Chhiring Sherpa bagged the bronze medal in the 54 kg junior group (men) category.

He was adorned with this medal after vanquishing Mohammad Alijeni of Kuwait in a bout that ended with a 5-0 score.

Swastika Tiruwa clinched the bronze in the 52 kg junior group (women) category. Narika Rai won the final bronze in the 57 kg category.

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The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has received a formal offer from the Federation to host the Championship in Nepal.

According to the ANFA, the SAFF General Secretary Anwarul Huq officially wrote a proposal letter to the ANFA General Secretary Indraman Tuladhar to host the Championship in Nepal.

The ANFA will now draft a detailed proposal of the Championship and send it to SAFF for approval.

The SAFF President and Executive Committee will review the proposal from ANFA before conforming the host.

The SAFF has sent the offer to Nepal after Bangladesh Football Federation exited as host due to the threat of coronavirus pandemic in the country. A virtual meeting of the member countries held on July 23 decided this effect.

So far, Nepal has hosted the biennial football Championship two times, first in 1997 and second in 2013. However, the Himalayan nation has never reached the Championship finals. In 2013, Nepal lost to Afghanistan in the semi-finals.

India stands atop in the Championship. The neighboring country has lifted the Championship title seven times.

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The host team secured a place in the final after its last match against Bangladesh ended in a stalemate. In the tournament so far, Nepal played two matches and finished with identical scores. The Nepali team scored 2 points, while Kyrgyzstan Olympic Team scored one point.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh secured four points to secure their position in the final.

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In the last match, Nepal had plenty of opportunities to score a goal against the Bangladesh team. Anjan Bista failed to direct a free header from a cross by Tridev Gurung in the 21st minute into the post. In the 65^th minute, Abhishek Rijal’s header went wide when he jumped to meet Ranjit Dhimal’s cross.

Likewise, Bangladesh also missed few opportunities. In the 40^th minute skipper, Jamal Bhuyal failed to turn a free-kick into a goal.

“Nepal got on top a few times, but that didn’t hurt us. It is nice to get into the final, and now we want to win it,” said Bangladesh head coach James Day.

“We played good football in the second half. We want to play even better and lift the trophy,” said Nepal’s head coach Bal Gopal Maharjan adding that their strategy was not to lose a point in today’s game.

Nepal’s Rohit Chand won the Player of the Match award.

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Phillips, who has been serving as the Technical Director of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) since 2019, was recommended for the head coach position by the five-member ANFA Technical Committee. The Committee members are Krishna Thapa, Upendra Man Singh, Kumar Raj Bhandari, Arjun Lama, and Dinesh Byanjankar.

Before serving for the ANFA, Phillips has vast work experience with football clubs in Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. He also served as the manager of Papua New Guinea’s national women’s team and worked in the coach education department of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

The new coach is bestowed with the huge responsibility of training the women’s national team for the upcoming AFC Women’s Asian Cup Championship 2022 Qualifiers. The closed camp training of Nepal’s women’s football team is expected to begin at the earliest possible.

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What made Nepal to do so? And, the answer is Sandeep Lamichhane, the country’s young spinning sensation!

Sandeep, who was in India for IPL 2019, has returned home on May 12, 2019, after playing a total of six matches of #IPL2019.

“I could learn a lot this time even if I played six matches,” said Sandeep upon his arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). He further added that this #IPLSeason was little tough compared to the previous one, and expressed happiness in saying that his participation added to Nepal’s stature in the world T20 cricket.

Responding on further matches, Sandeep clarified that he is not playing the Prime Minister Cricket that is scheduled to begin next week.

In six matches in IPL 2019, Sandeep took a total of 8 wickets, thus winning some special recognition!

“I have always wanted to do my job. I have to prove myself every time I get my chance,” Sandeep told media in a press conference held in April 2019 after the match.

Sandeep Says…

“I’m very thankful to Nepal cricket, because I’ve done really good for Nepal cricket in the past year and that’s why people from Delhi Capitals, they [picked] me last year….From there [it] completely changed my life because I got to play three games, did really good for Delhi Daredevils [as Delhi were known last year]. After that, I’ve not had to look back at my journey. Last time I played three games, but this time I’ve to play a lot of games. That’s where I can improve myself, so that if this time I’m getting seven to eight games, I would like to make sure, next time, I will play all the 14 games.”

