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With only 10 days remaining for Nepal team to go for World T20 Cup Qualifiers in UAE, it could not train on Friday as the ground was not available for the players. The team was scheduled to train at the TU grounds, Kirtipur. Wai Wai U-19 Regional Selection of Region no 3 was being held at the ground. At the same time, the wicket was also not in a condition for net practice either. The team had no other option than to conduct physical training and remain as the spectators at the U-19 selection match. The team returned home on Wednesday after 10-day long Delhi tour to prepare for the qualifiers. It was planning to conduct some important strategic training… Read More

Dhangadhi Cricket Academy (DCA) wrapped up its Sri Lanka tour on Monday with four wins and five defeats in friendly matches. DCA was beaten in its ninth and final match on Monday, losing to host Ravi Puchihawa Cricket Academy (RPCA) by 42 runs in Matale, the administrative capital of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. RPCA won the toss and elected to bat on its home ground at the Bernard Cricket Stadium. The hosts were all out for 138 in 19 overs. Altaf Mohammad scored 27 runs for RPCA while Gihan Herath added 20. Tekendra Khadka, Aashutosh Kunwar and Amar Panthi took two wickets each for DCA. Chasing a target of 139, DCA was packed for just 96 runs. Nuren… Read More

Nepali national team registered a convincing 55-run win over DCA, Ghaziabad in T20 practice match. Nepali team is in Indian capital to to prepare for the Qualifiers of World T20 Cup to be held from November 15 to 30 in UAE. Nepali batsmen came up with much improved performance at the Nehru Cricket Stadium in Ghaziabad. Nepali batsmen put up 144 for 8 after electing to bat first and bowled out the local team for 89 in 17.4 overs. Opening pair of Mahesh Chhetri (22) and Pradeep Aire (39) put up 59-run stand for the first wicket before Airee was trapped leg before in last ball of 8th over after facing 26 deliveries. Airee, the topscorer for Nepal, hit 39 runs… Read More

Nepali national cricket team defeated Indian Railways by 5 runs, in it’s practice tour to the Indian capital, at at the Roshanara Club ground. Put to bat first, Nepal scored 135 for 9 in the T20 match and restricted Indian Railways at 132 for 7. Binod Bhandari scored the highest 42 off 35 with five hits to the fence. Gyanendra Malla scored 31 off 34. Opener Subash Khakurel (13), Sagar Pun (15), skipper Paras Khadka (5), Basanta Regmi (12), Sharad Vesawakar (4) and Pradeep Aire (11) contributed for Nepal. For Indian Railway, Karan Thakur and Hitesh Kadam claimed three wickets apiece while Shamshul Huda claimed two and Prashant Awasti took one wicket. In the run chase, Hemant Singh’s 82 off… Read More

Nepali national cricket team sealed second victory over Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) U-25 team on Wednesday in its practice tour to India. Nepal defeated DDCA U-25 by five wickets on Wednesday at the Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi. Nepal had lost its first match against the same team by four wickets on Monday but won the second match by 36 runs on Tuesday. Nepal elected to field first and restricted DDCA U-25 at 123/6 in the T20 match. Nepal met the target in 19.4 overs losing only five wickets. Nipun Malhotra scored 25 runs off 25 balls while Akarshit Gomil added 24 runs off 17 balls. Ankur Julka (19 runs), Kuldeep Rawat (unbeaten 19 runs), Jaideep Chauhan (15 runs) were… Read More

Skipper Paras Khadka blasted 80 runs as Nepali national cricket team defeated Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) U-25 team by 36 runs on Tuesday in its second practice match in the India tour. DDCA U-25 had defeated Nepal by four wickets in the first match on Monday. DDCA U-25 elected to field first at the Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi. Nepal put up 148/6 in allotted 20 overs and restricted DDCA U-25 at 112/9. Opener Sagar Pun failed to open his account while Subash Khakurel put up 25 runs off 17 balls. Pradeep Airee added 12 runs off 14 balls and Gyanendra Malla garnered 13 runs off 13 balls. However, skipper Khadka anchored and boosted the Nepali innings by clobbering 80… Read More

