The Coaching Edition
SubashKhakurel
Former Nepal international wicketkeeper-batter and NPL-winning assistant batting coach, bringing elite match experience to young Australian cricketers.
Nepal · Opener & keeperBy the numbers
“Whenever a situation is tough, I try to make myself tough.”
Wicket Nepal interview, Dec 2024
The career, year by year
Fourth Nepali to score an international hundred: 115 off 142 balls vs USA, ICC World Cricket League Division Four.
Highest scorer of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier with 234 runs.
Debut vs Hong Kong on 16 March. First T20I half-century by a Nepali batter, vs Afghanistan.
Nepal ODI cap vs the Netherlands, 3 August.
Awarded a central contract by the Cricket Association of Nepal.
Last ODI vs Oman, 9 June.
Retired from all forms of cricket on 5 December after more than a decade for Nepal.
Assistant batting coach as Lumbini Lions won their first Nepal Premier League title, beating Sudurpaschim Royals by 6 wickets on 13 December.
In the press
“Never dreamt of earning this much by playing cricket!”
Proud of My Journey: Subash Khakurel Reflects on Nepal Cricket and Unfinished Dreams
Subash Khakurel returns as assistant coach for Lumbini Lions
Lumbini Lions crowned NPL champions with commanding final win
Further national and international press mentions
Programs
A player's coach
- Played at the top
13 caps for Nepal across ODI and T20I cricket, 2014 to 2022.
- Coached a champion
Assistant batting coach of NPL Season 2 winners Lumbini Lions.
- Built through setbacks
Came back from dengue and a hand fracture that kept him out for over a year.
- Batting and keeping
Specialist knowledge in the two hardest jobs for a young player to learn.
Welcomed to the Lumbini Lions Den, 2025
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