# Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, commonly known as TU Cricket Ground or simply TU Ground (Nepali: त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट मैदान), is a prominent cricket stadium located in Kirtipur, near Kathmandu, Nepal. Situated within the premises of Tribhuvan University, it is the most renowned cricket venue in Nepal and serves as the headquarters for the Cricket Association of Nepal.

## History

The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1998 when Bangladesh played Singapore in the 1998 ACC Trophy.
Nepal took part in the inaugural Intercontinental Cup with the matches in the competition having first-class status. The ground held its first first-class match when Nepal hosted Malaysia. Another two first-class matches were held there during the 2005 Intercontinental Cup when Nepal hosted Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates.
These were the first first-class matches to be held anywhere in Nepal. The ground has since hosted a number of international competitions, including the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five and 2015-17 ICC World Cricket League Championship.
Controversy arose during the competition in a match between Nepal and the United States with crowd trouble flaring up when a large number of spectators disturbed play when they became unhappy with the performance of the Nepal team.
The match was later investigated by the International Cricket Council for the crowd trouble and the resulting calculations of the net-run rate which denied Singapore promotion to 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four.
The ground has also successfully hosted domestic tournaments such as Everest Premier League, Prime Minister One Day Cup and so on with a lot of people coming to watch the matches and enjoying domestic cricket.

## Renovations

After the devastating 2015 Nepal Earthquake, the basic infrastructures of the ground were destroyed. Thus, the CAN rebuilt its infrastructures and added more facilities such as the addition of ground walls, a pavilion building, media box, view tower and VIP Seating Area.

## Major sports events

* 1998 ACC Trophy
* 2005 Intercontinental Cup
* 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
* 2011 ACC Twenty20 Cup
* 2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup
* 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship
* 2016 Everest Premier League
* 2017 Everest Premier League
* 2018 Everest Premier League
* Cricket at the 2019 South Asian Games – Men's tournament
* 2019-22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
* 2021–22 Nepal T20I Tri-Nation Series
* 2023 Men's Premier Cup
* 2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Regional Final
* International inter-university competition - Another major cricket tournament!
For the first time, an international inter-university competition with a prize pool of NPR 3 million is set to take place at TU Ground from January 20. Teams from Nepal, India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, UAE, and Bangladesh will participate.

## Records & Stats
### Matches Hosted

| Format | ODI | T20I | WT20I |
| Matches | 34 | 34 | 14 |
| As of 5 Mar 2025 (Source) ||||

### ODI records

* Highest ODI total: 310/6 – United Arab Emirates vs. Nepal, 2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series (round 21), 16 March 2023 and 310/8 – Nepal vs. Oman, 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup, 21 April 2023
* Highest Individual ODI Score: 133 – Michael van Lingen, Namibia vs. Nepal, 2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series (round 19), 14 February 2023
* Best ODI Bowling Figure: 6/16 – Sandeep Lamichhane, Nepal vs United States, 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series, 12 February 2020
* Highest ODI Partnership: 216 (for the 3rd wicket) – Aqib Ilyas & Zeeshan Maqsood, Oman vs. United States, 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series, 11 February 2020
ODI Matches Record :
| Team | MP | W | L | T | NR |
| Nepal | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Namibia | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Oman | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scotland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| United States | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Reference: ESPNcricinfo (As of 25 Feb 2024) ||||||

### T20I records

* Highest T20I total: 247/5 – Netherlands vs. Namibia, 2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series, 29 February 2024
* Highest Individual T20I Score: 135 – Michael Levitt, Netherlands vs. Namibia, 2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series, 29 February 2024
* Best T20I Bowling Figure: 5/21 – Karan KC, Nepal vs. PNG, 2021-22 Nepal T20I Tri-Nation Series, 28 March 2022
* Highest T20I Partnership: 193 (for the 2nd wicket) – Michael Levitt & Sybrand Engelbrecht, Netherlands vs. Namibia, 2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series, 29 February 2024
T20I Matches Record :
| Team | MP | W | L | T | NR |
| Nepal | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Oman | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reference: ESPNcricinfo (As of 5 Mar 2024) ||||||

