Nepali National Cricket Team returns home with ODI status

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Kathmandu / Mar 19: Nepali National Cricket Team has arrived home from Zimbabwe after on Monday, after playing ICC World Cup Qualifiers.

In an historic turn of events for Nepali cricket, the Nepal team earned One-Day-International (ODI) status under the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the first time since Nepal was recognized as an Associate Nation by the apex global cricketing body in 1996.

Nepal has been awarded the ODI status for a four-year period until the next World Cup qualifiers. All Nepali players playing the first ODI will be making their debuts. Nepal will also get an opportunity to participate in the much coveted ICC Inter-continental Cup, a marquee four-day event outside the Test world contested by nations with ODI status only.

Similarly, Nepal can officially arrange tours in fellow ODI nations like Scotland or the UAE for the foreseeable future to get some ODI matches under its belt. Nepal can also host ODI teams after upgrading the cricket grounds at home up to the ODI standards set by the ICC.Courtesy : myrepubica