Greatful for being a part of @delhicapitals family. Absolutely enjoyed this season. Was a great tournament for us, Thanks to all the players, coaching staff, management team & all the well wishers for your kind love and support. Great experience. #Delhi_Captials #Jai_Nepal?? pic.twitter.com/dR0575fDQf

— Sandeep Lamichhane (@IamSandeep25) May 11, 2019

ICC Commends Sandeep

Citing Sandeep’s statement “IPL has changed my life”, ICC said, “His growing international stature is evident by the fact that he’s a regular in the Delhi Capitals line-up this season, having played just three games last year. He is also repaying the faith with match-winning performances.”

The 18-year-old always had good control over the ball and its mental toughness that makes him stand-out, ICC said in its release in April 2019.

Well Played Sandeep! NepaliSansar wishes you a great career ahead!

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The region is eagerly waiting for the Triathlon’s Asian Cup and South Asian Championship that is scheduled to begin on April 27, 2019.

The officials are on final stages of key preparations and the participating teams have already arrived in Pokhara on April 25, 2019.

“This event was fixed a year ago, so we have already made required preparations for that,’’ says Kaski Triathlon Association Secretary Prakash Baral.

Triathlon Events

The triathlon tournament is featuring wide varieties of sports events, including a 759-mt swimming competition, 20-km cycling event and a 5-km race.

Swimming competition has been planned to be held in Fewa Lake, while the race will be a circuit from Hima Griha-Shahid Chowk, Mustang Chowk, Birauta Chowk, Damside, National Bank Chowk and back to Hima Griha.

Whereas, cycling will see a four-round circuit covering a distance of 5-km race.

The event will witness a total of 27 players (20 men and 7 women) from around 9 nations including Nepal, Korea, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Australia, Kazakhstan, India and Bangladesh.

The highest number of players in the tournament are coming from Japan, while Nepal is presenting five of its players, followed by India (3) and Bangladesh (2), among others.

The International Triathlon Union has extended its financial support of USD 1,000 for the tournament.

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This became evident in a recent update, which said the country has made some good investment for the sports infrastructure development in Banke.

The government has reportedly spent around NPR 480 million in view of the 8^th National Games to develop:

• Sophisticated football ground
• Weight Lifting Academy
• Shooting Range
• Swimming Pool
• Athletics Track
• Judo Hall
• International Cricket Ground
• Volleyball Stadium

A total of NPR 240 million has been dedicated for the construction of Nepalgunj stadium, while the football stadium is being built at a cost of 180 million.

According to Nepal Sports Council Member Secretary Keshab Kumar Bista, this is the highest-ever infrastructure investment that the country has made in its sports history.

While the opening ceremony of the event has been scheduled for April 18, 2019, 16 of 35 games have already ended after a start from April 10, 2019. Nepal Army garnered highest number of medals in the concluded games.

It is noteworthy that paragliding is making its first-ever entry to the National Games this year. The paragliding competition part of 8^th National Games has been scheduled in Pokhara from April 19, 2019.

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Despite four wins against Malaysia, Oman, Singapore and Kuwait, Nepal failed to see the expected success in the ICC U19 Qualifier tournament. The team lost the chance to enter the ICC World Cup Cricket 2020 after its failure in a match against UAE on April 13, 2019.

UAE won all the five matches and will now move to the main ICC U19 World Cup event!

Here are some highlights about Nepal U19 Team’s performance in the tournament:

Nepal Vs Kuwait Match-5: Nepal Won by 8 Wickets 

Match 5 of the tournament saw an intense fight between Nepal and Kuwait teams.

The match began with Nepalis winning the toss and choosing to field first.

Kuwait team stepped in to bat and made a slow start. Driven by Noman Budroo’s 70-run score and single-digit scores by many others, the team managed to score 157 runs in 49.4 overs for the loss of all wickets.

RK Paudel, followed Nepali bowlers Rashid Khan, Surya Tamang and Kushal Malla, was the highest wicket-taker from Nepali bowling side.

Then Nepalis began their batting innings in a massive way and did not take much time to finish the set target. Gautam began his batting high on confidence and scored 62 runs in 84 balls. Next in the order, Sarraf also exhibited his outstanding performance by with 53-run score in 61 balls.

Aasif Sheikh continued the spirit and scored 33 runs in 20 balls. In partnership with Jora, he drove the team to the winning streak.  Nepali batsmen finished their target within 28 overs for the loss of just 2 wickets at 5.71 run rate.

Kuwait Vs Nepal – Match Summary

Gautam grabbed the ‘Player of the Match’ title!

Man of the Match – Rit Gautam, Nepal

Nepal Vs Oman: Match-4: Nepal Wins by 150 Runs

The Match-4 of the ICC U19 tournament saw Nepal and Oman facing each other. Oman won the toss and chose to field first.

