Bagmati province govt to award Nepali cricket for historic achievement

The Bagmati province government has decided to award the Nepali cricketers who gave their outstanding performance in the ICC World Cup League-2 being qualified for the 2023 One-day Men’s World Cup qualifiers.

The provincial government has announced the award of the players with a cash prize of Rs 100 thousand each. According to the province government spokesperson and the minister for economic affairs and planning, Jagannath Thapaliya, the award is for a historic achievement of Nepali cricketers and for their encouragement.

In the final match held at the Tribhuvan University cricket stadium on Thursday, Nepal defeated the UAE by 9 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method.

In the points table, Nepal ended up third among seven countries just a point more than Namibia to book the ticket to Zimbabwe for the global qualifiers.