After extending their stay for one week in Sri Lanka, the Nepalese Cricket team that won the Plate Championship in the ICC U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka received a warm welcome upon their arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

Having lost to England and Zimbabwe in the first round matches, Nepal slumped to the Plate Championship where they downed two test playing nations; South Africa in semis and New Zealand in the finals, to clinch Plate Championship. Nepal defeated South Africa by two runs in the semis and New Zealand by one wicket in the finals to register a historical win.

Nepalese coach Roy Luke Dias, a former Sri Lankan Test player, was pleased with his boys’ performance. “They performed superbly throughout the match and also pulled off two shocking results”. Nepalese Skipper Kanishka Chaugai credited the team’s victory to all players. “The boys labored hard throughout the tournament and did a good job in all departments”.

Nepal won four out of the six matches in the tournament. They lost against England and Zimbabwe and won against Ireland in the league. In the Plate Championship, they defeated Uganda, South Africa and New Zealand.

Minister for Education and Sports Radha Krishna Mainali, member secretary of National Sports Council Kishor Bahadur Singh, president of Cricket Association of Nepal Jai Kumar Nath Shah and other Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) members were present to welcome the team.

In the meantime, (CAN) has revealed that they will felicitate players with attractive prizes amid a program within a few days. Kiran Rana, central committee member of CAN said, “We are negotiating with the Sports Ministry and National Sports Council to felicitate the cricketers”.