Nepali team stepped in to bat with Gautam and Sarraf as openers. Openers made a slow start scoring 10 runs and 5 runs, respectively. Then came Basnet, who also scored just 15 runs.

Next, in the order, Paudel stood as the game-changer by scoring 75 runs in 81 balls, giving the major boost to the team’s scorecard.

Next to Paudel stood Pratis as the second highest scorer with 41 runs in 23 balls, followed by Sharki with 39 runs in 43 balls.

At the end of the innings, the Nepali team scored 229 runs in 43.2 overs, at a 5.28 run rate, for the loss of all wickets.

Then stepped in Oman team making a slow start. Despite sincere attempts, the team had a tough time facing Nepali bowlers. Starting with openers, all the team members made only single-digit scores finally falling short of the target. The team was all-out for 79 runs!

U19CWC Qualifier Asia 2019: Nepal Vs Oman match summary

Sarraf stood as the highest wicket taker of the match with 3 wickets, followed by Pratis GC (2) and Surya Tamang (2), among others.

Rohit Paudel was announced ‘Player of the Match’!

Nepal Vs Malaysia: Match 3 – Nepal Won by 8 Wickets

Continuing the winning streak, Nepal won their third match in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Asia 2019 against Malaysia. Nepal beat Malaysian U19 team by 8 wickets in just 13 overs!

The winning team initially won the toss and elected to field first.

Aslam Khan and Wan Amirul opened the match for the Malaysian team but to no avail. Khan was bowled at the very third ball of the match owing to a joint runout from HB Chauhan and KS Airee. On the other hand, Amirul made just 7 runs from 17 deliveries.

Nepal player Mahamad Asif Sheikh – ICC Cricket 2019

The game continued on a slump until Iezzat Daniel Fiqry came by and single-handedly gave the team 37 runs off 55 deliveries. Finally, Malaysia wound up the game with a total of 92 runs at 33.5 overs.

Nepali bowlers Pawan Sarraf and Kushal Malla remained the highest wicket-takers, claiming ‘six’ Malaysian wickets (three each).

Then came Nepal’s turn. The team began the batting innings with Rit Gautam and Sarraf, who registered a whopping 58 runs to Nepal’s credit.

Nepal’s Rit Gautam in ICC U19 CWC Asia Qualifier

Next in line, Aasif Sheik and Captain Rohit Kumar Paudel registered 26 and 6 runs, respectively. wrapped up its game with 95 runs in 13 out of 50 overs.

U19CWC Qualifier Asia: Malaysia Vs Nepal – Match Summary

Nepal not only made a strong defense but also displayed a splendid batting performance throughout the match.

Nepal’s Pawan Sarraf was again named ‘Player of the Match’. Congratulations once again Team Nepal!

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Nepal Vs Singapore: Match 1 – Nepal Wins By 217 runs

Nepal makes a winning start in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Asia 2019! The Nepal U19 team met Singapore for its first match for the Asia Qualifier at Kuala Lumpur on April 12, 2019.

Singapore won the toss and elected to field first.

Nepal Opening batsmen Rit Gautam and P Sarraf registered 1 and 47 runs respectively, giving Nepal a decent start. Doubling Sarraf’s score and becoming the highest scorer in the team, Paudel then made a contribution of 95 runs for his team.

Besides these players, B Sharki’s 26 runs, KS Airee’s 31 runs and Rashid Khan’s 48 runs helped the team wind up their first Asia Qualifier match with a magnificent 282 runs in 46 overs.

Then came Singapore’s turn. The team’s batting line began with SH Venugopal and A Chabria registering a score of 18 and 2 runs, respectively.

However, Chabria’s stint ended with a partnered run out by Rashid Khan and Kushal Malla.

Besides I Sawney (28) and Venugopal (18), all the other players were able to make single digit runs. Thanks to Nepal’s strong line of defense on the field!

In all, Singapore was able to make a total of just 65 runs after losing all wickets in 31 overs.

Nepal’s Pawan Sarraf was named ‘Player of the Match’.

Pawan Sarraf, Nepal – Nepal U19 Vs Singapore U19

Congratulations Team Nepal!

Hope the young lads keep up their good work and lead Nepal to the U19 World Cup Trophy.

Background

Nepal has finally announced a 14-men squad part of its U-19 team for the tournament scheduled to be held in Malaysia during April 10-18, 2019.

As per the announcement on April 02, 2019, the team has roped in some experienced players from the senior national cricket team who played in UAE tour.

Nepal’s new cricket sensation Rohit Poudel, known as the youngest half-centurion in international cricket, is leading the team.

The team also has another world record holder Sundeep Jora, known as the youngest half-centurion in T20I cricket, alongside the former Youth Asia Cup captain Aasif Sheikh and the off-spinning all-rounder Pawan Sarraf, among others.

