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| Nickname(s) | Rhinos, Gorkhalis | |||||||||
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| Association | Cricket Association of Nepal | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| One Day captain | Rohit Paudel | |||||||||
| T20I captain | Rohit Paudel | |||||||||
| Coach | Monty Desai | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member with ODI status (2018) | |||||||||
| ICC region | ACC | |||||||||
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| One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First ODI | v  Netherlands at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 1 August 2018 | |||||||||
| Last ODI | v  Scotland at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas; 4 November 2024 | |||||||||
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| World Cup Qualifier appearances | 3 (first in 2001) | |||||||||
| Best result | 8th (2018, 2023) | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v  Hong Kong at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong; 16 March 2014 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v  United States at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas; 20 October 2024 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 2 (first in 2014) | |||||||||
| Best result | First round (2014) | |||||||||
| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 5[a] (first in 2012) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (2023) | |||||||||
| Official website | cricketnepal | |||||||||
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| As of 8 November 2024 | ||||||||||
The Nepal men's national cricket team (Nepali: नेपाल पुरुष राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट टोली) represents Nepal in men's International cricket and is governed by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). They have been a Associate Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1996.[8] Nepal were awarded Twenty20 International (T20I) status by the ICC in June 2014 until the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier and earned One Day International (ODI) status in 2018.
Nepal has played 73 ODI matches, winning 35, losing 35, tying 1 and with 2 ending in a no-result. As of November 2024, Nepal is ranked 18th in the ICC ODI Championship on 26 rating points. Nepal has not qualified for any edition of the Cricket World Cup, however they have appeared in World Cup Qualifier 3 times.
The team has also played 95 Twenty20 International matches, winning 53, losing 38, tying 2 and with 2 ending in a no-result. As of November 2024, Nepal is ranked 17th in the ICC T20I Championship on 171 rating points. Nepal has appeared in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup twice in 2014 and 2024. They have also appeared in the Asia Cup in 2023 and Asian Games in 2010, 2014 and 2022.
- ^ "Men's ODI Team Rankings". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Men's T20I Team Rankings". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Nepal's Profile at CricketArchive". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2005.
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