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Cricket Association of Nepal
नेपाल क्रिकेट संघ
SportCricket
JurisdictionNepal National
AbbreviationCAN
Founded1946; 79 years ago (1946) (2003 BS)
AffiliationInternational Cricket Council
Affiliation date1988 AD (2045 BS) Affiliate
1996 AD (2053 BS) Associate
Regional affiliationAsian Cricket Council
Affiliation date1990 AD (2047 BS)
HeadquartersMulpani, Kathmandu, Nepal
PresidentChatur Bahadur Chand
SecretaryParas Khadka
Men's coachMonty Desai
Women's coachManoj Katwal
SponsorMy Second Teacher (national teams), Kelme (Kit sponsor)
Official website
cricketnepal.org.np
Nepal

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is the official governing body of cricket in Nepal. Its headquarters are situated in Mulpani, Kathmandu. It is Nepal's representative at the International Cricket Council and remains an associate member since 1996 AD (2053 BS). It is also a member of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

The board was dissolved by the government of Nepal in November 2014 on the grounds of incompetence and a three-member ad hoc committee was established with a new president designated by the government itself.[1]

In April 2016, CAN was suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC), on the grounds of government interference in its operations. However the suspension did not prevent Nepal's national teams from participating in ICC tournaments.[2][3]

The ICC welcomed the elections of the board held in September 2019[4] and formally reinstated the board on a conditional basis on 14 October.[5] On 13 October 2019, the ICC lifted its suspension on the Cricket Association of Nepal.[6]

Province Cricket Associations

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Cricket Association of Nepal is an administrative organisation responsible for cricket in Nepal. CAN has 7 member provincial cricket associations.[7] Each provincial cricket association affiliated with the Cricket Association of Nepal selects a representative team to participate in Nepal's major domestic cricket tournaments each season.

Domestic teams, playing national tournaments

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Province Men's side Women's side
  Koshi Koshi Province Men's Cricket Team Koshi Province Women's Cricket Team
  Madhesh Madhesh Province Men's Cricket Team Madhesh Province Women's Cricket Team
  Bagmati Bagmati Province Men's Cricket Team Bagmati Province Women's Cricket Team
  Gandaki Gandaki Province Men's Cricket Team Gandaki Province Women's Cricket Team
  Lumbini Lumbini Province Men's Cricket Team Lumbini Province Women's Cricket Team
  Karnali Karnali Province Men's Cricket Team Karnali Province Women's Cricket Team
  Sudurpashchim Sudurpashchim Province Men's Cricket Team Sudurpashchim Province Women's Cricket Team

CAN maintains a strong yet independent relationship with the Cricket Players Association Nepal to ensure proper players' rights, welfare provisions, and pay agreements.

Competitions

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Further information: List of domestic cricket competitions in Nepal

Province Level

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The CAN organise following Provincial-level tournaments:

Franchise Level

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Current title holders

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Tournament Most recent Champions Details Runners-up Next
Senior (men's)
Jay Trophy 2024–25 (qual.) Nepal Police Club Jay Trophy Tribhuwan Army Club TBD
Prime Minister One Day Cup 2024 Nepal Police PM Cup Champion Tribhuwan Army Club 2025
National T20 Championship 2024 Lumbini Province National T20 Champion Karnali Province 2025
Nepal Premier League (NPL) 2024 Janakpur Bolts NPL Champion Sudurpaschim Royals 2025
Senior (women's)
Women's Prime Minister Cup 2024-25 APF Club Women's PM Cup Champion Sudurpashchim Province 2025
Lalitpur Mayor's Cup 2024 (qual.) APF Club Lalitpur Mayor's Champion Sudurpashchim Province 2025
Women Champions League 2019 [8] Chitwan Rhinos Women WCL Champion Kat Queens Kathmandu TBD
Youth (men's)
Men's Under-19 National Cricket Tournament 2024 Sudurpashchim Province U19 National U19 Champion Lumbini Province U19 2025
Men's Under-16 National Cricket Tournament 2024 Madhesh Province U16 National U16 Champion TBD 2025
Manmohan Memorial U16 National Cricket Tournament 2024 Madhesh Province U16 Manmohan Memorial U16 Champion Sudurpashchim Province U16 2025
Youth (women's)
Women's Under-19 National Cricket tournmanet (Maiyadevi Cup) 2024 Bagmati Province U19 Maiyadevi Cup Champion Gandaki Province U19 2025
Susil Koirala Memorial National Cricket tournament 2024[9] Sudurpashchim Province U19 SK Memorial Cup Champion Kohalpur Mayor XI U-19 2025
Girl's U16 National 2024 Girl's U16 National Champion TBD 2025

