat first at the Bayuemas Oval Ground in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nepal put up 179 runs losing all the wickets in 32.4 overs and bowled out Kuwait at 101 runs in 32.5 overs. Nepal lost their first wicket with 11 runs on board in 1.3 overs. However, Sen and Bhurtel anchored the Nepali innings. Sen scored 47 runs off 58 balls including six boundaries while Bhurtel hit 35 runs off 54 balls including four boundaries. Sashi… Read More

ACC U-16 Elite Cup, Malaysia, Day 1 – Kuwait v Nepal at Bayuemas Oval

Nepal will take on Kuwait on Friday at the Bayuemas Oval Cricket Ground in their first match of the second edition of the ACC U-16 Elite Cup being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nepal are placed in the group B of the tournament along with Malaysia, Kuwait, Iran and Bahrain. Nepali team under the coach Manjur Alam Khan and captain Dipendra Chand is participating in the tournament. Nepal had defeated Kuwait in the first edition of the ACC U-16 Elite Cup held in Nepal in 2010. Nepal had won the match by 101 runs then as Nischal Pandey had scored 59 runs and taken five wickets in the match. Current U-16 captain Dipendra Chand and his teammate Jagdish Chand were… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has awarded central contracts to 18 players for the last six months and made a payment to them on Thursday amidst a function in the capital. It was the first time CAN has awarded central contracts to players. Six month ago, CAN had decided to pay cricketers Rs 5,000 per month for the central contracts. According to CAN General Secretary Ashok Nath Pyakuryal, the 18 players were in the Nepali national teams during the ACC T20 Cup and ICC World T20 Qualifiers. “Players, who were in both ACC T20 Cup and ICC World T20 teams received the contract amount for six months and those in only either one of the two teams received three months’… Read More

Everest Challengers registered their second victory in a row on Thursday while Max Media tasted first win during group stage match in the First Wai Wai Corporate Premier League T20 Cricket 2012 played at the TU Ground, Kirtipur. In course of achieving the second victory in the group A, Everest Challengers thumped You We Rangers by seven wickets. You We Rangers is in second place with equal two points as that of Max Media. Electing to bat first, You We Rangers made a moderate score of 109\\8 but failed to defend the total as Everest Challengers made 113\\3 in 19.1 overs. The Reebok player of the match Arun Chand hammered unbeaten 45 off 43 in Everest’s run chase with six… Read More

Nepali U-16 cricket team leftKathmanduon Wednesday to participate in the ACC U-16 Elite Cup scheduled to be held inKuala Lumpur,Malaysiafrom May 4 to 13. “We want to return home with the title,” said U-16 skipper Dipendra Chand during a function held at the Dasharath Stadium to bid farewell to the team on Wednesday. Member Secretary of National Sports Council Yuvaraj Lama and Senior Vice-president of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) TB Shah bade farewell to the players. Speaking on the occasion, Lama urged the players to perform well in the tournament. “We will be watching your performance and our wishes are with you.” Coach Manjur Alam Khan said the team woul focus on a match at a time. “Bowling and… Read More

Nepal Telecom and You We Rangers registered wins on the second day of the First Wai Wai Corporate Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament on Wednesday. In the matches played at the TU Ground,Kirtipur,NepalTelecom registered an eight-wicket victory over Private Public Partner while You We Rangers defeated Max Media by 27 runs. Private Public Partner won the toss and scored 173 runs losing three wickets. Mandip Regmi scored an unbeaten 71 runs off 55 balls with nine fours and two sixes. Amardeep Mahato scored 47 runs off 35 balls with eight fours. Binay Pokharel claimed two wickets for Nepal Telecom while Gopal KC took the other wicket. Nepal Telecom successfully chased the target of 174 runs in 15.4 overs losing two… Read More