KATHMANDU: A 14-member squad for the ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifiers has been announced on Tuesday.
Youth cricketer Rohit Kumar Poudel will lead the team for qualifiers to be held from April 10-18 in Malaysia. Along with Rohit, Bhim Sharki, Pawan Sharaff and Sandeep Jora have made it to the team.
Other members include Abhishek Basnet, Hari Bahadur Chauhan, Kamalsingh Airee, Kushal Malla, Arif Seikh, Pratish Joshi, Rashid Khan, Reet Gautam, Sagar Dhakal and Surya Tamang.
Likewise, Aakash Chand, Lokesh Bahadur Bam, Ravi Kumar Shah and Sher Malla have been picked as reserved players.
Nepali team will leave for Malaysia on Saturday for the qualifiers.
KATHMANDU: Nepali leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane has been included in the playing XI by Delhi Capitals in the clash against Kings XI Punjab on Monday.
Delhi won the toss and elected to field first.
On Saturday, Sandeep took one wicket against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Both the teams have won two matches and lost one each of the three games played. Delhi and Punjab have equal 4 points each at points table and are placed in fourth and fifth position respectively on run rate.
Delhi Capitals XI: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 4 Colin Ingram, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Hanuma Vihari, 7 Chris Morris, 8 Harshal Patel, 9 Avesh Khan, 10 Sandeep Lamichhane, 11 Kagiso Rabada
KXIP XI: 1 KL Rahul, 2 Mayank Agarwal, 3 David Miller, 4 Sarfaraz Khan, 5 Mandeep Singh, 6 Sam Curran, 7 R Ashwin (capt), 8 Hardus Viljoen, 9 Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman, 10 M Ashwin, 11 Mohammed Shami
KATHMANDU: Nepal Basketball League will be starting from the third week of April.
Organizing a press meet on Monday organizer Play for Deprived Children Nepal (PDCN) informed that the competition will kick off on April 20.
Eight profession clubs will compete in the competition that will run for 55 days.
Team of Golden Gate International College, Nepal Police Club, The Times International College, Budhanilkantha Municipality Basketball Club, Kirtipur Basketball Team, South Siders Basketball Club and Royal Basketball Club will be participating be vying for the title.
Teams will play two games each with each other on home and away. Top four teams will be qualified for the playoff after two rounds of league.
PSDN Chairman Arun Karki said the tournament will be an opportunity for Nepali players as only few basketball tournaments are organized in the country.
The winning team will be receiving a cash prize of Rs 200,000 while runner-up will be getting Rs 100,000 in cash.
KATHMANDU: Delhi Capitals, in which leg spinner of Nepali Cricket Team Sandeep Lamichhane is involved, is taking on Kings II Panjab under Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday
Both the teams will vie for their third win in the match to be held in Panjab’s home cricket ground.
Earlier, both the teams have won two matches and lost one each of the three games played.
Delhi and Panjab have equal 4 points each at points table and are placed in fourth and fifth position respectively on run rate.
Delhi had given continuity to the same plying set in the second match after it won the first match. Sandeep is likely to be in the team today if Delhi fielded the same team against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Delhi had defeated Kolkata in its third game in super over.
Possible plying 11
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Colin Ingram, Rishabh Pant, Hanuma Vihari, Chris Morris, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Axar Patel, Sandeep Lamichhane and Kagiso Rabada
KATHMANDU: Come April 18, and a total of 5,211 athletes will be competing for 1,307 medals in the eighth National Games, which will take place at different places of State No. 5.
A total of 5,211 athletes – 2,825 men and 2,386 women — will be participating in 35 games in the week-long championship, the National Sports Council (NSC) informed.
The winners of the championship will take away 327 gold, 372 silver and 563 bronze medals. Likewise, while an athlete competing in the individual category will receive a cash prize of Rs 15,000, athletes competing in group category will receive Rs 7,000 each.
Likewise, players breaking the national records will receive Rs 25,000, according to the NSC.
A total of six hundred forty team coaches and 461 team managers will be mobilized in the games.
The championship will see thirty-five different games such as boxing, chess, cricket, football, basketball, athletics, table tennis, volleyball, swimming, weight-lifting, shooting, taekwondo, golf, paragliding, among others.
KATHMANDU: Nepali leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane made a flying start to his IPL 2019 journey grabbing one wicket in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday.
Lamichhane took wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman Nikhil Naik and also assisted a run out. He ended his four overs bowling spell giving away only 29 runs in which his team Delhi Capitals won by three runs in Super Over.
Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals has posted a video of Lamichhane appearing in a fun-filled rapid fire interview in which the cricketer has referred Nepali cricket fans as a twelfth man. Watch the video.
KATHMANDU: Delhi Capitals defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by three runs in the Super Over after the match ended in a tie on Saturday night.
Chasing down the 186-run target set by Delhi, Kolkata managed to get 185 runs on the board losing six wickets in the stipulated 20 overs pushing the match to one-over eliminator.
Nepali leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane took wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman Nikhil Naik in his first match of the IPL 2019.
Naik fell to lbw trap of Sandeep at 3.4 overs of the match. He made seven runs facing 16 balls before losing wicket to Sandeep.
KATHMANDU: Nepali leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane took wicket of Kolkata Knight Riders’ batsman Nikhil Naik in his first match of the IPL 2019 on Saturday.
Naik fell to lbw trap of Sandeep at 3.4 overs of the match. Naik made seven runs facing 16 balls for his team.
Delhi Capitals has picked Sandeep for today’s match. Sandeep was left out on bench for the two earlier clashes of the team. Nepali cricket fans were eagerly waiting to see the Nepali cricket sensation to kick off the IPL 2019 journey.
Delhi had been keeping an eye on Sandeep as he played different T20 tournaments including the famous Big Bash League from Melbourne Stars. However, he was not included for earlier matches.
Delhi Capitals XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Colin Ingram, Hanuma Vihari, Chris Morris, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel.
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Chris Lynn, Nitish Rana, Robbie Uthappa, Nikhil Naik, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson.
KATHMANDU: Delhi Capitals has picked Nepali leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane out of four overseas players for its third match of the IPL 2019 against Kolkata Knight Riders at its home ground on Saturday.
Sandeep was left out on bench for the two earlier clashes of the team. Nepali cricket fans were eagerly waiting to see the Nepali cricket sensation to kick off the IPL 2019 journey.
Delhi had been keeping an eye on Sandeep as he played different T20 tournaments including the famous Big Bash League from Melbourne Stars. However, he was not included for earlier matches.
Delhi Capitals XI: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Colin Ingram, Hanuma Vihari, Chris Morris, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel.
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Chris Lynn, Nitish Rana, Robbie Uthappa, Nikhil Naik, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson.
KATHMANDU: National Sports Council (NSC) has finalized the new date for the eighth national games.
The board meeting of the NSC has finalized the new date to be held from April 18 to April 24.
Earlier, the NSC had decided to hold the games from April 8. However, the date was extended since the construction of the VIP Parapet could not complete on time, NSC Member Secretary, Keshar Kumar Bista said.