Cricket in Nepal

Cricket in Nepal
Cricket in Nepal
	Mulpani Cricket Stadium
Country	Nepal
Governing body	Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN)
National teams	Nepal Men; Nepal Women; Nepal A; Nepal U-19 Men; Nepal U-19 women; Nepal Blind's Men; Nepal Blind's Women; Nepal Deaf Men; Nepal Deaf Women
First played	1920
Registered players	35,000
Clubs	8 (NPL)
National competitions
	List Senior Cricket Competition: First Class Cricket Jay Trophy; ; List A Cricket PM Cup; Women‘s Elite Cup; ; T20 Cricket National T20 Championship; Women‘S PM Cup; ; ; U-19 Cricket Competition: List A Cricket Men's Under-19 National Cricket Tournament; ; T20 Cricket Maiyadevi Girls Under-19 Cup National Cricket Tournament; Sushil Koirala Memorial Under-19 Girls Cricket Tournament; ; ; U-16 Cricket Competition: List A Cricket TB Shah Memorial U16 National Cricket Tournament; Manmohan Memorial U16 National Cricket Tournament; ; T20 Cricket Girl's Under-16 National Cricket Championship; ; ; U-14 Cricket Competition: T20 Cricket Men's Under 14 National Cricket Championship; ; ; ;
Club competitions
	List Nepal Premier League; ;
International competitions
	List National team ICC World Twenty20: Group Stage (2014, 2024); ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier: Semi-finals (2013, 2022); ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier: Runners-up (2023); ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier: Playoffs (2014, 2018, 2023); ICC Cricket World Cup League 2: 3rd (2019-2023); ACC Men's Asia Cup: Group Stage (2023); ACC Men's Premier Cup: Champions (2023); Asian Games Cricket: Quarter-finals (2010, 2014, 2022); South Asian Games Cricket: Bronze Medal (2019); ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup: Group Stage(2013, 2017, 2019, 2023); ; U-19 national team Under 19 Cricket World Cup: Super Six (2024); Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier:Champions (2015, 2024); ACC Men's Under-19 Asia Cup: Semi-finals (2017); ACC Men's Under-19 Premier Cup: Champions (2023); ; Women's national team ACC Women's Asia Cup: Group Stage (2012, 2016, 2024); ACC Women's Premier Cup: Semi-finals (2024); Asian Games Cricket: Quarter-finals (2014); South Asian Games Cricket: Bronze Medal (2019); ACC Women's Emerging Teams Asia Cup: Group Stage (2023); ; ;
Audience records
Season	NPL 2024

Cricket in Nepal (Nepali: नेपालमा क्रिकेट) is one of the country's most popular and widely followed sport which has gained popularity over the years. It rapidly grew popularity in the mid 2010s, following the slight successes of the Nepalese cricket team as well as the country's explosive rise in social media and television viewing influence from neighboring country India. It is played by many people throughout the country, especially in the Terai region. Association football is the most popular sport in Nepal, followed by cricket.

The biggest cricketing achievement of the national cricket team was when the team reached the qualification tournament of 2014 ICC World T20 held in Bangladesh. Nepal's playing season runs from September to November and starts again in March before finishing in May. As of October 2023, there were 3,400 senior cricket clubs and over 35,000 registered players in Nepal.