Canadian cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24

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Canadian cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24

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|  Nepal|  Canada
Dates|  8 – 12 February 2024
Captains|  Rohit Paudel|  Saad Bin Zafar
One Day International series
Results|  Nepal won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs|  Anil Sah (162)|  Navneet Dhaliwal (102)
Most wickets|  Rohit Paudel (6)|  Ishwarjot Sohi (4)
Player of the series|  Rohit Paudel (Nep)

The Canada cricket team toured Nepal in February 2024 to play against Nepal cricket team.[1] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) matches.[2] For Nepal, the series provided the preparation for the 2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series.[3] In January 2024, the Cricket Association of Nepal announced the bilateral series as a part of Nepal's cricket calendar for 2024.[4]

## Squads[edit]

Nepal[5] |  Canada[6]

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* Rohit Paudel (c)
* Kushal Bhurtel
* Aakash Chand
* Rijan Dhakal
* Hemant Dhami
* Sompal Kami
* Dev Khanal
* Kushal Malla
* Lalit Rajbanshi
* Anil Sah (wk)
* Pawan Sarraf
* Bhim Sharki
* Aarif Sheikh
* Aasif Sheikh (wk)
* Surya Tamang

* Saad Bin Zafar (c)
* Shahid Ahmadzai
* Dilpreet Bajwa
* Uday Bhagwan
* Navneet Dhaliwal
* Nikhil Dutta
* Dillon Heyliger
* Aaron Johnson
* Nicholas Kirton
* Shreyas Movva (wk)
* Kaleem Sana
* Pargat Singh
* Ishwarjot Sohi
* Harsh Thaker
* Srimantha Wijeratne (wk)

## ODI series[edit]

### 1st ODI[edit]

8 February 2024
09:15
Scorecard

Nepal
224 (50 overs)

Canada
217 (47.5 overs)

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Kushal Bhurtel 62 (58)
Uday Bhagwan 3/40 (8 overs)

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Nicholas Kirton 68 (99)
Rohit Paudel 4/22 (8.5 overs)

Nepal won by 7 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
Player of the match: Rohit Paudel (Nep)

* Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rijan Dhakal, Surya Tamang (Nep) Shahid Ahmadzai, Uday Bhagwan, Navneet Dhaliwal, Shreyas Movva and Ishwarjot Sohi (Can) all made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI[edit]

10 February 2024
09:15
Scorecard

Canada
285/9 (50 overs)

Nepal
287/6 (45.1 overs)

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Aaron Johnson 65 (62)
Rohit Paudel 2/32 (8 overs)

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Rohit Paudel 87 (101)
Ishwarjot Sohi 2/48 (7 overs)

Nepal won by 4 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Rohit Paudel (Nep)

* Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aakash Chand (Nep) and Dilpreet Bajwa (Can) both made their ODI debuts.
* Anil Sah scored the fastest fifty by a Nepalese cricketer, in terms of number of balls faced in an ODI (19).[7]
* This was the joint highest successful run chase in ODIs by Nepal.[8][9]

### 3rd ODI[edit]

12 February 2024
09:15
Scorecard

Canada
232/8 (50 overs)

Nepal
234/1 (44.3 overs)

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Navneet Dhaliwal 50 (82)
Hemant Dhami 3/49 (8 overs)

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Anil Sah 112* (124)
Dillon Heyliger 1/31 (6 overs)

Nepal won by 9 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
Player of the match: Anil Sah (Nep)

* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* Hemant Dhami (Nep) made his ODI debut.
* Anil Sah and Bhim Sharki (Nep) both scored their first centuries in ODIs.[10]

## 50-over series[edit]

Canadian team played three match one day series against Nepal A after completion of ODI series against Nepal.[11][12]

Canada XI won the 3 match 50-over series 2-1 by defeating Nepal A in the series deciders by 4 wickets.[13]

### 1st 50-over match[edit]

18 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard

Nepal A
216/8 (50 overs)

Canada XI
218/6 (49.3 overs)

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Basir Ahamad 50* (55)
Saad Bin Zafar 3/30 (10 overs)

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Navneet Dhaliwal 80 (76)
Shahab Alam 2/31 (10 overs)

Canada XI won by 4 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Player of the match: Navneet Dhaliwal (Canada XI)

* Canada XI won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd 50-over match[edit]

20 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard

Canada XI
240 (49.5 overs)

Nepal A
241/8 (49.1 overs)

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Shreyas Movva 68 (82)
Shahab Alam 3/38 (10 overs)

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Sandeep Jora 66 (74)
Ammor Khalid 2/35 (7 overs)

Nepal A won by 2 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Player of the match: Basir Ahamad (Nepal A)

* Nepal A won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd 50-over match[edit]

22 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard

Nepal A
181 (47 overs)

Canada XI
182/6 (38.5 overs)

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Aashutosh Ghiraiya 28 (43)
Dillon Heyliger 2/28 (8 overs)

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Nicholas Kirton 58* (79)
Shahab Alam 4/35 (10 overs)

Canada XI won by 4 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Player of the match: Nicholas Kirton (Canada XI)

* Canada XI won the toss and elected to field.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2024 a big year for Canadian Cricket". Canada Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
2. ^ "CAN unveils annual sports calendar for 2024". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
3. ^ "Nepal to play tri-series against Namibia, Netherlands ahead of T20 World Cup". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
4. ^ "The Cricket Association of Nepal unveils cricket calendar 2024". CricNepal. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
5. ^ "Nepal's two different squads announced for Canada and CWC League 2 series". Cricnepal. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
6. ^ @canadiancricket (7 February 2024). "Get ready for the exciting cricket battle as we reveal the players representing Team Canada for the ODI bilateral series against Nepal" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 February 2024 - via Twitter.
7. ^ "Nepal beat Canada in second ODI, clinch series". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
8. ^ "Three batsmen score half centuries as Nepal secures victory against Canada". Khabarhub. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
9. ^ "Nepal completes a record chase to win the series against Canada". Cricnepal. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
10. ^ "Nepal hammer Canada by nine wickets, clean sweep ODI series 3-0". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
11. ^ @CricketNep (15 February 2024). "Nepal A vs Canada XI is all set to kick off from 18th Feb" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
12. ^ "Nepal A's fixture revealed against Canada XI". Cricnepal. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
13. ^ "Canada XI win the series against Nepal A". Cricnepal. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

## External links[edit]

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