Ireland-A defeat Nepal-A by 21 runs in first unofficial T20I
Nepali batting line crumbled with seven batters being dismissed for single-digit scores. Of them four were sent for ducks.
Nepali batting line crumbled with seven batters being dismissed for single-digit scores. Of them four were sent for ducks.
Each team comprises a professional and three amateur golfers chosen by the sponsors.
The amateur golfer records a seven-stroke victory over pro Nagarkoti for his third major career title.
The amateur golfer opens up one-stroke lead overnight joint leader Bhuvan Nagarkoti after the third round.
The Gorkhalis crash out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers after a 3-0 second leg defeat against Bahrain leaves them without a win in four matches.
Overnight joint leader Nagarkoti carded 6-under 66 and Acharya carded an impressive bogey-free 8-under 64 for 36-hole total score of 9-under 135.
Nepal have been drawn alongside record seven-time champions India, Pakistan and Premier Cup winners the United Arab Emirates in Group A.
A combined effort from batting order helps the Rhinos rack up 198-7 from their 20 overs before three-wicket hauls from Sompal Kami and Kushal Malla restrict the tourists to 127 in 18.3 overs.
Nagarkoti and Bishowkarma carded 3-under 69 on the first day for a one-stroke lead over four golfers.
Needing 122 for victory, the Rhinos complete the chase in 16.1 overs, but had to survive a scare from the Irish leg spinners.
Adhikari clocks 1:7:33 to clinch men’s half-marathon gold. Shrestha takes 1:20:19 to win women’s gold.
An embarrassing 5-0 loss to Bahrain in Riffa leaves the Gorkhalis without a win—or a draw—and at the bottom of Group H.
Defeats against the UAE and Yemen have left underperforming Nepal at the bottom of Group H, endangering their hopes of progressing into the third round of the World Cup qualifiers and a direct entry to the Asian Cup.
Aasif Sheikh, Anil Sah, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee and Lalit Rajbanshi, who were rested for Nepal’s tour of Hong Kong have returned to the team.
Thapa Magar captained Nepal in their first-ever international tournament in July 2007.
The 20-year-old etched history as the first Nepali para-athlete to qualify for the international multi-sport event.
Chasing 172, the Rhinos are bundled out for 85 runs—their fifth-lowest T20I total.
Tony Ura smashes half-century as PNG amass 171-run total in the stipulated 20 overs. Kushal Bhurtel and Akash Chand claim three wickets each.
Rohan Karki, Bishal Basnet, Abhishek Limbu, Ajay Chaudhary, Saubhagya Rai and Samir Tamang have made their cut for the first time.
Kushal Bhurtel smashed 59 runs off 39 balls to bring up his eighth T20I fifty, also becoming the second Nepali batter to cross the 1000-run mark in the T20Is.