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Nepal "A"नेपाली क क्रिकेट टोली

Association| Cricket Association of Nepal
Personnel
One Day captain| Binod Bhandari
T20I captain| Binod Bhandari
Coach| Gyanendra Malla
Team information
Founded| 2024
Home ground| Mulpani International Cricket Ground
Capacity| 4,000
Secondary home ground(s)| Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground
Secondary ground capacity| 25,000
History
List A debut| v. Ireland Wolves at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur; 1 April 2024
Twenty20 debut| v. Ireland Wolves at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur; 29 March 2024
Official website| https://cricketnepal.org.np

ODI kit

As of 14 February 2024

The Nepal A cricket team (Nepali: नेपाल ए क्रिकेट टिम) is a national-level men's cricket team of Nepal that plays in the second-tier relative to the Nepal national cricket team. Matches played by Nepal A are not considered Test matches or One Day Internationals; they instead are eligible to receive first-class and List A classification respectively. It is a developmental team, domestic players are often expected to first get selected in this team before playing for the senior team.[1]

The team was announced by Cricket Association of Nepal secretary Paras Khadka on 4 January 2024.[2] The first representative game played by Nepal A was against Canada in February 2024.[3] The squad for that series was announced on 14 February 2024.[4][5] Nepal A played their first official List A cricket match against Ireland Wolves during the Nepal tour of Ireland Wolves in late March 2024.[6][7][8]

## Current squad

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The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on 14 February 2024 revealed the Nepal A side with Binod Bhandari leading the team.[9] Players with international caps are marked as bold.

Name  | Age  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | forms  | Domestic team  | NPL

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Batters
Dev Khanal | 20 | Right-handed | — | List A , T20 | Lumbini Province | Karnali Yaks
Sundeep Jora | 23 | Right-handed | — | T20 | APF Club | Lumbini Lions
Arjun Kumal  | 19 | Right-handed | — | List A | Gandaki Province | Sudurpaschim Royals
Kiran Thagunna  | 28 | Right-handed | — | List A, T20 | Sudurpashchim Province | Pokhara Avengers
Mayan Yadav | 20 | Right-handed | — | List A | Madhesh Province | Janakpur Bolts
Subh Kansakar  | 25 | Right-handed | — | List A | Bagmati Province | Janakpur Bolts
Ashutosh Ghiraiya  | 25 | Right-handed | — | List A | Bagmati Province | Lumbini Lions
Naren Bhatta  | 17 | Right-handed | — | List A | Sudurpashchim Province | Biratnagar Kings
Ishan Pandey | 27 | Left-handed | — | ListA, T20 | Bagmati Province | Sudurpashchim Royals
Tirtha Raj Das | 22 | Right-handed | — | T20 | Tribhuwan Army Club | Pokhara Avengers
Aakash Tripathi | 20 | Right-handed | — | T20 | Lumbini Province | Janakpur Bolts
Prajwal Thapa | 19 | Right-handed | — | T20 | Lumbini Province | —
All-rounders
Mohammad Aadil Alam | 21 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | T20 | — | —
Bibek Yadav | 21 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | T20 | Tribhuwan Army Club | Lumbini Lions
Rupesh Singh | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast medium | List A | Madhesh Province | Janakpur Bolts
Pawan Sarraf | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | T20 | Madhesh Province | —
Bipin Khatri | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | T20 | Gandaki Province | Pokhara Avengers
Sher Malla  | 22 | Left-handed | Right-arm offbreak | T20 | Sudurpashchim Province | Janakpur Bolts
Narayan Joshi | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | List A | Sudurpashchim Province | Pokhara Avengers
Dipendra Rawat  | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | T20 | Karnali Province | Karnali yaks
Santosh Yadav | 18 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A, T20 | Lumbini Province | —
Wicket-keepers
Binod Bhandari (c)  | 35 | Right-handed | — | List A , T20 | Nepal Army Club | Sudurpaschim Royals
Arjun Saud | 22 | Right-handed | — | List A | Nepal Army Club | Lumbini Lions
Lokesh Bam | 21 | Right-handed | — | T20 |

