Paras Khadka

**Paras Khadka** (; born 24 October 1987) is a Nepalese cricketer and the current captain of the Nepal national team. He is an all-rounder. He is a right-handed batsman, a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He also plays as an off break bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against Malaysia in April 2004. He was in the team which played Nepal's first One Day International (ODI) match. The match was against the Netherlands, in August 2018.

He is the no. 92 ranked T20I batsman in the world. And he is no. 36  T20I ranked all rounder in the world, in September 2018.

Paras Khadka is the sixth Nepali cricketer to score an international century. He scored 106 runs off 77 balls against Kuwait during the 2012 ACC Trophy Elite in October 2012.

He is also the captain of APF Club in the National League and Vishal Warriors in the Nepal Premier League.

With him as the captain, Nepal won the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Nepal, 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four in Malaysia, 2012 ACC Trophy Elite in UAE, 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in Bermuda, 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in Malaysia. Nepal also participated in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh and gained the Twenty20 International status.

## Awards

- NSFJ Pulsar Player of the Year 2066 BS
- NSFJ Pulsar Player of the Year 2069 BS
- NSFJ Pulsar Player of the Year 2070 BS
- NNIPA Best cricketer of the year 2017
- NSFJ Pulsar Player of the Year 2075 BS

## Personal life

He married his  girlfriend Prapti Rajyalaxmi Rana on 26 February 2015.

## Other websites

- Paras Khadka  at CricNepal
- Paras Khadka at CricketArchive

## Infobox (cricketer)

- **name**: Paras Khadka
पारस खड्का
- **image**: पारस खड्का.jpg
- **caption**: Khadka in 2017
- **fullname**: Paras Khadka
- **birth place**: Kathmandu, Nepal
- **heightft**: 5 4
- **batting**: Right-handed
- **bowling**: Right-arm medium/ off spin bowler
- **role**: All-rounder
- **heightinch**: 3
- **country**: Nepal
- **international**: true
- **internationalspan**: 2004–present
- **odidebutdate**: 1 August
- **odidebutyear**: 2018
- **odidebutagainst**: Netherlands
- **odicap**: 5
- **lastodidate**: 12 February
- **lastodiyear**: 2020
- **lastodiagainst**: USA
- **t20icap**: 4
- **t20idebutagainst**: Hong Kong
- **t20idebutdate**: 16 March
- **t20idebutyear**: 2014
- **lastt20idate**: 4 March
- **lastt20iyear**: 2020
- **lastt20iagainst**: Thailand
- **t20ishirt**: 77
- **club1**: APF Club, APF <small>(National League Cricket (Nepal), National League)</small>
- **year1**: 2011–2015
- **year2**: 2017–present
- **club2**: Biratnagar Warriors <small>(Everest Premier League, EPL)</small>
- **year3**: 2015–2015
- **club3**: Marylebone Cricket Club
- **year4**: 2012–2013
- **club4**: Ontario Cricket Academy and Club 8
- **year5**: 2017-present
- **club5**: Team Chauraha Dhangadhi
- **year6**: 2019–present
- **club6**: Bagmati Pradesh <small>(Prime Minister Cup, PM Cup)</small>
- **year7**: 2019-present
- **club7**: Team Abu Dhabi
<small>(T10 League)</small>
- **columns**: 4
- **column1**: One Day International, ODI
- **column2**: Twenty20 International, T20I
- **column3**: First-class cricket, FC
- **column4**: List A cricket, LA
- **matches1**: 6
- **matches2**: 15
- **matches3**: 2
- **matches4**: 40
- **runs1**: 235
- **runs2**: 774
- **runs3**: 72
- **runs4**: 1417
- **bat avg1**: 39.16
- **bat avg2**: 35.05
- **bat avg3**: 36.00
- **bat avg4**: 36.33
- **100s/50s1**: 1/1
- **100s/50s2**: 1/3
- **100s/50s3**: 0/0
- **100s/50s4**: 3/9
- **top score1**: 115
- **top score2**: 106*
- **top score3**: 44
- **top score4**: 115
- **deliveries1**: 174
- **deliveries2**: 155
- **deliveries3**: 60
- **deliveries4**: 1056
- **wickets1**: 9
- **wickets2**: 2
- **wickets3**: 1
- **wickets4**: 26
- **bowl avg1**: 15.14
- **bowl avg2**: 85.00
- **bowl avg3**: 21.00
- **bowl avg4**: 32.19
- **fivefor1**: 0
- **fivefor2**: 0
- **fivefor3**: 0
- **fivefor4**: 0
- **tenfor1**: n/a
- **tenfor2**: n/a
- **tenfor3**: 0
- **tenfor4**: n/a
- **best bowling1**: 4/26
- **best bowling2**: 1/3
- **best bowling3**: 1/19
- **best bowling4**: 4/26
- **catches/stumpings1**: -/-
- **catches/stumpings2**: 4/–
- **catches/stumpings3**: 4/–
- **catches/stumpings4**: 14/–
- **date**: 4 March 2020
- **source**: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25967.html ESPNCricinfo