ANFA rescheduled AFC challenge cup Qualifier 2011( group D)!!!

The AFC challenge cup Qualifier 2011 of group D that have been rescheduled to April 7 to 11 from the previous date of March 21-25. AFC reschedule the date on the special request of ANFA as the main venue was already given on rent for the international wrestling competition by the Nepal sports council. The tournament will take place in two venues:  Dasarath stadium and the Halchowk maidan(field) of APF. The group D consists of Nepal along with word cup qualifier of 2010 North Korea, Srilanka and the winner between Afghanistan and Bhutan and the matches between Bhutan and Afghanistan will take place on 9 and 16 February 2011 on home and away basis.

Logo of AFC

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bhutan		Afghanistan

According to the news, the second round of team selection for the AFC challenge cup qualifier was already done and will be announced shortly. The second round of selection was done by sending some players home from the team of 46 players who have been selected in  preliminary round. The new team consist of 5 goalkeepers , 9 defender , 9 midfielder and 7 striker.  Graham Roberts and his team have selected 3o members and the probable members among the 30 are:

Jumanu rai

Goal Keepers: Bikash Malla (Army), Ritesh Thapa (NPC), Kiran Chemzong (NTSC), Bishal Shrestha (LH MMC), Rupak Shrestha (HSC)

Dasharath stadium

Defender: Sagar Thapa (HSC), Som Bahadur Malla (HSC), Bikash Singh Chhetri(Three star) Biraj Maharjan(Three star), Bishnu Sunuwar(Three star),Deepak Bhushal, Sandip Rai (LH MMC), Robin Shrestha (NPC), Rohit Chand (HAL India)

 Graham Roberts

Midfielder: : Bhola Silwal, Yogesh Shrestha, (NPC), Yogesh Gurung, Anil Ojha (NTSC), Rupesh KC, Jagjit Shrestha (HSC), Shiva Shrestha, Nirajan Khadka (LH MMC), Nirajan Malla (APF), Raju Tamang(Army)

Anil Gurung

Striker: Santosh Sahukhala, Sujal Shrestha (LH MMC), Jumanu Rai (NPC), Anil Gurung (SLFC), Bharat Khawas, Buddha Chemzong (NTSC), Ganesh Lawati (APF)

Nepali Under 19 Cricket teams once again made glory qualifying for the global qualifier for the ICC U-19 World Cup

Nepali Under-19 cricket team reaches the Final of ACC Under-19 Elite cup beating Qatar in the semifinal match at AIT Thailand. With this win Nepal qualified for the global qualifier for the ICC U-19 World Cup

Nepal will now play against Afghanistan in the final at TCG on February 10 in a bid to win the title for the fifth time. Two years ago, Afghanistan had beaten Nepal in semifinal ending the 10-year dominance of Nepal at the tournament.

 Once again the Nepal won the important Toss and elected to field first. Though Qatar had started well in the inning Qatar batting failed against Nepali spinners and were all out for 113 in 47 overs. Nepal chased down the target in 20 overs losing four wickets.

 Man of the match rahul Bk once again played brilliant and took 4 for 20. Bhuwan Karki supported well with two wickets – taken in two balls and including the first-ball wicket of Sajjad. He just gave away 12 runs in 10 overs to keep them pinned. Nepali fielder fielded well to keep Nepal on top with two run-outs at the end concluded the innings at 113 leaving Omar Istiaq unbeaten on 22. Saad Khan topscored for Qatar with 26.

 Nepal started its inning before the lunch and lost its two openers Subash Khakurel and Faljur Khan. Subash was trapped leg-before by Qatari captain Tamoor Sajjad who chose to open bowling with spinners. Sajjad caught Faljur off Mohd Khan.Agressive Faljur scored 19 off 12 balls. From 24/2, Sagar Pun and Naresh Budayer denied further damage adding 82 runs for third wicket. Sagar was out 8 runs short from target adding 36 run to his personal score card. Rajesh Pulami was bowled round-the-leg the first ball he faced. Pradeep Airee hit two sixes to finish things up in 20 overs.Naresh Budayer remain unbeaten in 42.

In other semifinal Afghanistan beat Hong Kong by 7 wickets in the other semifinal. Defending champions Hong Kong has scored 133 runs in 43.3 over. Afghanistan chased the target in 31.3 over losing its three wickets. Afsar Khan Zazai top scored 57 for Afghanistan and Kinchit Shah Top scored 28 for hong kong.

Keep watching and see the live score update of the Final match of ACC under-19 elite cup 2011 in http://www.cricket.com.np/. 

Prithu Baskota injured:

Nepal can’t celebrate its win as its captain Prithu Baskota tore his ligament while fielding against Qatar and had to be rested for three weeks. He will not be able to play the final and Vice-captain Rahul BK will lead the team in the final.

Prithu Baskota After Injury

Prithu was stretched out of the ground and taken to hospital where it was revealed that he only had the ligament tearing and no fracture. He returned to venue at lunch.

Nepal will Face Qatar in the semifinal match of ACC Under-19 Elite cup!!!

After completion of Group stage game Nepal got Qatar as it Opponent for the Semifinal match. Nepal as the winner of Group B will face the Qatar which is runner up of group A. Qatar who beat the defending champion hongkong and lost with baharain in leage matches has equal point as Hong Kong but on the basis of net run rate Qatar satisfied as runner up. Nepal will be taking the match seriously as Qatar is dark horse of the tournament and in the AIT ground the pitch will support the team bowling first, so toss will be one of the important factor in the match.If Nepal will win the semifinal match Nepal will qualify for the qualifying match for under-19 worlcup cricket that’s going to be held in argentina. Even if Nepal will lose the match Nepal will play under-19 asian cup with test playing nation of asia. See the live update of match  beetween Nepal and Qatar on tuesday in the site http://www.cricket.com.np/

Point Table of ACC Under-19 elite Cup After completion of Group stage

Group A

TEAMS	M	W	L	Pts	NRR
Hong Kong	4	3	1	6	0.79
Qatar	4	3	1	6	0.40
Bahrain	4	2	2	4	-1.04
Malaysia	4	1	3	2	0.25
Singapore	4	1	3	2	-0.40

Group B

TEAMS	M	W	L	Pts	NRR
Nepal	4	4	0	8	4.09
Afghanistan	4	3	1	6	2.23
UAE	4	2	2	4	0.24
Thailand	4	1	3	2	-2.40
Oman	4	0	4	0	-4.08

Nepal beat host thailand in ACC under-19 elite cup to top group B

Nepal elected to bat first in AIT thailand which supports the bowler early morning made 245 though it lose its opener soon. Thailand bowled well to resisit nepal in 245. Nepal which is already in semifinal showed fighting sprit as middle order and last batsman showed some good innning. Here is nepali's batting card.....
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Subash Khakurel c Werachaimaneerat b Ishan Kalra 7 (10)
Faizlur Khan c Ishan Kalra b Aman Kumar 7 (10)
Sagar Pun out 22 (48)
Prithu Baskota run out 64 (62) 6x4, 2x6
Rajesh Pulami c Weerachai b Jai Bhagwat 17 (32)
Pradeep Airee out 27 (14) 3x4, 2x6
Shiv Tandukar c Pranav Parakh b Jai Bhagwat 1 (3)
Rahul BK lbw Vichanath Singh 19 (39) 3x4
Krishna Karki run out 4 (6) 
Bhuwan Karki not out 36 (49)
Avinash Karn not out 5 (29). 

Vice captain of Nepal Rahul B. K. again proved him as a match winner taking eight at the ACC U-19 Elite Cup with a 174-run victory over hosts Thailand in its last league match at AIT Ground. Thailand began cautiously against Nepal, with a plan of not losing wickets even though runs were not coming and managed to reach 43/1 in 10 overs. But once spinners began bowling, it was a different tale and Rahul completely dominated the proceedings. Bhuwan Karki took a wicket while the first wicket was down as run-out. For Thailand, opener Witsanukorn Thapthimthai scored 17, Daniel Leach 13 and Ishan Karla 10.

Nepal now topped the group B and will play against the runner up of group A as the runner up of group A still to be announced.

In other matches of the day, Bahrain pulled off the shock of the week at Chiang Mai Gymkhana by beating Qatar who had already qualified for the semi-finals.

Bahrain’s total of 111 looked far too small but Cyrus D’Souza dismissed Qatar’s star player on the way to figures of 5 for 16 and they were bowled out for 99 and Bahrain could celebrate victory by 12 runs.

Singapore had come close to success in both their previous matches and finally claimed victory when they held their nerve to beat Malaysia by four wickets at PTIS Oval. Malaysia recovered from 64 for 7 to score 137 and Singapore kept their supporters on edge throughout their innings before reaching their target.

Defending champions Hong Kong must now beat Malaysia to be sure of a place in semi-finals, while the winners of the match between Afghanistan and UAE will also qualify for a place in the last four.

Nepal take Revenge with Afghanistan to reach seminfinal of ACC Under-19 Elite cup 2011

Nepal beat strong Afghanistan by 6 wickets in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup cricket tournament at AIT Ground, Bangkok on Friday. Nepal won the toss and elected to bat first in pitch that helped bowler in the early moring.The match that had started lliitle late than scheduled time. Nepal bowled out Afghanistan for 125 runs in 42.3 overs and scored 127 for 4 in 26.4 overs for the comprehensive victory. First wicket was taken by the Avinash karna in the first bowl of the inning sending Afsar Khan, already with a 100 this tournament, taking a return catch. Hashmatullah (3) holed out to mid-on to prithu off Krishna Karki ball in the fifth over

Prithu baskota during toss

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Avinash, having changed his bowling end, got Younas Khan and Najibullah out to restrict Afghanistan at 24/4 in 10 overs. From then on, it was Afghani effort to score while Nepali bowlers bowled with disciplined to keep them restricted. Avinash to adjudged man of the match.

Pradeep Airee and Rahul BK claimed two wickets each while Krishna Karki and Bhuwan Karki took a wicket each for Nepal to end Afghanistan innings early enough for six overs batting before lunch. For Afghanistan Mohibullah Paak topscored with 30 and Rahmatullah Sahaq got 29.Some Nepali fans have gathered now too, with a traditional 'madal’ to cheer up their team.

Nepal lost Faizlur Khan, who had scored century two days ago, early but not before he hit two consecutive sixes. He made 14 and Nepal went to lunch at 39/1 in 6 overs. Nepal lost Sagar Pun (8) and Prithu Baskota (9) without much contribution but Subash Khakurel stayed long enough to build a good foundation. Subash scored 23 off 51.

Naresh Budayer then took charge in his hand, having survived when he was on 0 and 4. He remained unbeaten on 42 off 48 balls along with Pradeep Airee (10 off 13 balls) for the morale-boosting victory.

 Nepal already win semifinal will now face Thailand in its last league match on Saturday in same ground.

See the live update of match in http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/tournaments/acc-u-19-elite-cup-2011/2104 or in http://www.cricket.com.np

 In other surprising match Qatar beat defending champion Hong Kong by 11 runs to qualify for semifinal. Qatar scored 168 and bowled out Hong Kong for Hong Kong 157 all out in 43 overs.

Nepal Beat Oman by big margin in ACC under-19 elite cup!!! Congrat to nepali team!!!!

Nepal defeated Oman in its second match by huge margin of 304 runs in ACC under-19 elite cup at TGC, Bangkok, Thailand. Nepal score 391/4 electing to bat first after winning the toss and bowled out Oman for just 87 in 31.5 overs for the second victory in the tournament.

Century boy Faizul Rehaman

 Nepalese batasman today started well as faizul Rehaman and  Subash Khakurel gave a brilliant opening scoring 81 before the latter fell to M Wickremaratne for 27 off 55 balls. Faizrul then partnered Sagar Pun for a century partnership. The duo who had partnered unbeaten 80 a day earlier against UAE, scored freely to add 110. Faizrul was given leg-before at 101 . The Nepal batting sprit didn’t stop only at that as Pradeep Airee joined Sagar and they accelerated the scoring rate. Their partnership counted for 127 runs, the second best partnership after 137 by Yashwant Subedi and Kaniskha in 2003 against Maldives, and came in no time. Sagar was bowled out for 83 off 80 balls by Umair Naeem and Pradeep soon followed after scoring 86 off just 40 balls with six fours and five sixes. Naresh Budayer (37 off 17 balls) and captain Prithu Baskota (22 off 9 balls) finished the overs with a huge total. The total score made by Nepal was same as it was scored against maldieves in the same tournament held in 2003 in Karachi, Pakistan.

In reply, Oman lost wickets frequently. Rahul BK took three for 14 and Avinash Karn grabbed two. They lost three wickets as run-outs – thanks to Krishna Karki. Prithu Baskota and Bhuwan Karki claimed a wicket each and get all out at 87. Nepali team will now rest on Thursday and keep physically and mentally ready for the upcoming match against one of the strongest team of the tournament Afghanistan. Lets wait and see whether Nepal will keep its sprit against Afganistan or not. Best wishes to prithu and his team.

 On other matches played today UAE won against host Thailand  by four wickets. Thailand batting first mande 88 in 45.4 over and hong chase the total in 23.2 over.

Nepal easy win against UAE in opening match of ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2011

nepali captain prithu before toss

Nepal outplayed UAE in its opening match of ACC U-19 Elite Cup at AIT Ground, Bangkok.Nepal one of the strong team in tournament restricted UAE just for 86 with the help of desipined bowling and  good fielding by nepali players. Earlier, Avinash Karn and Krishna Karki picked up a wicket each early to nail down the UAE batsmen who struggled to score.

The spinners continued the disciplined bowling drying up runs and taking wickets frequently. UAE batsmen did not find any room to score and hit the innings’ first boundary in 27th over.

Nepali U-19 team

Rahul Kumar BK picked up three wickets for 18 runs while Krishna, Avinash and Bhuwan Karki claimed two wickets each. Captain Prithu Baskota also took a wicket. Dan DeSuza topscored 21 and SN Ramesh got 14 for UAE.

After restricting UAE in low score Nepali batsman show their way to the chase without any difficulty though Nepal lose  its one batsman Subash Khakurel at . Later Debutant Faizrul Khan scored unbeaten 45  and  made 81 run unbeaten partnership with Sagar Pun(36)  chasing  UAE’s 87 in 16.3 overs. Nepal won the match by nine wicket. After losing Bangladesh in all three matches in bangladesh  Nepal come as strong contender in the tournament.Nepal will now meet  Oman on February 2 in its next match get live score of the match from http://www.cricket.com.np 

In other matches played Defending champions Hong Kong defeated Bahrain by 109 runs at Prem Center. Hong Kong scored 274/9 in 50 overs – thanks to Nizakat Khan’s century and bowled out Bahrain for 165 in 38.1 overs.

Qatar defeated Malaysia by 62 runs after scoring 241/7 and bowling out Malaysia for 179 in 43.4 overs.

The biggest winner of the day were Afghanistan who defeated hosts Thailand by 249 runs. Afghanistan scored 326/8 and bowled out Thailand for 77 in 28 overs.