Paras Khadka: Mr.Perfect

Paras Khadka

Born: 24 October, 1987

Height: 6 ft 1 in

Batting Style: Right Handed

Bowling: Right-arm medium fast

Role: All-rounder

Debut Match: v Malaysia, April 2004

Current T20I ranking: 74

Highest Score T20I: 54

Highest Score First-Class (FC) cricket: 44

Highest Score List A Cricket: 103

Highest Score in T20: 68

Parash Khadka is the sixth Nepali cricketer to score a century in International match against Kuwait in 2012 ACC Trophy Elite. He scored 106 off 77 balls.

Khadka has won 4 player of the series and 24 Man of the match awards.

Under his captaincy, Nepal won:

1. 2010 ICC WCL Division 5

2. 2012 ICC WCL Division 4

3. 2010 ACC Trophy Elite

4. 2014 ICC WCL Division 3

5. 2014 ICC World T20 and made T20 International status


First under-19 world cup:  2004 Icc Under 19 Cricket World Cup

In ICC WCL from Division 5 to Division 2, he scored 1157 runs in 46 innings at an average of 31.27 with 7 fifties.
He is also currently captain of Armed Police Force(APF) in domestic cricket.

Upcoming Games: Nepal

ICC WCL Championship

1.Scotland v Nepal at Ayr - Jul 29, 2015
  Scottland won by 3 runs
  Scotland 235/7 (36/36 ov); Nepal 232/5 (36/36 ov)

2.Scotland v Nepal at Ayr - Jul 31-Aug 1, 2015

  Scottland won by 9 wickets with 49 balls remaining(D/L Method)

  Nepal 167 (49.1/50 ov); Scotland 111/1 (13.5/22 ov, target: 110)

3.Nepal v Papua New Guinea at Abu Dhabi - Nov 16, 2015

  Papua New Guinea won by 2 wickets with 3 balls remaining

  Nepal 232/8 (50/50 ov); Papua New Guinea 235/8 (49.3/50 ov)

4.Nepal v Papua New Guinea at Abu Dhabi - Nov 18, 2015

  Papua New Guinea won by 3 wickets with 2 balls remaining

  Nepal 224/8 (50/50 ov); Papua New Guinea 225/7 (49.4/50 ov)

5.Nepal v Namibia at Kirtipur - Apr 16, 2016

  Nepal won by 5 wickets with 17 balls remaining

  Namibia 195/9 (50/50 ov); Nepal 197/5 (47.1/50 ov)

6.Nepal v Namibia at Kirtipur - Apr 18, 2016

  Nepal won by 3 wickets with one ball remaining

  Namibia 239/9 (50/50 ov); Nepal 240/7 (49.5/50 ov)

Position

1. Netherlands: 6 played 4 won with 10 points
2. Hong Kong: 6 played 4 won with 9 points
3. Scottland: 6 played 2 won with 7 points
4. Kenya: 4 played 3 won with 6 points
5. Nepal: 6 played 2 won with 4 points
6. PNG: 4 played 2 won with 4 points
7. Namibia: 6 played 1 won with 2 points
8. UAE: 6 played 1 won with 2 points

As 3 rounds of the matches between the associate nations has finished
next 4 rounds are remaining yet.

Upcoming ICC WCL Matches: Nepal

The teams mentioned above will play these rounds.

Round 4: August-November 2016

Round 5: February-June 2017

Round 6: July-November 2017

Round 7: November-December 2017

2018 ICC World Cup Qualifier, Bangladesh

The first four teams with highest points will qualify for 2018 ICC World Cup Qualifier.
The remaining four teams will be relegated to division two.

History of Nepali Cricket

Cricket was introduce in Nepal by Lt. Madan Samsher JBR, youngest son of Maharaja Chandra Samsher JBR. So, in 1946, Cricket Association of Nepal was formed only for the royals.

After democratic movement in 1951, cricket started to become popular among the population. In the year 1961, National Cricket Council decided to promote cricket in Nepal as one of their principles.

In the year 1988, Nepal became the affiliate member of ICC. Nepal has been associate member of ICC since 1996. In that particular year, Nepal played for the first time in ACC Trophy in kualalampur and ranked 4th out of six teams. They played ICC world T20 in Bangladesh in 2014.