Former Nepal Captain Paras Khadka Announces Retirement From International Cricket

Former Nepal captain Paras Khadka announced his retirement from international cricket by a Twitter post on Tuesday.

Paras Khadka,33, had played all the 10 ODI matches of the Nepal team, captaining in 6 of them with 3 wins. He scored 315 runs at 35.00, with a century and a half-century to his name, in addition to 9 wickets at 27.00.

He had featured in 33 T20Is, captaining in 27 of those, out of a total of 39 Nepal has played. The all-rounder aggregated 799 runs at 27.55, notched up a hundred and four fifties in his T20I career, alongside 8 wickets in his bag.

Paras Khadka announces international retirement-aged 33:

“Playing for Nepal has been my biggest achievement and for that I will always be indebted towards my coaches, players, fans, stakeholders, friends and family for their continuous support over the last 18 years since I started as a young 15 year old back in 2002,” he said in his statement.

He will continue to play lower levels of the game. Paras Khadka had made his first-class debut back in 2004. He also featured in three Under-19 World Cups – in 2004, 2006, and 2008 before being named captain of the side in 2009.

The right-hander was the Man of the Tournament in the Under-19 ACC Trophy in 2007, helping Nepal qualify for the 2008 World Cup, where he took 12 wickets charging the side to their second successive Plate final.

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— Paras Khadka (@paras77) August 3, 2021