Nepal A cricket team


The Nepal A cricket team is a national-level men's cricket team of Nepal that plays in the second-tier relative to the Nepal national [cricket team]. Matches played by Nepal A are not considered Test matches or One Day Internationals; they instead are eligible to receive first-class and List A classification respectively. It is a developmental team, domestic players are often expected to first get selected in this team before playing for the senior team.
The team was announced by Cricket Association of Nepal secretary Paras Khadka on 4 January 2024. The first representative game played by Nepal A was against Canada in Canadian [cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24#50-over series|February 2024]. The squad for that series was announced on 14 February 2024. Nepal A played their first official List A cricket match against Ireland Wolves during the Nepal tour of Ireland Wolves in late March 2024.

Current squad

The Cricket Association of Nepal on 14 February 2024 revealed the Nepal A side with Binod Bhandari leading the team. Players marked with bold selected for T20 series against Assam cricket team

Results summary

  • Source: CricInfo

Canada in Nepal, 2023–24

After the ODI series, the Canadian team played three unofficial one-day matches against Nepal A. The visitors won this unofficial series 2–1.

Ireland Wolves in Nepal, 2023–24

The Ireland Wolves cricket team toured Nepal in March and April 2024 to play three List A and three Twenty20 matches against a Nepal A side. Before those matches, the team played a two-match T20 series against the senior Nepal men's side. This was the first tour to Nepal by an Irish representative team. The tour also marked the first-ever T20 series played by Nepal A.

Nepal A tour of Assam 2025

Nepal A toured Guwahati for a five‑match T20 series against Assam State from August 28 to September 1, 2025.
The first two matches were daytime games at the ACA Cricket Academy Ground, while the last three were day/night fixtures at the ACA Stadium .