Nepal national under-19 cricket team

Nepal Under-19s
Captain: Raju Rijal
Coach: Jagat Bahadur Tamata
City: Kathmandu
Colours: Red and Blue
Owner: Cricket Association of Nepal
Founded: 1998
Home ground: TU Cricket Ground
Capacity: 20,000
Notable players: Dipendra Airee, Sandip lamichhane, Himanshu Dutta, Aarif Sheikh
Official website: http://www.nepalcricket.org.np

The Nepal national under-19 cricket team represents Nepal in under-19 international cricket. It is governed by Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), which is an associate member of International Cricket Council (ICC).[1][2]

Overview

At its height, Nepal Under-19 team became Plate Champions of 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup defeating a Test Nation New Zealand by 1 wicket at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Sri Lanka on 18 Feb 2006.[3] The team is also two-time finalist of Plate Championship, respectively in 2002 and 2008. Out of nine U-19 World Cup Cricket tournament, Nepal has participated in six (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2012). They qualified for the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup after an impressive second-place finish, behind only Scotland and ahead of hosts Ireland at the 10-team World Cup qualifying tournament. Nepal did not qualify for the tournament in 1998, 2010 & 2014. Whereas in the first U-19 world cup in 1988 Nepal was not the member of ACC.[4]

On Asian level Nepal U-19 team plays on ACC U-19 Elite Cup which is senior level of ACC Under-19 Cup and which is also the first level qualification tournament of ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Out of Eight tournaments Nepal is four times winner of tournament as in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and two times finalist as in 1999 and 2011. In 1997 and 2009 Nepal could not make it to final. Unluckily Nepal U-19 cricket team didn't qualify for 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Nepal qualified for the 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup after winning the 2015 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[5]

In 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, there were some concerns about the eligibility of Nepal's captain, Raju Rijal, with reports stating he was over 19 years of age. However, the ICC were satisfied that his date of birth was correct.[6]

Tournament history

Under-19 World Cup

Year Host Result
1988  Australia Not eligible
1998  South Africa Not qualified
2000  Sri Lanka 8th
2002  New Zealand Plate Runners-up
2004  Bangladesh 3rd in Plate Group One
2006  Sri Lanka Plate Champion
2008  Malaysia 10th
2010  New Zealand Not qualified
2012  Australia 13th
2014  UAE Not qualified
2016  Bangladesh 8th

Under-19 World Cup Qualifier

ACC Under-19 Premier League

ACC Under-19 Elite Cup

ACC Under-19 Asia Cup

Records and statistics

Youth One Day International

Youth ODI records versus other nations[11]
Opposition M W L T NR Win% First Win
 Australia 3 0 3 0 0 0.00%
 Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 0 50.00% 6, 7 February 2002
 Canada 1 1 0 0 0 100.00% 28 January 2002
 England 5 0 5 0 0 0.00%
 India 2 0 2 0 0 0.00%
 Ireland 3 2 1 0 0 66.67% 9 February 2006
 Kenya 1 1 0 0 0 100.00% 16 January 2000
 Namibia 5 4 1 0 0 80.00% 30 January 2002
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 0 100.00% 18 January 2000
 Pakistan 1 1 0 0 0 100.00% 22 January 2002
 Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 0 0 100.00% 25 January 2002
 Scotland 2 1 1 0 0 50.00% 1 February 2002
 South Africa 3 2 0 0 1 100.00% 18 February 2004
 Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 0 0.00%
 Uganda 2 2 0 0 0 100.00% 19 February 2004
 West Indies 1 0 1 0 0 0.00%
 Zimbabwe 3 1 2 0 0 33.33% 24 February 2008
Total 37 19 17 0 1 52.77%

Current squad

The following list contains the final 15 players in Nepal Under-19's squad for the 2016 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup:

Player Date of Birth Batting Bowling style
Raju Rijal (c & wk) 26 September 1996 (aged 19) Right —
Dipendra Airee 24 January 2000 (aged 16) Right Right-arm medium
Kushal Bhurtel 22 January 1997 (aged 19) Right Right-arm medium
Sunil Dhamala 11 January 1997 (aged 19) Right Right-arm off break
Himanshu Dutta — – —
Yogendra Karki 3 July 1997 (aged 18) Right —
Sandeep Lamichhane — Right —
Ishan Pandey — – —
Shankar Rana 6 November 1996 (aged 19) Right —
Aarif Sheikh 5 October 1997 (aged 18) Right Right-arm medium
Sandeep Sunar 14 September 1998 (aged 17) Right Right-arm leg break
Dipesh Shrestha 8 May 1998 (aged 17) Right Right-arm medium
Rajbir Singh 26 September 1997 (aged 18) Left Slow left-arm orthodox
Prem Tamang 25 December 1996 (aged 19) Right Right-arm off break

Reserve Players

See also

References

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