Nepali national cricket team suffered a loss in first practice match of its India tour as U-25 team of Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) defeated it by four wickets on Monday at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi. DDCA U-25 elected to field and restricted Nepal at 137/5 in allotted 20 overs. Opener Sagar Pun scored only three runs but another opener Subash Khakurel and Gyanendra Malla put up a 77-run partnership for the second wicket. Malla garnered 26 runs off 33 balls. However, Varun Sood claimed both the wickets of Malla and Khakurel in the 13th over. Khakurel clobbered 45 runs off 40 balls before getting out. Khakurel hit five boundaries and a six. Captain Paras Khadka blasted unbeaten… Read More

A 24-member U-17 cricket team of Dhangadhi Cricket Academy (DCA), the first cricket academy of Far Western Region, left for Sri Lanka on Thursday to play friendly matches in Sri Lanka. DCA is the first non-national team of Nepal to tour Sri Lanka. DCA team, consisting of 17 players and seven officials, will play nine matches with the age group teams of different Sri Lankan clubs. According to DCA President Subash Shahi, the tour was arranged under the initiation of national team coach Pubudu Dassanayake. “The tour will be vital in establishing relation with Sri Lankan cricket,” said Shahi during the farewell program held at Dhangadhi on Thursday. “Lack of exposure is a major problem of Nepali cricket. Thus we have… Read More

International Cricket Council (ICC) has ultimately slapped a fine of $ 84000 (approx Rs 8.3 million) on Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) for not submitting quarterly financial reports. ICC had warned Nepal of action in August after the association failed to submit financial reports for the last quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013 on time. CAN had sent the financial report for the last quarter of 2012 in May whereas it should have been submitted by the end of January. Asian Cricket Council (ACC) had asked ICC to take action against Nepal. CAN had appealed to ICC and ACC not to take action but they did not respond to the plea. CAN Vice-president Keshav Ghimire confirmed the… Read More

Medium pacer Jitendra Mukhiya got a fresh call and wicketkeeper batsman Mahesh Chhetri made a comeback after two years as Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced a 15-member squad on Thursday for the ICC World T20 Qualifiers to be held in November in the UAE. Amrit Bhattarai, who was dropped during the ACC Emerging Teams Cup held in Singapore, also retained his place in the T20 squad. All-rounder Prithu Banskota, medium pacers Ram Naresh Giri and Chandra Sawad, who were in the team in Singapore, are not included in the list of final 15 for the T20 Qualifiers. Banskota is undergoing a treatment and rehabilitation program after picking knee injury last month while Giri and Sawad are considered only as… Read More

Australian batting coach Chris Harris said that he found the Nepali national cricket team professional and he expected it to qualify for the World T20 and the Cricket World Cup. Harris, who is hired by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) for a 10-day-long special training for the national team, at a press conference on Wednesday said he was surprised to see the batting capabilities of Nepali players. “I’m waiting for the upcoming tournaments with my fingers crossed. And, I expect good batting performance by the Nepali team in New Zealand,” said Harris, who will return to Australia on Friday. According to Harris, he talked about batting in T20 format as well as One-Day matches. “We even utilized rainy day… Read More

Nepal Army made memorable debut in domestic cricket as it lifted the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament title defeating defending champion Armed Police Force (APF) by five wickets at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Friday. After its commencement in 2066 BS, the tournament has always found new winner and Army’s victory on Friday maintained it. Region No 3 (Kathmandu) had won the tournament in 2066 BS and then Region No 1 (Biratnagar), Nepal Police and Armed Police Force had emerged as winner in the following editions. Winner Nepal Army received Rs 125,000 and runner-up APF got Rs 75,000. APF elected to bat and put up 112/7 in allotted 16 overs. The match was reduced to 16 overs… Read More

Nepal APF Club, Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) and Region No 3 (Kathmandu) registered consecutive second victory on Friday in the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament. APF, which defeated Region No 8 (Pokhara) on Thursday in the first match, thrashed Region No 2 (Birgunj) by 76 runs on Friday at the Pulchowk Engineering College Ground, Lalitpur. APF elected to bat first and put up 148/5 in allotted 20 overs as Sharad Vesawkar scored unbeaten 32 runs while Basant Regmi added unbeaten 26. Subash Khakurel blasted 29 runs off 15 balls and Gyanendra Malla scored 24 runs. Binod Das took two wickets for Birgunj while Arif Seikh, Ram Naresh Giri and Irshad Ahamed claimed a wicket each. In reply, Birgunj… Read More

