Nepal National Cricket Team is an emerging team on the international stage as it is still an Associate member of the ICC and does not play a lot of matches. This team is trying to get better each day and the day is not far when they make a huge upset in an ICC tournament.
The schedule is very packed for the Nepal Cricket team in the upcoming months with a lot of important and big tournaments lined up. In the month of July, Nepal will be featured in the ICC ODI Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2023 in Zimbabwe where they will look forward to winning and qualifying for the World Cup and in September Nepal will play the Asia Cup 2023 in which they will have a chance to beat a full member nation of the ICC.
With such important tournaments coming up, they need their big players to step up and do wonders for the team. Let us have a look at some of the top players of Nepal who are expected to do wonders in the upcoming tournaments.
- Rohit Paudel
The captain of the Nepal National cricket team is in inexplicable form and is the most important player for them in the coming major tournaments. He has 381 runs in 13 innings this year.
- Kushal Malla
With a strike rate of 111 in the ODI format and 429 runs in 13 innings in 2023 till now, Kushal Malla looks all set to be the best batter for Nepal in the upcoming cricketing season. The way he bats fearlessly and can tonk the ball really far away makes him special.
- Karan KC
Karan KC has been absolutely brilliant with his all-round skills for Nepal in recent times. In the year 2023, he has 18 wickets in 12 matches and 110 runs with a strike rate of 109 in the same number of matches.
- Lalit Rajbanshi
The young, emerging spinner from Nepal has been in terrific form in the few matches he has played this year. He has 14 wickets in just 7 matches.
- Sandeep Lamichhane
Having taken 35 wickets in 13 matches in 2023 till now, Lamichhane looks all set to show his magical leg-spin bowling in the Asia Cup as well as the World Cup Qualifiers. The leggie who has also played in the IPL is in some red-hot form.
