Nepal A cricket team
| नेपाली क क्रिकेट टोली | ||
| Association | Cricket Association of Nepal | |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel | ||
| One Day captain | Binod Bhandari | |
| T20I captain | Binod Bhandari | |
| Coach | Gyanendra Malla | |
| Team information | ||
| Founded | 2024 | |
| Home ground | Mulpani International Cricket Ground | |
| Capacity | 4,000 | |
| Secondary home ground(s) | Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground | |
| Secondary ground capacity | 25,000 | |
| History | ||
| List A debut | v. Ireland Wolves at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur; 1 April 2024 | |
| Twenty20 debut | v. Ireland Wolves at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur; 29 March 2024 | |
| Official website | https://cricketnepal.org.np | |
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| As of 14 February 2024 | ||
The Nepal A cricket team (Nepali: नेपाल ए क्रिकेट टिम) is a national-level men's cricket team of Nepal that plays in the second-tier relative to the Nepal national cricket team. Matches played by Nepal A are not considered Test matches or One Day Internationals; they instead are eligible to receive first-class and List A classification respectively. It is a developmental team, domestic players are often expected to first get selected in this team before playing for the senior team.
The team was announced by Cricket Association of Nepal secretary Paras Khadka on 4 January 2024. The first representative game played by Nepal A was against Canada in February 2024. The squad for that series was announced on 14 February 2024. Nepal A played their first official List A cricket match against Ireland Wolves during the Nepal tour of Ireland Wolves in late March 2024.