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]]>Speaking at the occasion, the NSC Member Secretary Ramesh Silwal termed the T20I series as a ’pathbreaker’ for cricket in Nepal.
“Nepal is on the verge of regaining ICC membership after the suspension. This series can be path-breaking for Nepali cricket in so many ways,” said Silwal.
“I have telephoned the ICC 37 times to make sure we head toward a positive result during the upcoming Special General Meeting (on Friday and Saturday). Not only the ICC is looking for systematic, transparent and uniform governance from the new cricket governing body in Nepal,” added Silwal.
He also said that the national team’s performance will also be crucial in creating more opportunities for Nepali cricket in the future.
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Speaking about the national team, he expressed confidence in the players saying that the current team is balanced to play for the international level even in the absence of some senior players.
“I know there are so many new faces for the series but all of them are very talented. The respective performances from the players will be crucial for Nepal going ahead,” the NSC Member-Secretary said.
Newcomers in the Nepal National Squad
The upcoming T20I series will see the participation of newcomers Kushal Malla and Ishan Pandey.
Malla and Pandey are left-handed players and are marking their debut in the national team with the upcoming T20I matches.
While all-rounder Malla made his way into the national team with impressive big hits in the training camp, top-order batsmen Pandey turned heads with his performance at the Prime Minister Cup held this year.
Mall has also represented Nepal at U16 and U19 tournaments including the recent Asia Cup. He played for Bhairahawa Gladiators, which was the runner-up at the Everest Premier League (EPL).
Nepal Cricket Senior Team Players – Participating and Non-Participating
Vice-Captain Gyanendra Malla took leave from the upcoming series due to personal reasons. Sharad Vesawkar and Basant Regmi will not be participating in the upcoming T20I campaigns against Singapore and Oman. Likewise, Pradeep Airee was rested.
Dipendra Singh Airee has been made deputy to skipper Paras Khadka.
Sundeep Johra, Aarif Sheik Sushan Beri and U19 players Pawan Sarraf and Rohit Kumar Paudel have made their comeback in the squad.
Other team members include spinners Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi and Sushan Bhari.
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Hope the team does well at both T20I series. All the Best National Team!
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]]>Sandeep drew wide attention from the global audience for his entry into the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the Delhi Daredevils bought him for Rs 20 lakh in an auction in January 2018.
The 17-year-old Sandeep’s name has been trending all over since then, and a new announcement took him to further heights.
In a recent update, Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua and Nepal National Sports Council Member Secretary Keshab Kumar Bista gave off the jersey No.1 to Sandeep, who was really awestruck at this response from IPL!
“I cannot take the number 25 from my seniors, as the birth date of my deceased Nephew falls on January i.e. 1, so I took the number for the jersey and we always want to be number one for which I took the number,” Sandeep said in response.
Adding flavor to his joy, Delhi Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua moved on to Twitter saying, “Great moment as @IamSandeep25 was handed his jersey No 1 by #KeshavBista head of #NationalSportsCouncil of #Nepal as the … and yes our young @DelhiDaredevils boy looks amazing in the jersey #DilDilli.”
“Somebody from Nepal would have taken him before us had we not stepped in. Sandeep Lamichhane is someone who is talented who brings something unique to the team,” Dua added.
This IPL season, to be held from April 7 to May 27, 2018, has a total of eight teams participating in it.
Sandeep will be playing along with the Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) and paceman Trent Boult (New Zealand), among others in Delhi Daredevils.
The Nepali leg-spinner has recently returned to Nepal after the World Cup Qualifiers match with Zimbabwe and will embark on the India trip for IPL very soon.
A Rocket-like Journey
Sandeep’s growth to this level has been so fast that he earned this wide recognition of becoming the IPL boy just within two years after getting selected to the Nepali national cricket team.
First identified by Nepali national cricket coach Pubudu Dassanayake, Sandeep’s talent got a due recognition when he was invited by Australian cricketer Michael Clarke to train at his cricket academy in Sydney after watching his sport at the Hong Kong Twenty20 Blitz tournament in 2016.
“Playing with a player like Michael Clarke is such as a big thing. It was amazing and sharing a dressing room with him and getting experience from him, it was something like a dream come true,” Sandeep said at that moment.
Often compared to spin-legend Shane Warne, Sandeep became centric to the world media after he got selected to IPL, and Nepali personalities were no exception. Ex-Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba tweeted to Sandeep saying, “Not just me, but the entire nation is proud of you.”
“If you get the chance to play in the IPL, lots of players will be there who are very experienced, and I think I will learn a lot,” Sandeep said earlier, which shows his love for learning through success.
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]]>The organizers of the Asian Premier League (APL) Twenty20 have conducted its auction on Monday. Five Nepali cricketers were sold in the auction for Nepal Storm, a franchise of Encore Infrastructure Pvt Ltd of New Zealand.
The Nepali players sold in auction were Bhupendra Thapa, Siddhant Raj Shahi, Amar Singh Routela and Rajbir Singh along with ex-international cricketer Paresh Lohani.
The country’s national team said that they are unaware of the tournament. RS Dandiwal, Chairman of APL said that they had kept the registrations open for all the cricketers for last six months. However, he is not sure why the national team cricketers didn’t turn up for the tournament.
Dandiwal said that they were told to look for approval from either the ICC or ACC (Asian Cricket Council) for conducting the tournament but it would have taken a lot of time. He added saying that the National Sports Council had helped in receiving broadcasting rights from the ministry.
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