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Team Nepal faces challenge to defy odds against Scotland

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  The  men’s national cricket team of Nepal’s 2025 competitive  season  kicks off  with the ICC Cricket  World Cup League 2 tri-series in Scotland,starting June 2nd. They are up against formidable  Scotland and the Netherlands in the tri-series. They face  hosts Scotland in the opener on June 2nd. After the conclusion of the league the three teams  will compete in the T20 series in Scotland as well.  Team Nepal  is under the new  head coach Australian Stuart Law who replaced Indian Monty Desai. As part of preparation for the upcoming Cricket World  Cup League 2 series the team  reached the  United Kingdom several weeks  before the  start of the series to play practice matches. They played a mix  of one day and T20 matches in  England  against Cardiff University,Marylebone Cricket Club and two county sides  Gloucestershire and Glamorgan. They wound up the preparatory matches...

Nepal Women Cricketers corner glory

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The women's national cricket team of Nepal made history by making it to the Women's T20 World Cup  Global  Qualifiers for the first time. They finished second in the recently  concluded ICC Women’s T20 World  Cup Asia Qualifiers held in Thailand ,following their defeat to  the hosts  in the final game of the Super three stage .  As winners and runners up Thailand and Nepal advanced  to the  Global  Qualifiers round to join eight teams to  duke it out for four  available spots for the final ICC Women’s T20 World championship round respectively.  To be fair and not to take away any credit from Team Nepal’s success,luck favored them when the Hong Kong vs Bahrain tie was rained out. As a result,both teams were awarded a point each. Nepal and Hong Kong were tied on 5 points ,however,the former reached the Super three stage  based on a higher number of wins. They made the most out of the luck in the crucial fixtur...

Nepal’s SAFF Championship bid dashed by inadequate preparation

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The men’s under-19 national football team of Nepal had to endure disappointment  yet again in the recently concluded Under-19 Men’s South Asian Football Federation  Championship held in Yupia,Arunachal Pradesh,India. Host  and defending champions India survived a big scare before getting the better of  Bangladesh on penalty shootout to lift the trophy. Bangladesh bounced back to restore parity after conceding an early goal to force the tiebreaker.They were on the cusp of victory  when they led 3-2 in the penalty shootout midway through. However, their failure to convert the  last two spot kicks turned the tide in favor of India.  The setback  marks continuation of Team Nepal’s poor run both in regional and international competitions. Since  they lifted the Under-19 SAFF championship for the second time in 2017 ,they have gone trophyless to date.The first time they won the championship was in 2015. This time they had a chance to end t...