Nepal at the 2022 Asian Games

Nepal at the 2022 Asian Games
IOC code	NEP
NOC	Nepal Olympic Committee
in Hangzhou, China 23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) – 8 October 2023 (2023-10-08)
Medals Ranked 36th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

Nepal participated at the 2022 Asian Games, which was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, from 23 September 2023 to 8 October 2023. ^{[1] [2]} The event was originally scheduled from 10 to 25 September 2022 but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event has been postponed and rescheduled to September-October 2023. ^[3]

Competitors

The following is the list of sports and numbers of athletes which are scheduled to participate at the 2022 Asian Games: ^{[4] [5]}

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	2	4
Athletics	4	4	8
Badminton	4	4	8
Basketball	—	TBA	13
Boxing	TBA	TBA	4
Canoeing	1	—	1
Cricket	15	—	15
Cycling	1	1	2
Dancesport	1	—	1
Esports	TBA	TBA	23
Fencing	3	3	6
Football	—	22	22
Golf	4	2	6
Handball	—	16	16
Judo	4	4	8
Kabaddi	—	12	12
Karate	4	4	8
Rugby	12	—	12
Shooting	—	2	2
Squash	3	3	6
Swimming	TBA	TBA	6
Table Tennis	3	3	6
Tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	6	5	11
Triathlon	2	2	4
Volleyball	12	12	24
Weightlifting	3	2	5
Wrestling	2	2	4
Wushu	7	5	12
Total	104	125	234

Medalists

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Kabaddi	0	0	1	1
Karate	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	1	2

Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 2022 Asian Games

On 28 July 2023, Cricket Association of Nepal announced the men's squads for 2022 Asian Games. ^[6]

Team	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nepal men's	Men's tournament	Mongolia W 273 runs	Maldives W 138 runs	1 Q	India L 23 runs	Did not Advance		5th

Men's tournament

Main article: Cricket at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament

Coach

Monty Desai

Squads

1. Rohit Paudel (c)
2. Dipendra Singh Airee
3. Binod Bhandari (wk)
4. Avinash Bohara
5. Kushal Bhurtel
6. Sundeep Jora
7. Kushal Malla
8. Aasif Sheikh (wk)
9. Pratis GC
10. Gulsan Jha
11. Sompal Kami
12. Karan KC
13. Sandeep Lamichhane
14. Lalit Rajbanshi
15. Bibek Yadav

---

Group Stage

27 September 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal     314/3 (20 overs)	v	Mongolia 41 (13.1 overs)
Kushal Malla 137* (50) Luvsanzundui Erdenebulgan 1/47 (4 overs)		Davaasuren Jamyansuren 10 (23) Karan KC 2/1 (2 overs)

Nepal won by 273 runs Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou Umpires: Arif Ansari (THA) and Chris Thurgate (JPN)

• Mongolia won the toss and elected to field.
• Mungun Altankhuyag, Namsrai Bat-yalalt, Luvsanzundui Erdenebulgan, Davaasuren Jamyansuren, Od Lutbayar, Enkhtuvshin Munkhbat, Nyambaatar Naranbaatar, Enkh-erdene Otgonbayar, Tur-erdene Sumiya, Buyantushig Terbish and Tumursukh Turmunkh (MGL) all made their T20I debuts.
• Nepal's total was the highest team total in men's T20Is. ^[7]
• Kushal Malla (NEP) scored his first century in T20Is. ^[8]
• Kushal Malla also scored the quickest century in men's T20Is, in terms of deliveries faced (34). ^[9]
• Dipendra Singh Airee (NEP) scored the quickest half-century in men's T20Is, in terms of deliveries faced (9). ^[10]
• Nepal's margin of victory (273 runs) was the biggest in men's T20Is. ^[11]
• Nepal scored a record number of sixes (26) in a men's T20I innings. ^[12]

---

1 October 2023 09:00 Scorecard

Nepal     212/7 (20 overs)	v	Maldives 74 (19.4 overs)
Rohit Paudel 52 (27) Nazwan Ismail 3/17 (4 overs)		Muawiyath Ghanee 36 (34) Abinash Bohara 6/11 (3.4 overs)

Nepal won by 138 runs Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti (AFG) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HKG)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
• Abinash Bohara (Nep) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is. ^[13]
• Nepal qualified for the knockout stage as a result of this match.

---

Quarter-final

3 October 2023 09:00 Scorecard

India   202/4 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 179/9 (20 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 100 (49) Dipendra Singh Airee 2/31 (4 overs)		Dipendra Singh Airee 32 (15) Ravi Bishnoi 3/24 (4 overs)

India won by 23 runs Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti (AFG) and Asif Yaqoob (PAK)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore and Jitesh Sharma (IND) both made their T20I debuts.
• Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND) scored his first century in T20Is.

Kabaddi

Main article: Kabaddi at the 2022 Asian Games

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nepal women	Women's tournament	Bangladesh W 37–24	Iran L 19–43	2 Q	India L 17–61	Did not Advance

Women's tournament

Main article: Kabaddi at the 2022 Asian Games – Women

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	97	35	+62	4	Semifinals
2	Nepal	2	1	0	1	56	67	−11	2
3	Bangladesh	2	0	0	2	40	91	−51	0

Source: Official website

---

2 October 10:30 Bangladesh   24–37 (HT: 16–21)     Nepal Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou

---

3 October 11:00 Nepal     19–43 (HT: 11–19)   Iran Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou

---

Semi–Final

6 October 9:30 India   61–17 (HT: 29–10)     Nepal Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou

References

1. "Nepal to participate in 23 games in Asian Games". Nepal News. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
2. "Nepal to take part in 23 sports in Asiad". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
3. "Asian Games postponed". ocasia.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
4. "Nepal to send 253 athletes for Hangzhou Asian Games". ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
5. "Nepal to send 253 athletes to take part in Asian Games". Onlinekhabar English. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
6. "CAN announces Nepali Cricket Team for Asian Games, Abhinash and Binod's comeback". Khabarhub. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
7. "Nepal smash T20 cricket records in Asian Games win over Mongolia". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
8. "Rampant Nepal rewrite cricket record books in Asian Games mismatch". France 24. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
9. "Records galore as Nepal beat Mongolia by 273 runs in Asiad". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
10. "Asian Games: Yuvraj Singh's record broken as Nepal create history against Mongolia". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
11. "Asian Games T20: Nepal crushes Mongolia by 273 runs". Khabarhub. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
12. "Asian Games: Nepal hit record 314-3, fastest century and fifty". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
13. "Abinash Bohara's remarkable bowling performance sets new T20I record for Nepal". Cricnepal. Retrieved 1 October 2023.