Paras Khadka

Paras Khadka (/ˈpɑːrəs ˈkʌdkɑː/, Nepali: पारस खड्का, pronounced [ˈpaɾʌs kʰʌɽka]; born 24 October 1987) is a Nepalese former cricketer who is the current Secretary of Cricket Association of Nepal and President of Bagmati Province Cricket Association. He was the captain of the Nepalese cricket team from 2008 to 2019. An all-rounder, Khadka was a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm medium-fast as well as an off-break bowler. He made his debut against Malaysia in April 2004. 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.

Paras Khadka
7th Secretary of the Cricket Association of Nepal
Assumed office
23 September 2023
PresidentChatur Bahadur Chand
Preceded byAsoknath Pyakurel
2nd President of the Bagmati Province Cricket Association
Assumed office
1 September 2023
Preceded byRaju Basnyat
Personal details
Born (1987-10-24) 24 October 1987
Kathmandu, Nepal
OccupationCricketer; cricket administrator
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
Bowling
  • Right-arm medium-fast
  • Right-arm offbreak
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 5)1 August 2018 v Netherlands
Last ODI12 February 2020 v USA
T20I debut (cap 4)16 March 2014 v Hong Kong
Last T20I4 March 2020 v Thailand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–2015APF
2012–2013Biratnagar Warriors
2017Marylebone Cricket Club
2019–2020Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
2019–2021Bagmati 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/PokharaTeam

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. 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.

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. On 28 September 2019, he became the first batsman for Nepal to score a century in a T20I match, doing so against Singapore.

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