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Nepali cricketers Rubina Chhetry and Roshani Bohara have been selected by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to play in the Division 1 cricket in Sri Lanka in August, the ACC wrote on its official website. The Nepali duo were among four international women cricketers sponsored by the ACC. The other two are Nattaya Boochatham and Sornnarin Tippoch of Thailand. According to the ACC, they were chosen on the basis of their performance in the 2013 ACC Women’s Championship as well as their ability to inspire their team-mates on their return back to their countries for the foreseeable future. “It’s a great opportunity for them to develop and know the set-up in Sri Lanka. I am sure that they will benefit… Read More

Nepali national cricket team has opportunities to qualify to the ICC World T20 Cup and Cricket World Cup 2015. Nepal is slated in group B of the ICC World T20 Qualifiers to be held in the UAE in November along with Afghanistan, Scotland, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Bermuda and Denmark. Meanwhile, Nepal is to vie for the World Cup spot in the qualifier to be held in New Zealand in January 2014. However, the national cricket team got limited chance to have outdoor practice in the country following the rainy season. However, the national team hopes to utilize a practice tour to Sri Lanka at maximum to build up for the upcoming qualifiers as the team left Kathmandu… Read More

HH Bajaj, the authorized distributor of Bajaj motorbikes in Nepal, has appointed Paras Khadka, the captain of Nepali cricket team, as the brand ambassador for Pulsar motorbikes in Nepal. According to the company, Khadka will endorse the brand for three years and will feature in its promotional campaigns and activities. ´It makes me happy to be associated with my favorite brand,´ Khadka said, after signing the contract. Shekhar Golchha, executive director of HH Bajaj, said Paras Khadka was the right man who could take the brand to a height. “Looking at Paras’s past records, achievements and his overall performance, we felt he is the right man to represent our brand. He is a true inspirational figure for the youths and… Read More

Nepal is set to meet European qualifier Denmark in the opening match of the World T20 Qualifiers 2013 to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from November 15. According to Cricket Association of Nepal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) officially published the draw of the tournament on Monday. As per the draw, Nepal will meet four Division 1 teams in the group stage of the tournament. Nepal has been drawn in Pool B alongside Afghanistan, the Netherlands, Scotland, Kenya, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Denmark. Afghanistan, the Netherlands, Scotland and Kenya are the Division 1 teams among the associate member nations of ICC. Papua New Guinea is a Division 2 team like Nepal, while Bermuda is in… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) dropped pacer Amrit Bhattarai and Sanjam Regmi and included Avinash Karn, Sagar Pun and Ram Naresh Giri in the national team for the ACC Emerging Teams Cup to be held in Singapore from August 17 to 25. Bhattarai and Regmi, who were in the 14-member national team that won ICC World Cricket League Division 3, are considered only as reserved players in the 15-member squad announced on Monday. Giri was reserved players for Division 3 while U-19 bowling-star Karn is considered for the first time in the national team. Karn had taken record 24 wickets during the ACC U-19 Elite Cup held in Malaysia three months ago. Pun was the member of Nepali team during… Read More

Nepal will meet four Division 1 teams in the World T20 Qualifiers 2013 to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November. The official draw and calendar are yet to be published but the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post (www.scmp.com) reported that Nepal has been drawn in Pool B alongside Afghanistan, the Netherlands, Scotland, Kenya, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea and the runner-up of the European Qualifiers, which is yet to be decided. Afghanistan, the Netherlands, Scotland and Kenya are the Division 1 teams among the associate member nations of ICC. Papua New Guinea is a Division 2 team like Nepal, while Bermuda is in Division 3. Nepal had defeated Papua New Guinea in the last edition of… Read More

The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) called 22 players in the first round of the closed camp for the ACC Emerging Teams Cup to be held in Singapore from August 17 to 25. The first round of the closed camp training will start Wednesday. CAN has called Paras Khadka, Subash Khakurel, Sharad Vesawkar, Gyanendra Malla, Amrit Bhattarai, Prithu Baskota, Shakti Gauchan, Sanjam Regmi, Basant Regmi, Ram Naresh Giri, Jitendra Mukhiya, Sagar Pun, Binod Bhandari and Naresh Budhayer for the closed camp. Likewise, Pradeep Airee, Chandra Sawad, Yagyaman Kumal, Anil Mandal, Rahul Vishwakarma, Binod Das, Mahesh Chhetri and Avinash Karna are the other players selected for the camp. Nepal has been drawn along with India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in Group A… Read More

Cricket dominated the Pulsar Sports Award 2069 as national cricket team captain Paras Khadka and coach Pubudu Dassanayake won the Player of the Year (Male) and Coach of the Year awards respectively during the award ceremony held at the Nepal Academy Hall, Kathmandu on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) honored the national cricket team as the team of the year, dedicating a special presentation to the team during the opening ceremony. NSJF did not include the accolade as a separate category in this year´s award but was rather an effort by the organizers to honor the teamwork and team spirit of the cricketers, according to NSJF President Ajay Phuyal. Captain Khadka left behind teammate Basanta Regmi, footballer Bharat… Read More

