2nd President of the Bagmati Province Cricket Association
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2023
Preceded by
Raju Basnyat
Personal details
Born
(1987-10-24) 24 October 1987 (age 36) Kathmandu, Nepal
Occupation
Cricketer; cricket administrator
Cricket information
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium-fast
Right-arm offbreak
Role
All-rounder
International information
National side
Nepal (2004–2020)
ODI debut (cap 5)
1 August 2018 v Netherlands
Last ODI
12 February 2020 v USA
T20I debut (cap 4)
16 March 2014 v Hong Kong
Last T20I
4 March 2020 v Thailand
Domestic team information
Years
Team
2011–2015
APF
2012–2013
Biratnagar Warriors
2017
Marylebone Cricket Club
2019–2020
Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
2019–2021
Bagmati Province
Career statistics
Competition
ODI
T20I
FC
LA
Matches
10
33
2
44
Runs scored
315
799
72
1,497
Batting average
35.00
27.55
36.00
35.64
100s/50s
1/1
1/4
0/0
3/9
Top score
115
106*
44
115
Balls bowled
372
348
60
1,428
Wickets
9
8
1
26
Bowling average
27.00
45.00
21.00
35.23
5 wickets in innings
0
0
0
0
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
0
Best bowling
4/26
2/11
1/19
4/26
Catches/stumpings
7/–
16/–
4/–
18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 August 2021
Medal record
Representing Nepal
Men's Cricket
South Asian Games
2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara
Team
Paras Khadka (/ˈpɑːrəsˈkʌdkɑː/, Nepali: पारस खड्का, pronounced[ˈpaɾʌskʰʌɽka]; born 24 October 1987) is a Nepalese former cricketer who is the current Secretary of Cricket Association of Nepal[1][2][3] and President of Bagmati Province Cricket Association.[4][5] He captained the Nepalese cricket team from 2008 to 2019.[6][7] An all-rounder, Khadka was a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm medium-fast as well as an off-break bowler.[8] He made his debut against Malaysia in April 2004.[9] Khadka played in Nepal's inaugural One Day International (ODI) match, against the Netherlands, in August 2018. He is often considered as the greatest cricketers of Nepal.
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.[10] Under his captaincy, Nepal won the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Nepal, 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four in Malaysia, 2012 ACC Trophy Elite in UAE, 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in Bermuda, 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in Malaysia, participated in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh and gained the Twenty20 International status.[11][12]
On 28 January 2019, he became the first Nepalese batsman to score a century in an ODI match, doing so against the United Arab Emirates.[13] On 28 September 2019, he became the first batsman for Nepal to score a century in a T20I match, against Singapore.[14]
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^Republica. "Former captain Khadka elected chairperson of Bagmati Province Cricket Association". My Republica. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^Sigdel, Sandesh (1 September 2023). "Paras Khadka Elected As President Of Bagmati Province Cricket Association". HamroKhelkud. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^"Paras Khadka resigns as captain, one day after ICC readmits Nepal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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^"Paras Khadka". Cricinfo.
^"Nepal v Malaysia at Kirtipur, Apr 23-25, 2004 - Cricket Scorecard - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
^"Group B: Kuwait v Nepal at Al Dhaid, Oct 6, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^"Results of ICC Board meeting in Melbourne". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
^"Nepal, Netherlands get T20 international status". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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^"Khadka ton leads Nepal to nine wicket victory". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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the last ball, hence ending a splendid final match in a tie. Skipper ParasKhadka scored an unbeaten 106 off just 77 balls against Kuwait, his maiden century...
Cricket Academy, which is run by former captain Raju Khadka. During a visit by the captain, ParasKhadka, and coach of Nepal Pubudu Dasanayake, Lamichhane...
Retrieved 24 September 2023. "Chatur Bahadur Chand re-elected as President, ParasKhadka elected CAN's secretary - OnlineKhabar English News". 24 September 2023...
team. The team was announced by Cricket Association of Nepal secretary ParasKhadka on 4 January 2024. The first representative game played by Nepal A was...
national one-day tournament by the national players with the captain ParasKhadka slamming the Cricket Association of Nepal for their treatment of national...
squad for the 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series. Due to former captain Paraskhadka's injury, he got a chance to open in the match, since then he has been...
Stephen Fleming and Mathew Sinclair. Hong Kong's Nadeem Ahmed and Nepal's ParasKhadka took their first wickets during the same match on 16 March 2014; the...
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fastest by a Nepalese player. He is the fourth Nepalese player (after ParasKhadka, Kushal Bhurtel, and Dipendra Singh Airee) to score centuries in both...
the toss and elected to field. Nepal won the toss and elected to bat. ParasKhadka became the first batsman for Nepal to score 1,000 runs in List A cricket...
ESPNcricinfo. "ormer captain Khadka elected chairperson of Bagmati Province Cricket Association". myRepublica. "ParasKhadka elected provincial chief of...
No. Player Date of birth T20Is Batting Bowling style Twenty20 team 77 ParasKhadka (c) (1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 26) 0 Right Right-arm medium-fast...
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