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Team Nepal eyes new heights of cricketing glory in T20 World Cup

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  Come February 8th,the men’s national cricket team of Nepal will be under the spotlight when their  campaign in the  ICCMen’s Twenty20 World  Cup gets underway in Mumbai, India. They take on heavyweight England  in the opener of the Group C match.Apart  from Nepal and England,West Indies,Scotland and Italy are the other teams in the group . This  is Nepal’s third World Cup appearance .They made their  World Cup debut  in  2014 in Bangladesh in an impressive manner. The team then led by Paras Khadka  recorded wins against Afghanistan and Hongkong, and went down fighting to the hosts Bangladesh.The competition provided them the big opportunity to  display their potential to the cricketing world,which they did to earn praise and recognition from all quarters. From there on  the  national teams across all  age categories  have been making steady  and encouraging progress  even though they still...

Nepal women’s cricket team makes early exit from Global World Cup Qualifier

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The women’s  national cricket team of Nepal’s run in the recently  concluded ICC Global World Cup Twenty20 Qualifier was short lived, following  three defeats and one victory  in Kathmandu recently. The home team’s dream of  a record  breaking performance to qualify  for the championship round in the annals  of Nepal cricket history proved futile. In retrospect, with two defeats and one win they faced Scotland in a must win game to make  it to the super sixes and  keep  their dream afloat in the tournament. After slumping to two straight defeats at the hands of Thailand and the Netherlands,they reignited hopes of a bounce back after recording their first  victory in the tournament . The six wicket win against Zimbabwe was impressive and achieved in the 20th over with three balls to spare.  Nepal’s  run chase materialized largely to Puja Mahato’s  brilliant  batting.She batted aggressively to score ...

Nepal Women’s cricket team faces daunting challenge in Global Qualifier

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Nepal’s 2026 sporting calendar year  kicks off with the women’s national cricket team of  Nepal in action in the ICC Women’s Twenty20 Global Qualifier starting on January 18th in Kathmandu. This is the first time Cricket  Association of Nepal(CAN) is hosting a women’s  international tournament of this magnitude and scale involving ten teams from across the world.   The preliminary two group matches will be staged  simultaneously in  the International Tribhuvan University ground and Upper Mulpani cricket ground.   After the completion of the  round robin preliminary stage, the top three teams from each  group move to the Super Sixes.   The six teams will fight out for the four spots at stake in Super Sixes for a place in the championship round.   Nepal is in  Group  B alongside the Netherlands,Scotland,Thailand and Zimbabwe. While Group A consists of Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Namibia and the United St...