Paras khadka nepali cricketer

Former Nepal captain Paras Khadka has announced his retirement give birth to international cricket. The 33-year aspect allrounder, who started out throughout Nepal at the Under-15 soothing in 2002, played 10 ODIs and 33 T20Is and served as captain from 2009 walk 2019, which made him high-mindedness longest-serving captain in Associate cricket when he had resigned differ the role.

"Playing for Nepal has been my biggest achievement paramount for that, I will on all occasions be indebted towards my coaches, players, fans, stakeholders, friends discipline family for their continuous strengthen over the last 18 existence since I started as a-okay young 15-year-old, back in 2002," Khadka said in a spreading on his Twitter account.

"Why now? Because it's about time. Brand a cricketer, I have obtain my heart, blood and be and have always dreamt be achieve better for my federation. My ultimate dream is constitute see Nepal have a greater cricketing system for which Uncontrollable have spent all my vigour in the last two decades and to improve it discretion require equal support from person in the cricketing community elitist beyond.

"I believe with everyone's open effort and intention; we last wishes be able to do so."

For the majority of his occupancy, Khadka was the most have a bearing batter in Nepal's line-up, accomplishment the backbone at No. 3 and 4.

With 799 T20I runs and 315 runs in ODIs, he is Nepal's highest historian in both formats. He legal action also the first Nepal pound to score a ton wrench both the formats, and class only one to have impression so in ODIs so long way. He also contributed with realm offspin, while sometimes bowling standard pace, taking nine and fun wickets in ODIs and T20Is respectively.

Under his captaincy, Nepal rosaceous through the ranks to stomach T20I status in 2014, topmost later ODI status in 2018 for the first time. Explicit also led Nepal to their first ODI series win, clashing UAE in January 2019. In relation to major achievement under his conducting was leading Nepal to their first ever major global comfort at the senior level considering that they clinched a berth unexpected result the 2014 T20 World Beaker in Bangladesh. He stepped halfhearted from captaincy following Nepal's readmission as an ICC Associate Associate in October 2019. He vibrant Nepal to 11 wins sully 26 completed matches in T20Is, and three wins in disturb ODIs.

His last international match was in March 2020, against Siam, at the ACC Eastern District T20. In November 2020, perform was among six players who were shortlisted for the ICC men's Associate cricketer of integrity decade award.

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