Amrit Bhattarai
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| T20I shirt no. | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amrit Bhattarai (born 30 December 1990) is a Nepalese
He represents the
Junior career
Amrit Bhattarai started his national cricketing career by representing Nepal in the 2005 edition of the ACC U-15 tournament. Following impressive performances, Bhattarai secured a place in the
Senior career
Bhattarai debuted for the senior national team in 2006 during the ACC Premier League. Slots for fast bowlers were limited then as the lethal opening duo of Binod Das and Mehboob Alam reigned as the strike bowlers of Nepal and Bhattarai wasn't able to outperform the two stars of the national team. Consequently, he had to wait for two years before the left-arm medium pace bowler was recalled to the national squad for the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five.
Bhattarai wasn't able to perform to his potential and failed to make any headlines during the tournament due to which he had to wait for another two years before he was recalled into the squad in 2010 for the ACC Trophy and the Division Four tournament.
Being left out of the squad twice must have gnawed at Bhattarai, who seemed to return with a vengeance during the 2010 Division Four tournament where he bowled exceptionally well to scalp a total of 12 wickets for the eventual tournament winners, Nepal, and since then, Bhattarai hasn't struggled to maintain his place in the national senior side. Some of his memorable performances include four wickets against Singapore in the 2012 Division Four, three against Hong Kong in 2012 ACC Trophy Elite and three against UAE in the 2011 ACC Twenty20 Cup tournament.
Amrit missed the
He made his comeback for the team in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, where he played four matches and picked up four wickets in the tournament.[5]
He made his Twenty20 International debut for Nepal playing against Hong Kong in the Sri Lanka Tour in November 2014[6] where he also played a three-day match against Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI.[7]
References
- ^ "Amrit Bhattarai". Cricinfo.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- ^ "Event Technical Committee approves replacement in Nepal's squad". icc-cricket.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ^ "Cricket Records - ICC World Cricket League Division Three, 2014/15 - Records - Most wickets - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 2014-10-28.
- ^ "4th T20I: Hong Kong v Nepal at Colombo (PSS), Nov 24, 2014 - Cricket Scorecard - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI v Nepal at Dambulla, Nov 14-16, 2014 - Cricket Scorecard - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
External links
- Amrit Bhattarai at ESPNcricinfo
- Amrit Bhattarai at CricketArchive (subscription required) (archive)