## List of International centuries
### ODI centuries

Fifteen ODI centuries have been scored at the venue.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Opposing team | Date | Result |
| 1 | 109* | Aqib Ilyas | Oman | 108 | Nepal | 9 February 2020 | Won |
| 2 | 109 | Zeeshan Maqsood | Oman | 109 | United States | 11 February 2020 | Won |
| 3 | 105 | Aqib Ilyas | Oman | 123 | United States | 11 February 2020 | Won |
| 4 | 126 | Rohit Paudel | Nepal | 107 | Papua New Guinea | 25 March 2022 | Lost |
| 5 | 105 | Dipendra Singh Airee | Nepal | 140 | Papua New Guinea | 26 March 2022 | Lost |
| 6 | 133 | Michael van Lingen | Namibia | 137 | Nepal | 14 February 2023 | Lost |
| 7 | 115 | Kushal Bhurtel | Nepal | 113 | Namibia | 14 February 2023 | Won |
| 8 | 103* | George Munsey | Scotland | 61 | Namibia | 15 February 2023 | Won |
| 9 | 107* | Michael Leask | Scotland | 85 | Nepal | 17 February 2023 | Lost |
| 10 | 110 | Aasif Sheikh | Nepal | 110 | Papua New Guinea | 9 March 2023 | Won |
| 11 | 119 | Muhammad Waseem | United Arab Emirates | 76 | Papua New Guinea | 15 March 2023 | Won |
| 12 | 101* | Asif Khan | United Arab Emirates | 42 | Nepal | 16 March 2023 | Lost |
| 13 | 108 | Kushal Malla | Nepal | 64 | Oman | 21 April 2023 | Won |
| 14 | 112* | Anil Sah | Nepal | 124 | Canada | 12 February 2024 | Won |
| 15 | 101* | Bhim Sharki | Nepal | 129 | Canada | 12 February 2024 | Won |

### T20I centuries

Five T20I centuries have been scored at the venue.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Opposing team | Date | Result |
| 1 | 107 | Gyanendra Malla | Nepal | 55 | Bhutan | 5 December 2019 | Won |
| 2 | 133* | Max O'Dowd | Netherlands | 73 | Malaysia | 18 April 2021 | Won |
| 3 | 110* | Dipendra Singh Airee | Nepal | 57 | Malaysia | 2 April 2022 | Won |
| 4 | 101 | Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton | Namibia | 36 | Nepal | 27 February 2024 | Won |
| 5 | 135 | Michael Levitt | Netherlands | 62 | Namibia | 29 February 2024 | Won |

## List of International five-wicket hauls
### One-day Internationals

The following table summarizes the five-wicket hauls taken in ODIs at this venue.
| # | Figures | Player | Country | Innings | Opponent | Date | Result |
| 1 | 6/16 | Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal | 1 | United States | 12 February 2020 | Won |
| 2 | 5/61 | Karan KC | Nepal | 1 | Namibia | 14 February 2023 | Won |
| 3 | 5/30 | Ruben Trumpelmann | Namibia | 1 | Scotland | 20 February 2023 | Lost |
| 4 | 5/38 | Semo Kamea | Papua New Guinea | 1 | Nepal | 9 March 2023 | Lost |
| 5 | 5/20 | Lalit Rajbanshi | Nepal | 2 | United Arab Emirates | 12 March 2023 | Won |
| 6 | 5/25 | Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal | 1 | Papua New Guinea | 13 March 2023 | Won |
| 7 | 5/28 | Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia | 1 | Nepal | 15 February 2024 | Won |
| 8 | 6/34 | Aryan Dutt | Netherlands | 1 | Namibia | 19 February 2024 | Won |

### Twenty20 Internationals

The following table summarizes the five-wicket hauls taken in T20Is at this venue.
| # | Figures | Player | Country | Innings | Opponent | Date | Result |
| 1 | 5/21 | Karan KC | Nepal | 2 | Papua New Guinea | 31 March 2022 | Won |
| 2 | 5/16 | Muhammad Amir | Malaysia | 2 | Singapore | 2 November 2023 | Won |