Wicket-keeper batsman Akash Thapa of Chitawan district cricket team achieved a rare feat in cricket on Monday as he hit six sixes off an over in a match of the regional selection tournament of Region No 8 (Pohara) for the upcoming National T20 Tournament. Thapa clobbered all the six balls out of the boundary in the 10th over of the innings bowled by off-spinner Rikesh Gupta of Syangja. Thapa scored 86 runs off 38 balls in the match. He struck nine sixes in total. “The first ball was a loose one and I hit it for a six. The second ball was over-pitched but I stepped out to hit it and it went for another six. It gave me confidence… Read More

After representing Nepali cricket for 11 years at the international level, cricketer Sharad Vesawkar received a naturalized citizenship of the country only on Sunday under the provision of Nepal Citizenship Act 2063. Home Ministry handed over the citizenship certificate to Vesawkar on Sunday as a recognition for his special contribution to Nepali sport. Vesawkar had taken an oath promising that he would always be loyal to the nation. Vesawkar, a son of Nepali mother and Indian father, had been seeking citizenship certificate for the last 15 years. Vesawkar and his mother Himali Khadka live in Siphal, Kathmandu. “After receiving it, I feel that Nepali cricket fraternity has achieved something. I was used to the situation but people were concerned about… Read More

ACC Emerging Teams Cup Afghanistan 169/9 (50 ov) Basant Regmi 5/31 Nepal 157 (45.3/46 ov, target 161) Paras Khadka – 60 runs (62 balls) Afghanistan won by 3 runs (D/L method) (detail news later)    

Nepal, which is focused on the upcoming World T20 Qualifiers and Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, will take on rival associate-nation Afghanistan on Friday in Singapore in its first match of the ACC Emerging Teams Cup, which could be the best exposure for the national side ahead of the two bigger tournaments. Nepal is to participate in the World T20 Qualifiers to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November and the Cricket World Cup Qualifiers to be held in New Zealand in January, 2014. Nepali team Coach Pubudu Dassanayake said that his team would try to put up good show in Singapore and try to win matches in the tournament starting from August 17. “We’ll try everything to… Read More

Nepali national cricket team suffered yet another huge defeat in its Sri Lanka tour as Sri Lanka U-23 thrashed Nepal by 133 runs on Thursday in the second practice match of the tour. Nepal had lost to the same team by seven wickets on Wednesday. Sri Lanka U-23 put up 254/9 at NCCA Cricket Ground, Colombo as opener Shehan Jayasuriya scored 42 runs off 47 balls and Danushka Gunathilaka garnered 39 runs off 68 balls. Niroshan Dickwella (25 runs off 34 balls), Romesh Buddhika (38 runs off 41 balls) contributed for Sri Lanka in the middle order while Chathuranga Kumara scored 48 runs off 56 balls and Charith Jayapanthi struck unbeaten 29 runs off nine balls to put up a… Read More

Nepal will meet Denmark in the opening day of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2013, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said as it announced the schedule of the tournament which will take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 15 to 30 November, 2013. In exactly 100 days, sixteen sides from across the globe will feature in the 15-day tournament which will be played at seven venues – Dubai International Cricket Stadium and ICC Academy grounds No.1 and No.2 in Dubai, Zayed Cricket Stadium and Abu Dhabi Ovals 1 and 2 in Abu Dhabi and the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has decided to send wicketkeeper-batsman Mahesh Chhetri and medium pacer Jitendra Mukhiya to Sri Lanka to join the national cricket team on its ongoing practice tour ahead of the ACC Emerging Teams Cup. “The ongoing tour is part of preparations for not only the ACC tournament but also the upcoming ICC World T20 Qualifiers and the ICC World Cup Qualifiers. In this scenario, we want the maximum number of players to get exposure,” said Ashok Nath Pyakuryal, the general secretary of CAN. Nepal has been drawn in Group B along with Afghanistan, Scotland, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Bermuda and Denmark for the ICC World T20 Qualifiers to be held in the United Arab… Read More

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