Governance of CAN

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Presidents

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No. Name Tenure Notes
1 Jay Kumar Nath Shah 1966 – September 2006 [10] One of the longest serving cricket association president in the world. Association was almost non existent till the mid-1990s.
2 Binay Raj Pandey September 2006 – December 2011[11] A long serving cricket administrator with business background. His committee was dissolved by the government for his failure to hold an election, a requirement of International Cricket Committee.
3 Tanka Angbuhaang December 2011 – June 2014[12][13] Appointed by the Nepali government after Binaya Raj Pandey's dissolution, he brought in coach Pubudu Dassanayake and fostered ties with Indian cricket teams. Despite controversies, Nepal's cricket team reached their first T20 World Cup under his leadership.
Interim Tarini Bikram Shah June 2014 – November 2014[12]
Binay Raj Panday November 2014 - April 2016[14] Appointed after the dissolution of Tanka Angabuhang's committee, his tenure saw repeated dissolutions and election failures, leading to CAN's suspension by the ICC.
6 Chatur Bahadur Chand September 2019 – present[15] He was re-elected as president for second time on 23 September 2023.[16][17][18]

Between 2016 and 2019, Bhawana Ghimire was CEO of the Cricket Association of Nepal. CAN was suspended during this period for government interventions.[19]

Controversies

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Despite unprecedented success on the field, including victories over Hong Kong and Afghanistan at the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, Nepal went through some turmoil off the field in 2014 with a boycott of the national one-day tournament by the national players with the captain Paras Khadka slamming the Cricket Association of Nepal for their treatment of national players.[20]

The board then came under an investigation by the Commission for Investigation into Abuse of Authority.[21] Later, CIAA filed a case against 18 CAN members including the then President Tanka Aangabuhang, after finding them guilty of misusing around Rs. 14.31 million, which was to be used for developing the game in the country instead.[22][23] This resulted in several CAN members stepping down from their posts on moral grounds.

In May, members of CAN filed a no-confidence motion against president Tanka Angbuhang, after the organization of the Nepal Premier League was outsourced to a private sports management firm.[24]

In March, the CAN had said Nepal coach Pubudu Dassanayake would get a year's extension to his contract. However, he was only given a three-month extension, which ran out later June.[25] The change in terms, CAN secretary Ashok Nath Pyakuryal said, was due to the board being under investigation. The coach left the country on 4 June due to unresolved contractual issues.[26]

But the Government of Nepal intervened and handed Dassanayake a year's extension. Dassanayake returned to Nepal on 29 August after being invited by the government and was reappointed coach of Nepal's senior and Under-19 cricket teams.[27]

After all these controversies in the year 2014, the Nepal Government dissolved the Angbuhang led CAN committee on 6 November and formed an ad hoc committee under former president Binaya Raj Pandey on an interim basis.[14]

As a result of the governmental involvement in its running, the ICC suspended CAN in April 2016,[28] though allowed the national teams to continue playing in international competitions.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cricket Association of Nepal board dissolved by government". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. ^ Peter Della Penan (26 April 2016). "ICC suspends Cricket Association of Nepal" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ^ "ICC suspends Cricket Association of Nepal". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  4. ^ "ICC welcomes Cricket Association of Nepal elections". Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Zimbabwe and Nepal readmitted; Women's event prize money receives a major boost". Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Zimbabwe and Nepal readmitted as ICC members". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  7. ^ "यी हुन् क्यानको प्रदेश र जिल्ला जित्ने सबै अध्यक्षहरु - हाम्रो खेलकुद". हाम्रो खेलकुद - HamroKhelkud.com - Complete website for Nepali Sports News | Nepali Cricket, Football and More. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Women's Champions League Twenty20 Cricket Tournament". Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Susil Koirala Memorial National Cricket tournament". Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Shah rejects appointment".
  11. ^ "BINAYA RAJ PANDEY: CRICKET DIPLOMAT".
  12. ^ a b "CAN top brass step down". The Himalayan Times. Kathmandu. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Tanka Abuhaang elected president of can". 19 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013.
  14. ^ a b "Govt dissolves CAN". eKantipur. Kathmandu. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Chand leads landslide panel victory".
  16. ^ "Chatur Bahadur Chand re-elected as President, Paras Khadka elected CAN's secretary - OnlineKhabar English News". 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  17. ^ Republica. "CAN election: Chatur Bahadur Chand re-elected as president, Paras Khadka elected as secretary". My Republica. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Chatur Bahadur Chand re-elected as CAN President". Khabarhub. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  19. ^ NDTVSports.com. "Bhawana Ghimire 'Invades' Cricket's Manly World – NDTV Sports". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  20. ^ "Nat'l cricketers boycott every tournament". eKantipur. Kathmandu. 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  21. ^ Ghimire, Santosh (12 April 2014). "CIAA begins probe against CAN". My República. Kathmandu. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  22. ^ "CIAA filed corruption case against CAN office bearers". Reporters Nepal. Kathmandu. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  23. ^ "CIAA files graft case against 18 individuals, including CAN top guns". My República. Kathmandu. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  24. ^ "CAN prez Aangbuhang under pressure to quit". eKantipur. Kathmandu. 26 May 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  25. ^ Oli, Prajwak (29 April 2014). "CAN extends Dassanayake contract only 3 months". My República. Kathmandu. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  26. ^ "Coach bids adieu amid contract dispute". eKantipur. Kathmandu. 5 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  27. ^ "Dassanayake set for August 28 return". eKantipur. Kathmandu. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  28. ^ "ICC suspends Cricket Association of Nepal". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
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