Paras Khadka

The Successful Captain of Nepal.                   

 

 Full Name: Paras Khadka

Born: 24 October, 1987 Kathmandu, Nepal

Age: 32

Height: 6 ft. 3 inch (1.91 meter)

Batting: Right-Handed

Bowling: Right-am Medium/Off spin bowler

Role: All rounder

 👉Paras Khadka owns the jersey no. 77. 

👉 Paras Khadka first represented Nepal at the Under-15 level when he played in the Under-15 Cup in the United Arab Emirates in December 2002.

👉He started to play when he was 15 years old. 

👉 Captained Nepal in then2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia, leading Nepal to the tenth-place finish.

👉He became a caption of the Nepali national cricket team in November 2009.

 👉He rejoined the club for 2013 season as Vice-captain. In the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, he scored 254 runs in 8 innings at an average of 50.80.

 👉He also successfully led the country to win the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five.

👉He led Nepal to win the 2013 ICC  World Cricket League Division Three in Bermuda and got qualified for the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand.

👉In the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division two, he scored 185 runs in 6 innings at an average of 30.83 and picked up 6 wickets at an average of 22.83 and an economy rate of 2.63.

👉 Paras bowled 4 overs with his figures of 1/16. In a chase of 139, Paras scored 19 of 35 balls in the first match of Division two against the host Namibia national cricket team.

👉As captain, T20I debut (cap4) in 16 March 2014 v Hong Kong.

👉Paras Khadka became the sixth Nepali cricketer to score an international century, when he hit an unbeaten 106 off 77 balls against Kuwait during the 2012 ACC Trophy Elite in October 2012.

👉Paras Khadka became Nepal's first batsman to score a T20I century on Saturday. Chasing a stiff 152 against Singapore, the 31-year-old remained unbeaten 106 from 52 deliveries, which included seven boundaries and nine maximums.

 

👉His last T20I in 4 March 2020 v Thailand.

👉He played first ODI debut (cap5) on 1 August 2018 v Netherlands.

👉 He made 115 runs from 109 balls with 15 fours and a six, before trapped leg before against Qadeer Ahmed. 

👉His last ODI - 12 February, 2020 v USA.

👉His first T20I bawling with first wicket Nepal v Zimbabwe - sep 27, 2019.

👉His total bowling wicket in T20I -- 8.

👉His total bowling wicket in ODI -- 9.

 

 

 👉On 15 October 2019, Khadka resigned as captain of the Nepalese national cricket team.

👉His total T20I runs -- 799.

👉His total ODI runs -- 315.

👉100/50 Paras Khadka have played 3/9.