| Nepal "A" | |
| Native Name: | नेपाली क क्रिकेट टोली |
| Association: | Cricket Association of Nepal |
| Captain: | Binod Bhandari |
| Coach: | Gyanendra Malla |
| Founded: | 2024 |
| Ground: | Mulpani International Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: | 4000 |
| A Pattern La: | _redborder |
| A Pattern B: | _nep_t20i |
| A Pattern Ra: | _redborder |
| A Leftarm: | 011378ff |
| A Body: | 011378ff |
| A Rightarm: | 011378ff |
| A Pants: | 011378ff |
| Website: | https://cricketnepal.org.np |
| Asofdate: | 14 February 2024 |
The Nepal A cricket team (Nepali: [[:ne:नेपाल ए क्रिकेट टिम|नेपाल ए क्रिकेट टिम]]) is a national-level men's cricket team of Nepal that plays in the second-tier relative to the Nepal national cricket team. Matches played by Nepal A are not considered Test matches or One Day Internationals; they instead are eligible to receive first-class and List A classification respectively. It is a developmental team, domestic players are often expected to first get selected in this team before playing for the senior team.[1]
The team was announced by Cricket Association of Nepal secretary Paras Khadka on 4 January 2024.[2] The first representative game played by Nepal A was against Canada in February 2024.[3] The squad for that series was announced on 14 February 2024.[4] [5] Nepal A played their first official List A cricket match against Ireland Wolves during the Nepal tour of Ireland Wolves in late March 2024.[6] [7] [8]
The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on 14 February 2024 revealed the Nepal A side with Binod Bhandari leading the team.[9] Players with international caps are marked as bold.
| Name | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | forms | Domestic team | Nepal T20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||
| Dev Khanal | 2005 6, df=y | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | List A, T20 | Lumbini Province | Far West United | |
| Arjun Kumal | 11 December 2005 | Right-handed | Right-arm Leg-break | List A | Gandaki Province | ||
| Ashutosh Ghiraiya | 29 February 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm Leg-break | List A | Bagmati Province | ||
| Mayan Yadav | 7 May 2006 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | T20 | Madhesh Province | ||
| Sujan Thapaliya | T20 | Koshi Province | |||||
| Naren Bhatta | List A | ||||||
| All-rounders | |||||||
| Basir Ahamad | 11 September 2003 | Left-handed | Left-arm leg spin | List A, T20 | Tribhuwan Army Club | Kathmandu Knights | |
| Bibek Yadav | 7 October 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | T20 | Tribhuwan Army Club | Biratnagar Super Kings | |
| Pawan Sarraf | 2000 12, df=y | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | T20 | Madhesh Province | Janakpur Royals | |
| Bipin Khatri | 1997 11, df=y | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | T20 | Gandaki Province | Pokhara Avengers | |
| Sher Malla | 1 December 2002 | Left-handed | Right-arm offbreak | T20 | Sudurpashchim Province | Far West United | |
| Kiran Thagunna | T20 | Sudurpashchim Province | |||||
| Narayan joshi | List A | Sudurpashchim Province | Biratnagar Super Kings | ||||
| Wicket-keeper | |||||||
| Binod Bhandari | 25 January 1990 | Right-handed | List A, T20 | Nepal Army Club | Far West United | ||
| Arjun Saud | 2003 6, df=y | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | Nepal Army Club | Biratnagar Super Kings | |
| Lokesh Bam | 2003 8, df=y | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | T20 | Sudurpashchim Province | ||
| Arjun Gharti | 2003 6, df=y | Right-handed | T20 | ||||
| Spin Bowlers | |||||||
| Sagar Dhakal | 14 December 2001 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | T20 | Lumbini All Stars | ||
| Mousom Dhakal | 27 January 2001 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | Nepal Police Club | Pokhara Avengers | |
| Shahab Alam | 11 January 2001 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | List A | Tribhuwan Army Club | ||
| Ranjit Kumar | 14 December 2001 | Left-handed | List A | Madhesh Province | |||
| Pace Bowlers | |||||||
| Kamal Singh Airee | 19 December 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | List A,T20 | Nepal Police Club | Kathmandu Knights | |
| Rashid Khan | 21 February 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | T20 | Nepal Police Club | Far West United | |
| Hemant Dhami | 14 May 2006 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | T20 | Sudurpashchim Province | ||
| Rijan Dhakal | 31 December 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | List A | Bagmati Province | Biratnagar Super Kings | |
| Rupesh Singh | 2000 7, df=y | Right-handed | Right-arm Fast medium | List A | Madhesh Province | ||
| Bikash Aagri | List A,T20 | ||||||
CAN awards central contracts to its players, their pay is graded according to the importance of the player. Players' salaries are as follows:
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Cricket manager | Binod Das | |
| Team manager | c p | |
| Head coach | Gyanendra Malla | |
| Assistant coach | Kalam Ali | |
| Team Analyst | Ravi Thapa | |
| Fitness coach | ||
| Physiotherapist | ||
| Team Doctor | Abisekh Raj Singh |
| Nepal A matches | List A matches | T20 matches | OTHERS matches | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | W | L | D | W | L | NR/T | W | L | NR/T | ||||||
| 18-22 February 2024 | vs | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 March-07 April 2024 | vs Ireland Wolves | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | 3 | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | style="background:#f5fffa;" | - | |