# Nepal at the 2022 Asian Games

Nepal participated at the 2022 Asian Games, which was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, from 23 September 2023 to 8 October 2023. The event was originally scheduled from 10 to 25 September 2022 but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event has been postponed and rescheduled to September-October 2023.

## Competitors

The following is the list of sports and numbers of athletes which are scheduled to participate at the 2022 Asian Games:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Athletics | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Badminton | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Basketball | — | TBA | 13 |
| Boxing | TBA | TBA | 4 |
| Canoeing | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cricket | 15 | — | 15 |
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dancesport | 1 | — | 1 |
| Esports | TBA | TBA | 23 |
| Fencing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Football | — | 22 | 22 |
| Golf | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Handball | — | 16 | 16 |
| Judo | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Kabaddi | — | 12 | 12 |
| Karate | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Rugby | 12 | — | 12 |
| Shooting | — | 2 | 2 |
| Squash | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Swimming | TBA | TBA | 6 |
| Table Tennis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Tennis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Taekwondo | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Triathlon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Wushu | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Total | 104 | 125 | 234 |

## Medalists
### Medals by sport

Medals by sport :
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Kabaddi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Karate | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Cricket

On 28 July 2023, Cricket Association of Nepal announced the men's squads for 2022 Asian Games.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nepal men's | Men's tournament | Mongolia W 273 runs | Maldives W 138 runs | 1 Q | India L 23 runs | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | 5th |

### Men's tournament
#### Coach

    Monty Desai

#### Squads

* Rohit Paudel (c)
* Dipendra Singh Airee
* Binod Bhandari (wk)
* Avinash Bohara
* Kushal Bhurtel
* Sundeep Jora
* Kushal Malla
* Aasif Sheikh (wk)
* Pratis GC
* Gulsan Jha
* Sompal Kami
* Karan KC
* Sandeep Lamichhane
* Lalit Rajbanshi
* Bibek Yadav

### Group Stage

* 27 September 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| Nepal 314/3 (20 overs) | v | Mongolia 41 (13.1 overs) |
| Kushal Malla 137* (50) Luvsanzundui Erdenebulgan 1/47 (4 overs) | | Davaasuren Jamyansuren 10 (23) Karan KC 2/1 (2 overs) |
* Nepal won by 273 runs Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou Umpires: Arif Ansari (THA) and Chris Thurgate (JPN)
* Mongolia won the toss and elected to field.
* Mungun Altankhuyag, Namsrai Bat-yalalt, Luvsanzundui Erdenebulgan, Davaasuren Jamyansuren, Od Lutbayar, Enkhtuvshin Munkhbat, Nyambaatar Naranbaatar, Enkh-erdene Otgonbayar, Tur-erdene Sumiya, Buyantushig Terbish and Tumursukh Turmunkh (MGL) all made their T20I debuts.
* Nepal's total was the highest team total in men's T20Is.
* Kushal Malla (NEP) scored his first century in T20Is.
* Kushal Malla also scored the quickest century in men's T20Is, in terms of deliveries faced (34).
* Dipendra Singh Airee (NEP) scored the quickest half-century in men's T20Is, in terms of deliveries faced (9).
* Nepal's margin of victory (273 runs) was the biggest in men's T20Is.
* Nepal scored a record number of sixes (26) in a men's T20I innings.
* 1 October 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| Nepal 212/7 (20 overs) | v | Maldives 74 (19.4 overs) |
| Rohit Paudel 52 (27) Nazwan Ismail 3/17 (4 overs) | | Muawiyath Ghanee 36 (34) Abinash Bohara 6/11 (3.4 overs) |
* Nepal won by 138 runs Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti (AFG) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HKG)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
* Abinash Bohara (Nep) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.
* Nepal qualified for the knockout stage as a result of this match.

#### Quarter-final

* 3 October 2023 09:00 Scorecard
| India 202/4 (20 overs) | v | Nepal 179/9 (20 overs) |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal 100 (49) Dipendra Singh Airee 2/31 (4 overs) | | Dipendra Singh Airee 32 (15) Ravi Bishnoi 3/24 (4 overs) |
* India won by 23 runs Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti (AFG) and Asif Yaqoob (PAK)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore and Jitesh Sharma (IND) both made their T20I debuts.
* Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND) scored his first century in T20Is.

## Kabaddi

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Nepal women | Women's tournament | Bangladesh W 37–24 | Iran L 19–43 | 2 Q | India L 17–61 | Did not Advance | |

### Women's tournament
#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 35 | +62 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Nepal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 2 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 91 | −51 | 0 | |
| 2 October 10:30 | Bangladesh | 24–37 | Nepal | Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou |
| 2 October 10:30 | | (16–21) | | Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou |
| 3 October 11:00 | Nepal | 19–43 | Iran | Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou |
| 3 October 11:00 | | (11–19) | | Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou |

#### Semi–Final

| 6 October 9:30 | India | 61–17 | Nepal | Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou |
| 6 October 9:30 | | (29–10) | | Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou |