Gyanendra Malla Profile: Biography, Early life, Age, Height, Professional life, Girlfriend , Facts & Networth
Gyanendra Malla, a professional cricket player from Nepal and a former team captain, was born on September 16, 1990. He bats right-handed and occasionally keeps wickets. In March 2006, he debuted for Nepal against Namibia. In August 2018, against the Netherlands, Gyanendra Malla was one of those eleven cricketers who competed in Nepal’s inaugural One Day International (ODI) game.
When Gyanendra Malla hit 114 off 125 balls against Singapore in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in October 2014, he became the eighth player from Nepal to score an international century.
Early Cricket Career
In 2005, Malla made his national team debut for Nepal while playing cricket for the U-15 team. The next year, he competed for Nepal in the ACC U-17 and U-19 divisions. After putting up some standout performances while playing at the junior age levels, he was selected for the Nepal U-19s team for the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. His professional career took off when he amassed 145 runs in six innings, including 46* in the U-19 World Cup Plate semifinal victory over South Africa U-19s. He received a spot on the senior team for the 2006 Intercontinental Cup as his reward.
Malla is regarded as Nepal’s go-to batsman who enjoys building innings under pressure. He has played a significant role in several of Nepal’s historic victories and has been a valuable part of the national squad. On his way to the fastest half-century for Nepal in One-Day matches off just 17 deliveries against Saudi Arabia in the 2012 ACC Trophy Elite, he owns the record for smashing six “4s” in one over. Then, with runs totaling 212 and an amazing average of 42, including two fifty-plus scores, he helped Nepal win the championship for the first time. Some of his most notable performances include his 86 runs against Canada in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, 66 runs against the United States in the 2012 Division Four final, 76* against Qatar in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite, 75 significant runs against the United States in the 2008 Division Five, and 67* off just 21 balls against Karnataka Institute of Cricket (India) in the SAARC Under-25 Twenty20 Cup (2011).
He also played for Nepal in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh, where he amassed 83 runs at an average of 27.66 across three innings.
In the Division Three of the 2014 ICC World Cricket League, he defeated Singapore, scoring his first century.[4] During the competition, he put up 241 runs in six innings, averaging 48.20.[14] Earlier, when Nepal visited Sri Lanka in advance of the competition, he struck 167 off 157 balls in a practice match against the Ragama Cricket Club, a first-class cricket club from Sri Lanka.
He amassed 236 runs at an average of 59.00 over six innings in Division Two of the 2015 ICC World Cricket League. Nepal achieved qualification for the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship but was unable to advance to Division One and the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
From 2008 Division Five to 2015 Division Two of the World Cricket League, he amassed 1262 runs in 45 innings at an average of 36.06, with 107 fifty-plus scores.
Present Career
In July 2018, Gyanendra Malla participated in the Nepali national cricket team’s One Day International (ODI) series against the Netherlands. Since attaining ODI status during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Nepal played their first One Day International games in these ones. On August 1st, 2018, Malla played his first One Day International (ODI) for Nepal against the Netherlands.
He was selected as Nepal’s vice-captain for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier competition in August 2018. In October 2018 for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier competition, Gyanendra Malla was chosen for the Nepal national cricket squad in the Eastern sub-region group.
He was chosen as Nepal’s vice-captain in June 2019 for the Regional Finals of the ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier competition. Malla led Nepal in the match against Malaysia on July 24, 2019, in place of usual captain Paras Khadka, who was injured. Malla was named the game’s player of the match for his half-century and shrewd captaincy as Nepal went on to defeat Pakistan by 7 wickets in the rain-affected encounter.
On November 6, 2019, while the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was touring Nepal, Malla made his first-class debut for the Nepal cricket team against them.
He was appointed the captain of Nepal’s teams in November for both the cricket competition at the 2019 South Asian Games and the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh. He recorded his first century in T20Is on December 5, 2019. After defeating the Maldives cricket team by a margin of five wickets in the third-place playoff game, the Nepali national cricket team took home the bronze medal with pride.
One of the 18 players who were given a central contract by the Cricket Association of Nepal in September 2020 was Gyanendra Malla. He was selected as the captain of the Bagmati Province team for the 2021 Prime Minister Cup in January 2021.
Due to disciplinary reasons, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) replaced Malla and Dipendra Singh Airee as the captain and vice-captain of the Nepal national team in December 2021 with star leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane.
Bio Data
Born: 16 September 1990
Age: 32 Years
Birth Place: Nepal
Nickname: Gyanu
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting: Right-handed
Bowling: Right-arm leg spin
Role: Batsman and occasional Wicket-keeper
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