Pace bowlers Rashid Khan and Kamal Singh Airee and left-arm spin bowlers Sagar Dhakal and Surya Tamang are among the key bowlers in the team.

All-rounder Kushal Malla, wicket keeper Hari Bahadur Chauhan, batsman Avishek Basnet and left-arm pace bowler Pratish GC were among the newcomers willing to check their luck part of the squad.

Poudel Confident About Squad

Poudel was confident about the new squad and is hopeful about the newcomers’ entry.

“The players know their role, which is a good thing heading into a crucial tournament. We are feeling good collectively with our performances in the recent practice tour. There are few experienced players in the squad which certainly makes my job easier in the middle. We can always talk to each other in difficult situations,” Poudel said in a statement.

Newcomers Add Freshness

Welcoming the newcomers, he stated, “The newcomers are always refreshing. They bring new ideas in the team. Pratish has done well swinging the new ball and also bowling well in death overs.”

Hari Bahadur Chauhan was elated on his first-ever selection for the national team.

“This will be my first time as a wicket-keeper batsman. The team required a back-up keeper for the tour and the coach trusted me to do justice with the role. He had seen me wicket-keeping for Dhangadhi Stars during DPL. He also had given me few matches with gloves during the practice tour of India,” Chauhan said in a statement.

Tournament Details

Nepal national U-19 cricket team is scheduled to fly to Malaysia on April 6, 2019. With no practice matches in prior, the team will face UAE, Malaysia, Oman, Singapore and Kuwait in a single round-robin format to secure its spot (from the Asian region) in the U19 World Cup scheduled to be held in South Africa in 2020.

All the matches of the tournament are planned to be played at Kinrara Oval, Bayuemas Oval in Klang and at the UKM Oval stadiums in Bangi.

All the matches will be played in a 50-over format and are most likely to be ‘day games’ starting at 9:30 am of the local time.

Nepal will face Singapore in its inaugural match of the tournament on April 12 at UKM Oval.

The previous edition of Asia qualifiers saw Afghanistan beat Nepal in the final to secure its spot in the 2018 edition of U19 World Cup in New Zealand.  Now a test nation, Afghanistan has automatically qualified for the upcoming edition of the world cup in South Africa in 2020.

ICC U19 World Cup Qualifier Asia 2019 Division-1 Schedule

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Province 3 emerged as the champion of the Nepal U-16 national cricket league that concluded at the Tribhuvan University cricket ground on April 08, 2019.

In the last match of the tournament on the day, Province 3 won the toss to bat first.

Despite a slow start followed by the loss of 3 wickets in just 37 runs, the team had to fight back to finally score 162 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 30 overs.

Bhattarai rescued the team by scoring 56 runs from 71 deliveries. He continued for a 58-run partnership with the fourth wicket.

Mahat is another player who played crucial by scoring 34 runs from 32 deliveries.

Abhishek Upadhaya’s half century and Prashant Mahat’s contribution stood crucial to Province 3 team’s score card.

Province 5 team, who stepped in to bat, made a good start and continued with the amazing 61-run partnership of Bishal Bikram KC and Amar Mishra.

However, Krish Karki of Province 3 gave a jolt to the Province 5 team by taking KC’s wicket, driving the latter to lose the match.

Other bowlers of Province 3 team also did their best. While Bibek Darai and Deepak Bohora shared two wickets each, Sakriya Karki and Tilak Bhandari managed with one wicket, each.

Overall, Province 3’s Ayees Bhattarai and Province 5’s Ramesh Kurmi have been declared as the Best Batsman and Best Bowler, respectively. While, Province 4’s Arjun Kumal was named for the Emerging Player of the tournament category.

A total of 7 provinces participated in this tournament organized by the Youth and Sports Ministry in coordination with National Sports Council.

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The country’s players have shown some good developments over the period in both the sports, locally and globally.

While the country is performing well in its ICC rankings for cricket, here comes another interesting update about the country’s stable position in world football rankings.

In the latest FIFA rankings, Nepal stood at 161^st position, the same place where it has been since the last ranking.

Though it remained the same in global rankings, the Himalayan nation has shown some notable improvement in regional ranking.

FIFA placed Nepal at the third position in South Asia ranking, with India at the top (101^st position global ranking) followed by Maldives (151), Bhutan (186), Bangladesh (188), Pakistan (200) and Sri Lanka (202).

Coming to the top of the global list, Belgium stood ahead followed by France in second position, Brazil (3), England (4), Croatia (5), Uruguay (6) and Portugal (7).

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