Binod Das

Binod Das
Personal information
Full name Binod Kumar Das
Born 26 April 1983
Kalaiya, Bara District, Nepal
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004–2005    Nepal
First-class debut 25 March 2004 Nepal v UAE
Last First-class 7 May 2005 Nepal v UAE
Career statistics
Competition First-class Youth ODI ICC Trophy
Matches 3 13 3
Runs scored 56 147 22
Batting average 28.00 16.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 17 31 11*
Balls bowled 566 609 138
Wickets 19 20 2
Bowling average 11.42 18.25 32.50
5 wickets in innings 3 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 6/29 3/13 1/23
Catches/stumpings 1/0 5/0 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 11 April 2015

Binod Kumar Das (Nepali: विनोद कुमार दास) (born 26 April 1983) is a retired Nepalese cricketer and a former captain of Nepal national cricket team. All-rounder Binod is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.[1]

Biography

Binod Das was born in Nepal in 1983, the child of Madan Prasad Baniya and Munni Devi. Binod Das first played for Nepal at Under-19 level, playing in the 2000 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. He played in the ICC Under-17 Asia Cup in Pakistan later in the year, before making his début for the senior side in that year's ACC Trophy in the United Arab Emirates.

After playing in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario,[2] he returned to the Under-19 team for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand and played in the ACC Trophy in Singapore that July. His first-class début came in March 2004 when he played for Nepal against the UAE in the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[3] He also played in the ACC Trophy that year, in addition to ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Singapore, the UAE and Hong Kong.

In February 2005 he played in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy, in which Nepal finished third after beating Qatar in a play-off.[4] He also played ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Singapore, Malaysia, the UAE and Hong Kong.[3] The games against the UAE and Hong Kong also counted towards the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup[5] and are his final first-class matches to date.[3]

In March 2006 he played for Nepal 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.[6] This was followed by playing on a tour of Pakistan and in the ACC Trophy in Malaysia, before ACC Premier League matches against Hong Kong, UAE, Singapore and Malaysia.

Binod was dropped from national team in early 2012 that was selected to play T20 World qulalifier. He is also an ACC Level 3 qualified coach.

Coaching

Former skipper Binod Das has taken a new role of an assistant coach of Nepal .This is First official assignment for Das – an ACC Level-III certified coach. Das previously coached the CAN-XI team during the Uttarakhand Gold Cup in India and he shared is feelings how he has taken his new job in one of the most important tournaments for Nepali cricket at training season of 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two in interview with Nepal cricket based website .

Man of the Match awards

The following list illustrates all the matches in which Das has been awarded Man of the Match while representing Nepal in international tournaments/series.

S.N. Event/Series Opponent Venue Match Performance
1 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup Hong Kong Hong Kong
(First-class)
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground,
Kathmandu
15-4-29-6, 8*(27),
8-5-8-1 & 1 catch
Scorecard
2 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup United Arab Emirates UAE
(First-class)
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground,
Kathmandu
14.2-4-23-1, 17(32),
16-7-27-5 & 14*(27)
Scorecard

References

  1. Cricinfo profile
  2. ICC Trophy matches played by Binod Das at CricketArchive
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 First-class matches played by Binod Das at CricketArchive
  4. Scorecard of Nepal v Qatar, 27 February 2005 at CricketArchive
  5. 2005 ACC Fast Track Nations Points Table
  6. Scorecard of Namibia v Nepal, 23 March 2006 at CricketArchive

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