Welcome to Nepali Cricket History

Nepali cricket has grown significantly in recent years, achieving various milestones in both men's and women's cricket. The national team has shown remarkable progress, earning ODI and T20I status and competing at the highest levels of cricket. Nepal's passionate cricket community and dedicated players have helped establish the country as a rising force in international cricket.
Nepal has played 73 ODI matches, winning 35, losing 35, tying 1 and with 2 ending in a no-result. As of November 2024, Nepal is ranked 18th in the ICC ODI Championship on 26 rating points. Nepal has not qualified for any edition of the Cricket World Cup, however they have appeared in World Cup Qualifier 3 times. The team has also played 95 Twenty20 International matches, winning 53, losing 38, tying 2 and with 2 ending in a no-result. As of November 2024, Nepal is ranked 17th in the ICC T20I Championship on 171 rating points. Nepal has appeared in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup twice in 2014 and 2024. They have also appeared in the Asia Cup in 2023 and Asian Games in 2010, 2014 and 2022.(wikipedia)

Fastest to 100 wickets in an odi

Record Holder : Sandeep Lamichane

Sandeep is the fastest bowler in the world to take 100 wickets. The Nepali Cricketer took only 42 matches to reach at this landmark. The talented leg spinner broke the record of Rashid Khan who took 44 matches to take 100 wickets. This record came to Sandeep’s name in the game against Oman in 21 April 2023.
The cricketer always gives his best while playing for the nation. Lamichhane made his ODI debut against the Netherlands in 1 August 2018 where he managed to take the first wicket for team Nepal. The 23 year old spinner has 111 wickets in ODI’s till now and in T20I’s he has got 85 wickets till now. Not just that , he was taken all of his wickets with an average of just 17.25 and his economy rate is also just 4.27. He is also the first Nepali player to play IPL and many other leagues .

YOUNGEST PLAYER TO SCORE A HALF CENTURY IN ODI CRICKET

Record Holder: Kushal Malla

ushal Malla from Nepal is the youngest player to score half-century in ODI. Malla was only 15 years old when he got his first half century. Kushal Malla from Nepal is a hard hitting batsman who is well known for his both batting and bowling ability. The young talent is a left handed batsman and a left arm spinner.
On February 8, 2020 , Nepal was playing a game against U.S.A in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2. After winning the toss , USA chose to bowl first in Kritipur.The bowlers from USA were in quite a form as they managed to send half of the players back to pavilion in just 49 runs. The home fans were stunned by the performance of USA. And then came Nepal’s youngest team member who was just 15 years old at that time. In that inning , Kushal decided to play his natural game. Young Malla scored half century in just 49 balls. He managed to hit 4 boundaries and 3 sixes in that game. Due to his impressive batting ability Team Nepal managed to score 190 runs in first inning. Beside that , Malla also took a wicket in that game. The young spinner managed to get a wicket of Elmore Hutchinson. The talented all rounder only gave 30 runs in his spell of 10 overs.

Joint world record of bowling out a team in just 35 runs in ODI International

Record Holder: nNepali cricket team

On February 12 2020 , Nepal were playing a game against USA in ICC World Cup League Division 2. Before that game USA were looking solid in the tournament as they had won 6 games out of 9 games they played. ven after being in a hot form , USA had no answers for the questions asked by the Nepali spinners. The international superstar Sandeep Lamichhane managed to bag 6 wickets for just 16 runs where as Sushan Bhari , another talented spinner , managed to take 4 wickets of USA.
Only opening batter Xavier Marshall managed to score in double digits in that game. Other batters of USA didn’t even manage to cross 5 runs from their bat. This feat in the world of cricket was only achieved once before in international cricket. It was the time when Zimbabwe had managed to score 35 runs against Srilanka in 2004. Thus , Nepal and Sri Lanka holds a joint world record of bowling out a team in lowest possible score.