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Men’s cricket team looking to redeem themselves in Premier Cup in Malaysia

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Following the men’s national cricket team of Nepal’s hugely disappointing performance in the ICC World Cup League 2 One Day International  tri-series  against the Netherlands and Namibia in the Netherlands recently, there has been changes in the team’s captaincy and lineups. The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) handed over the captaincy to spin maestro Sandeep Lamichhane who retained the captain position  ,replacing Rohit Paudel. Prominent names Kushal Bhurtel, Sompal Kami,Kushal Malla, Bhim Sarki and Binod Bhandari have been axed from the squad.  On the other hand, finding their way back into the team are   Arjun Kumal, Dev Khanal, Ishan Pandey, Basir Ahmed  and Sher Malla.  Lamichhane,who has plenty of experience  of captaincy, regained the  position after four years.Then he captained both the ODI and Twenty20  squads. Now he  is the captain of the ODI team only.Allrounder Dipendra  Singh Airee, current skipper o...

Government must find quick resolution to end Nepal football crisis

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Since football’s world governing body FIFA  suspended the All Nepal Football Association for an indefinite period, football development has come to a standstill,further stagnating the state of the sport in the country. Never before has there  been such a high  degree of uncertainty and unpredictability revolving around the most popular sport in the country. Apparently,the  severe impact has put football development on hold on all fronts, and kept an uncountable  number  of footballers across the country disillusioned,frustrated,dejected, embittered and disenchanted like never seen before. There are no indications of the crisis  ending soon to date.Responsible for the sorry state of Nepal football are both the National Sports Council(NSC) and the All Nepal Football Association ( ANFA) headed by Mr.Pankaj Bikram Nembang. The  feud and disagreement  between the two parties over early  ANFA elections scheduled by the football body tr...

Nepal’s national cricket team whitewashed in Netherlands series

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The men’s national cricket team of Nepal concluded the ICC Men’s World Cup League 2 tri-series on a disastrous note in the Netherlands recently. Contrary to high expectations,they badly stumbled, losing all four matches to the Netherlands and Namibia.In other words they suffered an unexpected disappointing whitewash. The reversal  has proved costly as the team’s One Day International(ODI) rankings took a hit, dropping to 18th  from 17th.The bigger concern is,it  has jeopardized their ODI status. They have 24 points,from 32 matches, winning 11 and losing 29. They are sixth  in the table standings tied with Canada on points.  However,a better run rate puts them ahead of Canada,which still  has four matches remaining to play. Skipper Rohit Paudel led a squad packed  with highly experienced  and a few  promising young players.  Nepal  had entered the Netherlands triangular  series, following superb performances in the...