Gulsan Jha is a Nepalese cricketer who was born on February 17, 2006. He is a bowler for the Nepal national team and plays for an international team. He made his first One-Day International (ODI) match against the United States when he was just 15 years and 212 days old, making him the third youngest player in the history of the game. Jha’s bowling success in Nepal’s local domestic competition caused him to become a social media phenomenon that went viral throughout the internet. Jha entered the One Day International (ODI) team for Nepal’s series against Papua New Guinea in Oman, even though he had only participated in two matches during the home season.
Additionally, he was selected to be a member of Nepal’s crew for the sixth round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 event, which will take place in Oman. He played his first one-day international for Nepal on September 17, 2021, against the United States of America. For the U19 Asia Cup, he was also selected to be a member of Nepal’s team. He was selected to be a member of Nepal’s Twenty20 International (T20I) team for the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A competition, which was held in Oman. This development occurred in February of 2022.
When Nepal played the Philippines on February 19, 2022, he made his debut in the Twenty20 International format. There is a spot reserved for the Nepal national cricket team in the Asia Cup 2023. The first match between Nepal’s national cricket team and Pakistan took place on the 30th of August, 2023, at the Asia Cup 2023 Tournament. With this, they made their first appearance in the Asia Cup competition. After that, on September 4, 2023, Nepal competed against India at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka.
Mohammed Siraj was the one who had Jha out after he had scored 23 runs off of 35 balls, including three boundaries. During the ICC Twenty20 World Cup qualifying that took place on November 5, 2023, he was chosen as the best young player of the event. The selection of the cricketer to represent Nepal in the impending 2024 ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup event took place in May of that specific year. Nepal’s selection of this player signifies his good performance and ability to contribute to the national team’s campaign. This famous international cricket tournament contains the top Twenty20 teams from across the globe, and Nepal chooses to participate in it.
Gulshan Jha Biography
Name | Gulshan Jha |
Full Name | Gulshan Kumar Jha |
Date of Birth | February 17, 2006 |
Place of Birth | Malangawa, Nepal |
Other Names | NA |
Nationality | Nepali |
Father’s Name | NA |
Mother’s Name | NA |
Siblings | NA |
Spouse | NA |
Marriage Date | NA |
Children | NA |
Role | Batting Allrounder |
Batting | Left-handed |
Bowling | Right arm Medium |
ODI Debut | September 17, 2021 vs. U.S.A |
Test Debut | NA |
T20 Debut | February 19, 2022 vs. Philippines |
Favourite Food | NA |
Favourite Actor | NA |
Favourite Actress | NA |
Favourite Colour | Blue |
Retirement | Still Playing |
During the final of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup Asia Qualifier Final, which took place on Sunday at the T.U. Cricket field in Kathmandu, Gulshan Jha’s impressive performance with the bat resulted in his first-ever fifty in Twenty20 Internationals. After losing four wickets in the tenth over, Jha came to the crease as Nepal was struggling to get sixty runs against the opposition. He counterattacked the bowling onslaught of Oman by hitting four sixes and five boundaries, which allowed him to reach his first fifty balls in only twenty balls.
With a partnership of 78 runs for the fifth wicket, Nepal’s captain Rohit Paudel and Jha were able to save the early start and enable the team to put up a fight. In the practice match that took place in South Africa, the Nepalese U19 team was victorious against the Scotland U19 squad, achieving a significant victory. The Nepalese team finished won by a score of 135 runs or more. As part of their preparations for the U19 Cricket World Cup, the Nepalese Under-19 squad has already already arrived in South Africa.
For the time being, they are taking part in a high-performance camp, and the match versus Scotland is also an essential component of their training routine. Before being bowled out in 49.2 overs, Nepal had scored 284 runs on the board before being dismissed. The innings that Gulshan Jha performed were outstanding, as he scored 114 runs off of 115 balls. Dipak Bohara continued to score 58 runs off of only 54 balls, so remaining undefeated. As a result of this, the Scottish team was bowled out for 149 runs in 43.2 overs.
Tilak Bhandari, a spinner, was a standout performer, taking three wickets while only allowing 17 runs to go against him. Another player who took two wickets was the pacer Aakash Chand. With a total of 28 runs, Uzair Ahamad was the leading scorer for the losing team. Gulshan Jha, a batsman who plays in the middle order for Nepal, has achieved a half-century in the most recent match in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers.
Batting & Fielding Stats
FORMAT | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
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ODIs | 27 | 22 | 5 | 514 | 67* | 30.23 | 698 | 73.63 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 0 |
T20Is | 30 | 23 | 7 | 376 | 54 | 23.50 | 275 | 136.72 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 0 |
List A | 30 | 25 | 5 | 576 | 67* | 28.80 | 765 | 75.29 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 24 | 7 | 0 |
T20s | 36 | 29 | 8 | 486 | 54 | 23.14 | 351 | 138.46 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 0 |
Bowling
FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
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ODIs | 27 | 25 | 723 | 760 | 21 | 3/28 | 3/28 | 36.19 | 6.30 | 34.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is | 30 | 24 | 344 | 415 | 19 | 2/11 | 2/11 | 21.84 | 7.23 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
List A | 30 | 27 | 759 | 811 | 21 | 3/28 | 3/28 | 38.61 | 6.41 | 36.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 36 | 28 | 404 | 489 | 21 | 2/11 | 2/11 | 23.28 | 7.26 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
While playing at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Gulshan hit a half-century off of twenty balls. To reach his half-century, he bowled five fours and four sixes. After he had finished his half-century, Nepal had scored 127 runs in 16 overs, despite losing four wickets. This was the total number of runs they had scored. Throughout the fifth wicket, he had already scored a half-century with the skipper, Rohit Paudel.
After Kushal Malla went off the field for three runs in the tenth over, Gulshan came onto the field to take his place. The Nepalese team had scored sixty runs for the cost of four wickets when Malla went out of the game. Despite winning the toss and batting first, Nepal was unable to complete eight overs and suffered the loss of three significant wickets. Bilal Khan took the opening batsman, Aasif Sheikh, out for six runs in the third over of the match. At the end of the seventh over, Zeeshan Maksud bowled Sandeep Zora, resulting in a score of ten runs.