National Cricket Academy (NCA) has provided full scholarship at the higher secondary level to 28 talented youth cricketers following completion of its talent hunt program for SLC-appeared students. NCA, set up on the initiative of national team coach Pubudu Dassanayake, made such announcement on Saturday upon completion of the 40-day training camp for youth players. Altogether 58 players had participated in the SLC training camp that started on April 21. Golden Gate, Himalayan Whitehouse and Xavier International have agreed to provide full scholarship to the players. NCA made the announcement during the closing ceremony of the talent hunt program for SLC students as well as U-12 school cricket at the NCA building at TU ground, Kirtipur on Saturday. ´The promising… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has been preparing infrastructure development programs as Asian Cricket Council (ACC) allocated more than $200,000 grant to Nepal from its Asia Cup Fund. “ACC has allocated the grant but to receive it we should send our program details to them and they have to approve the programs,” said CAN General Secretary Ashok Nath Pyakuryal. “In a process to receive the grant, we are preparing detail programs these days and we’ll send it to ACC within a month,” he added. According to Pyakuryal, the ACC grant will mainly be used in infrastructures development. “We are preparing programs so as to use the ACC grant in upgrading Mulpani Cricket Ground and Bhairahawa Cricket Ground as well as… Read More

Agni Incorporated awarded Nepali national cricket team captain Paras Khadka with a Demark DTM 150 Bike on Tuesday for his brilliant performance in the recent past. Paras was the man-of-the-series when Nepal won ACC Trophy Elite and finished the ACC T20 Cup as runner-up. Under Paras captaincy, Nepal has won ICC World Cricket League Division 3 and Division 4 tournaments to qualify for the World Cup Qualifiers. Agni Incorporated Deputy General Manager Rama Shankar Jaiswal handed over the key of the Demark DTM 150 Bike to Khadka in a program in the capital on Tuesday. Two years ago, Agni Incorporated had also announced Khadka as the brand ambassador of the Demark DTM Bike, a Malaysian brand.

As Nepali cricket gets increased ICC funding and players get busy in preparations for upcoming T20 and ODI world Cup Qualifiers, it is imperative that cricket fans are interested in what plans are put in place for the preparations. So we caught up with Nepal Coach Pubudu Dassanayake (via email). Here is what he has to say:   Q: What special preparations do you have for the T20 and ODI World Cup qualifiers? What are the new things you’re planning to introduce now? A: Both qualifiers are high quality tournaments and our team has to be at the best to achieve what we want. Our middle order did well in the last two tournaments. We need to fix the openers… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI suffered yet another defeat in the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in Dehradun, India. CAN XI, which started the tournament in winning note defeating Uttarakhand XI, lost to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, India by nine wickets on Wednesday. CAN XI, led by captain Prithu Baskota, had lost to Dena Bank by 28 runs in its second match on Monday. CAN XI elected to bat but was all out for 58 runs in 22 overs. ONGC met the small target in 6.1 overs. Sagar Pun has taken the wicket for Nepali team. According to CAN XI coach Binod Das, all Nepalis batsmen played poor shots to throw their wickets away. Anil… Read More

Region No 1 (Biratnagar) lifted first ever women’s title on Monday as it beat Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) by two wickets in the final of the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. Biratnagar elected to field and bundled out Bhairahawa for a small 63 runs in 18.1 overs in a match reduced to 20 overs per side from 25 overs due to rain. Sangita Rai took four wickets while Sabnam Rai, Sapana Shrestha, Sanjhana Budhathoki and Yanji Sherpa claimed a wicket each. Two of Bhairahawa batters were run out. Biratnagar put up disciplined bowling attack by conceding only 10 runs as extras. Opener Barsa Rana (seven runs off 24 balls) and Pratikshya Bashyal… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI lost to Dena Bank by 28 runs on Monday in its second match of the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in Dehradun, India. CAN XI, led by Prithu Baskota, had sealed a two-wicket victory over Uttararakhand XI on Sunday. On Monday, Dena Bank elected to bat and was all out for 150 runs in 40 overs. In reply, Nepal was all out for 122 runs. After a solid start with a 50-run opening stand, Dena Bank lost its first wicket in 11th over. Pradeep Airee stuck twice in two overs to reduce Dena to 64/2. Sagar Pun then claimed four wickets and Dena was at 123/7. Bhuwan Karki also claimed three… Read More

Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) set up a final clash with Region No 1 (Biratnagar) in the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament. The semifinal between Bhairahawa and Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) ended with no result as rain forced to abandon the match at TU Cricket Ground on Sunday. As per the tournament regulation, Bhairahawa, which has better group stage performance than Nepalgunj, qualified to the final. Nepalgunj had elected to bat and put up 54/5 before rain stopped the match. By then Sudha Thapa had claimed two wickets while Saiyya Gurung had taken a wicket for Bhairahawa. Laxmi Chaudhary had scored unbeaten 18 runs off 34 balls by then. In the first semifinal, Kajol Shrestha and Sanjhana Budhathoki put… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI, started the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in winning note as the Nepali team led by Prithu Baskota sealed a two-wicket victory over Uttararakhand XI in Dehradun. According to CAN XI coach Binod Das, Nepal bundled out Uttarakhand for 187 runs in 36.3 overs and met the target in 39.4 overs losing eight wickets. Uttarakhand XI elected to bat and made brilliant start scoring 75 runs in 15 overs without losing wickets. The CAN XI got first breakthrough courtesy to a brilliant run out by Baskota and Mahendra Chand. Uttarakhand XI suffered a mini collapse as they were at one stage 102/4 in 23 overs. Shakti Gauchan bowled superb spell taking… Read More

Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) defeated Region No 1 (Biratnagar) by three wickets at the TU Cricket Ground on Friday to top the group B of the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament. Indu Berma’s all-round performance helped Bhairahawa to become the winner of the group. Biratnagar finished the group stage as runner-up. Biratnagar elected to bat first and put up 98/7 in allotted 25 overs. In reply, Bhairahawa reached 100/7 with two overs remaining. Berma took two wickets, a catch and involved in two run-outs to restrict Biratnagar. Soniya Paudel, Sudha Thapa and Alisha KC claimed a wicket each. Biratnagar opener Kajol Shrestha scored 35 runs off 56 balls before Berma trapped her LBW. Sabnam Rai remained unbeaten with… Read More

Region No 1 (Biratnagar) and Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) stormed into the semifinals of Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament. An unbeaten half-century from player-of-the-match Kajol Shrestha helped Biratnagar thrash Region No 8 (Pokhara) by 96 runs on Thursday at the TU Cricket Ground while Indu Berma’s all-round performance sealed a six-run victory for Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) over Region No 6 (Baitadi). Biratnagar and Bhairahawa will lock their horns on Friday to decide the winner and runner-up of the group B while already crashed out teams, Baitadi and Pokhara, will vie for a consolation win. Shrestha, the opener of Biratnagar, scored unbeaten 52 runs off 64 balls including three boundaries to guide her team to a total of… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has informed that a team led by Prithu Baskota would play the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in Dehradun on the name of CAN XI. The CAN organized a press conference on Thursday and informed that the team would move to Dehradun via Dhangadhi. Only seven players of the national team that clinched the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 are included in the 14-member team of CAN XI. “Captain Paras Khadka, Gyanendra Malla and Basant Regmi are in process to play professional cricket in Canada. Sharad Vesawkar, Rahul Vishwakarma and Subash Khakurel are injured while two bowlers, Amrit Bhattarai and Sanjam Regmi, are rested,” said Ashok Nath Pyakuryal, the general secretary… Read More

Region No 1 (Biratnagar) and Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) made winning starts in the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament on Wednesday. As the matches of Group B of the tournament began on Wednesday at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Biratnagar edged past Region No 6 (Baitadi) by 29 runs while Bhairahawa thrashed Region No 8 (Pokhara) by eight wickets. Region No 7 (Janakpur) and Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) have already reached the semifinals from Group A. Biratnagar elected to bat and put up 108/8 in the allotted 25 overs. In reply, Baitadi was all out for 79 runs in 18 overs. Captain Sanjhana Budhathoki scored 25 runs off 39 balls for Biratnagar while Roma Thapa added 21… Read More

Region No 7 (Janakpur) and Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) entered the semifinals of Wai Wai Women´s U-19 National Cricket Tournament on Tuesday. Defending champion Janakpur, which had lost its opening match against Nepalgunj on Sunday, registered an eight-wicket victory over Region No 2 (Birgunj) on Tuesday at the TU Cricket Ground to top Group A of the tournament. Janakpur had defeated Region No 3 (Kathmandu) on Monday. Nepalgunj lost to Kathmandu in super over on Tuesday. However, Nepalgunj qualified for the semifinals as the Group A runner-up as it has a better net run rate than Birgunj, which had defeated Kathmandu on Sunday. Nepalgunj had won its first match against Janakpur on Sunday and shared points with Birgunj on Monday… Read More

Region No 3 (Kathmandu) crashed out of the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament as Region No 7 (Janakpur) registered a seven-wicket victory over it on Monday at the TU Cricket Ground. Kathmandu, which had lost to Region No 2 (Birgunj) on Sunday, elected to bat and put up 66/6 in 20 overs. Due to the rain, the match was reduced to 20 overs per side from 25 overs. Janakpur reached the target in 18 overs losing only three wickets. Following the victory, defending champion Janakpur restored its hope of reaching semifinal. Janakpur had lost to Nepalgunj on Sunday. Usha Bhujel scored 18 runs off 49 balls for Janakpur while Sarswoti Chaudhary remained unbeaten with 12 runs off 21… Read More