Cricket Association of Nepal

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Cricket Association of Nepal
नेपाल क्रिकेट संघ
Cricket Association of Nepal logo.svg
Sport Cricket
Jurisdiction Flag of Nepal.svg National
AbbreviationCAN
Founded1946;79 years ago (1946) (2003 BS)
Affiliation International Cricket Council
Affiliation date1988 AD (2045 BS) Affiliate
1996 AD (2053 BS) Associate
Regional affiliation Asian Cricket Council
Affiliation date1990 AD (2047 BS)
Headquarters Mulpani, Kathmandu, Nepal
President Chatur Bahadur Chand
Secretary Paras Khadka
Men's coach Monty Desai
Women's coachManoj Katwal
SponsorMy Second Teacher (national teams), Kelme (Kit sponsor)
Official website
cricketnepal.org.np
Flag of Nepal.svg

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).

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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

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

ProvinceMen's sideWomen'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

Province Level

The CAN organise following Provincial-level tournaments:

Franchise Level

Current title holders

TournamentMost recentChampionsDetailsRunners-upNext
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 2023-24 APF Club Women's PM Cup Champion Koshi Province 2025
Lalitpur Mayor's Cup 2024 (qual.) APF Club Lalitpur Mayor's Champion Sudurpashchim Province 2025
Women Champions League2019 [8] Chitwan Rhinos WomenWCL ChampionKat Queens KathmanduTBD
Youth (men's)
Men's Under-19 National Cricket Tournament2024 Sudurpashchim Province U19 National U19 Champion Lumbini Province U19 2025
Men's Under-16 National Cricket Tournament2024 Madhesh Province U16 National U16 ChampionTBD2025
Manmohan Memorial U16 National Cricket Tournament2024 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 tournament2024 [9] Sudurpashchim Province U19 SK Memorial Cup ChampionKohalpur Mayor XI U-192025
Girl's U16 National2024Girl's U16 National ChampionTBD2025

Governance of CAN

Presidents

No.NameTenureNotes
1Jay Kumar Nath Shah1966 – September 2006 [10] One of the longest serving cricket association president in the world. Association was almost non existent till the mid-1990s.
2Binay Raj PandeySeptember 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.
3Tanka AngbuhaangDecember 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.
InterimTarini Bikram Shah (Interim)June 2014 – November 2014 [12]
InterimBinay Raj PandayNovember 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

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.

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