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Nepal Cricket Retires Paras Khadka’s National Jersey No 77, Former Captain Responds (Check Post)
Paras Khadka led the Nepal national cricket team from 2008 to 2019. A right-handed batsman who could also bowl medium-fast deliveries, he retired from international cricket in 2021. He had memorably led Nepal to the 2014 T20 World Cup where he scored 83 runs in three matches and polayed a total of 10 ODIs and 33 T20Is for his side.
Nepal Cricket has decided to retire the national team's jersey number 77 for former captain Paras Khadka. Khadka was honoured by this decision and took to Twitter to share his thoughts.
See his post here:
Would like to thank @CricketNep for honoring me with their decision to retire my National Cricket Team jersey number 77.
Blessed and grateful..!!
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Photo : @adhkaushal pic.twitter.com/hMiQGAyFwL
— Paras Khadka (@paras77) August 8, 2021
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