Kanishka Chaugai

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Kanishka Chaugai
Nepal
Personal information
Born 24 January 1986 (1986-01-24) (age 22)
Nepal
Role Batsman
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
Years Team
2005 Flag of Nepal Nepal
First-class debut 30 April 2005: Nepal v Hong Kong
Last First-class 7 May 2005: Nepal v UAE[1]
Career statistics
First-class[1] Under-19 ODI
Matches 2 20
Runs scored 101 537
Batting average 33.66 28.26
100s/50s 0/0 0/3
Top score 48 90*
Balls bowled 0 0
Wickets - -
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 3/0 2/0

As of 8 March 2008
Source: Cricket Archive

Kanishka Chaugai (born 24 January 1986) is a Nepalese cricketer.[2] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[3] he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2004.[4]

[edit] Biography

Born in Nepal in 1986,[3] Kanishka Chaugai first played for Nepal at Under-17 level when he played in the ICC Under-17 Asia Cup in Pakistan in 2000. He played in the ACC Under-17 Asia Cup in Bangladesh the following year before playing at Under-19 level for the first time in the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.[5]

In 2003, he played three matches for Nepal Under-19s against India Under-19s before playing in the Youth Asia Cup in Pakistan. He played in a second Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004 and made his début for the Nepal senior side that year when he played in a ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament match against Hong Kong.[5]

Remaining in the senior side, in early 2005 he played in the repĂȘchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy,[5] in which Nepal finished third after beating Qatar in a play-off.[6] He also played ACC Fast Track Nations matches against Singapore, Malaysia,[5] the UAE and Hong Kong.[7] The games against the UAE and Hong Kong also counted towards the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup[8] and are his only first-class matches to date.[7][1]

Returning to the Under-19 team, he captained Nepal Under-19s in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, leading them to the Plate Championship final where they beat New Zealand.[9] Chaugai had won the man of the match award in the plate semi-final where Nepal beat South Africa by 2 runs.[10] He most recently played for the senior side in a play-off match against Namibia to decide the final spot in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup. Needing an outright win to qualify, Nepal could only secure a draw after there was no play on the first day.[11]

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c Note: Cricinfo lists his last first-class match as being against Namibia in 2006, however the International Cricket Council specifically ruled that this match was NOT first-class.
  2. ^ Cricinfo profile
  3. ^ a b CricketArchive profile
  4. ^ Teams played for by Kanishka Chaugai at CricketArchive
  5. ^ a b c d Other matches played by Kanishka Chaugai at CricketArchive
  6. ^ Scorecard of Nepal v Qatar, 27 February 2005 at CricketArchive
  7. ^ a b First-class matches played by Kanishka Chaugai at CricketArchive
  8. ^ 2005 ACC Fast Track Nations Points Table
  9. ^ Scorecard of Nepal Under-19s v New Zealand Under-19s, 18 February 2006 at CricketArchive
  10. ^ Scorecard of Nepal Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s, 16 February 2006 at CricketArchive
  11. ^ Scorecard of Namibia v Nepal, 23 March 2006 at CricketArchive