Sudurpashchim Province

| Biratnagar Kings
Dilip Nath | 27 | Right-handed | — | T20 | Nepal Police Club | Pokhara Avengers
Arjun Gharti | 22 | Right-handed | — | T20 | Karnali Province | Karnali Yaks
Sujan Thapaliya | 31 | Right-handed | — | T20 | Koshi Province | Biratnagar kings
Shakib Haque  | 22 | Left-handed | — | T20 | Koshi Province | —
Spin bowlers
Shahab Alam | 24 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A, T20 | Tribhuwan Army Club | Kathmandu Gurkhas
Sagar Dhakal | 23 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A, T20 | Nepal Police Club | Pokhara Avengers
Surya Tamang | 23 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | Bagmati Province | Lumbini Lions
Mousom Dhakal | 24 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | Nepal Police Club | Karnali Yaks
Dipesh Kandel | 20 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | Koshi Province | Kathmandu Gurkhas
Ranjit Kumar  | 23 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | Madhesh Province | Chitwan Rhinos
Yuvraj Khatri  | 22 | Right-handed | Leg break | T20 | — | —
Pace bowlers
Kishore Mahato | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | List A, T20 | — | Janakpur Bolts
Pratis GC | 21 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | List A, T20 | Bagmati Province | Biratnagar Kings
Avinash Bohara | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | List A, T20 | APF Club | Sudurpaschim Royals
Kamal Singh Airee | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | List A, T20 | Nepal Police Club | Chitwan Rhinos
Aakash Chand | 20 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | List A, T20 | Sudurpashchim Province | Pokhara Avengers
Rashid Khan | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | T20 | Nepal Police Club | Kathmandu Gurkhas
Hemant Dhami | 19 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | T20 |

Sudurpashchim Province

| Janakpur Bolts
Bikash Aagri  | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | List A, T20 |

Sudurpashchim Province

| Lumbini Lions
Bishal patel  | 21 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | T20 | Madhesh Province | —

As of 10 May 2025

## Coaching staff

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Position  | Name

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Cricket manager  | Binod Das
Head coach  | Gyanendra Malla

## Results summary

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Matches  | List A matches  | T20 matches  | Other matches

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Date  | Opponent  | W  | L  | D  | W  | L  | NR/T  | W  | L  | NR/T
18-22 February 2024 | vs  Canada XI | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 1  | 2  | 0
29 March-07 April 2024 | vs  Ireland Wolves | –  | 3  | –  | 1  | 2  | 0  | –  | –  | –

* Source: CricInfo[10]

### Canada in Nepal, 2023–24

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After the ODI series, the Canadian team played three unofficial one-day matches against Nepal A.[11][12] The visitors won this unofficial series 2–1.[13]

### Ireland Wolves in Nepal, 2023–24

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The Ireland Wolves cricket team toured Nepal in March and April 2024 to play three List A and three Twenty20 (T20) matches against a Nepal A side.[14] Before those matches, the team played a two-match T20 series against the senior Nepal men's side.[15] This was the first tour to Nepal by an Irish representative team.[16] The tour also marked the first-ever T20 series played by Nepal A.[17]

## See also

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* Nepal national cricket team
* Nepal national under-19 cricket team

## References

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1. ^ "प्रधानमन्त्री कपलगत्तै नेपाली क्रिकेटको 'ए' टिम बनाउने क्यानको घोषणा" [After the Prime Minister's Cup, CAN's announcement to form the 'A' team of Nepali cricket]. Nepal Live (in Nepali). Retrieved 6 February 2024.
2. ^ "नेपाल ए टिम बनाउने आधार प्रधानमन्त्री कप क्रिकेट" [Prime Minister's Cup cricket is the basis for making Nepal A team]. Onlinekhabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 6 February 2024.
3. ^ "Nepal A's fixture revealed against Canada XI". Cricnepal. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
4. ^ "The Cricket Association of Nepal unveils cricket calendar 2024". Cricnepal. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
5. ^ "नेपालले पहिलाेपटक क्रिकेटको ए टिम बनाउने" [Nepal will make an A team of cricket for the first time]. Nepal Views (in Nepali). Retrieved 6 February 2024.
6. ^ "Ireland Wolves will travel for an eight-match white ball tour of Nepal". Cricket Ireland. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
7. ^ @CricketNep (3 March 2024). "Ireland A Tour of Nepal kicks off on 24th March" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
8. ^ "Rock to skipper Ireland Wolves in Nepal". www.cricketeurope.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
9. ^ "Nepal A squad unveiled, Binod Bhandari to lead the team". Cricnepal. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
10. ^ "Nepal a Cricket Team | NEP-A | Nepal a Team News and Matches".
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. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
13. ^ "Canada XI win the series against Nepal A". Cricnepal. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
14. ^ "Wolves end exile with Nepal tour". CricketEurope. Retrieved 3 March 2024.[permanent dead link]
15. ^ "Ireland Wolves will travel for an eight-match white ball tour of Nepal". Cricket Ireland. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
16. ^ "Cricket Nepal to host Ireland Wolves team for OD/T20 series in March 2024". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
17. ^ "Ireland A to tour Nepal". Cricnepal. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

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