Kushal Bhurtel is a talented cricketer from Nepal. He was born on the 22nd of January 1997. On April 17, 2021, he played his first Twenty20 International match against the Netherlands. On September 7, 2021, he started his One-Day International career against Papua New Guinea. His inclusion in Nepal’s team for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup, which will take place in Bangladesh, was announced in November of 2019. During the Emerging Teams Cup, which took place on November 14, 2019, he made his debut for Nepal in the List A competition against India.
The Nepalese team that will compete in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2016 included him in the roster before he made his debut in the List A competition. In addition to that, he was a member of Nepal’s team that competed in the men’s cricket competition at the South Asian Games in 2019. Overcoming the Maldives by a score of five wickets in the third-place playoff match, the Nepalese team emerged victorious and took home the bronze medal. He was a member of Nepal’s Twenty20 International (T20I) team that competed in the Nepal Tri-Nation Series in the 2020–21 season.
As a result of the injury sustained by the previous captain, Paras Khadka, he was allowed to begin the match, and ever since then, he has been a significant player for Nepal. He played his first Twenty20 International match for Nepal on April 17, 2021, against the Netherlands. Nepal triumphed against the Netherlands by a score of nine wickets, with Bhurtel hitting the most runs with 62. In the five matches that he participated in, he scored 278 runs and had an average of 69.50, which earned him the title of man of the series.
Following his performance in the tri-series, Bhurtel was considered for the Men’s Player of the Month award by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in May 2021. Both the One Day International (ODI) squad for Nepal’s series against Papua New Guinea in Oman and the team for round six of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 competition, which will also take place in Oman, were announced to Bhurtel in August of 2021. On September 7, 2021, he played his first one-day international for Nepal, which was against Papua New Guinea.
Kushal Bhurtel Biography
| Name | Kushal Bhurtel |
| Full Name | Kushal Bhurtel |
| Date of Birth | January 22, 1997 |
| Place of Birth | Butwal, Rupendhehi |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Father’s Name | NA |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | NA |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break |
| ODI Debut | September 07, 2021 vs. P.N.G |
| Test Debut | NA |
| T20 Debut | April 17, 2021, vs. Netherlands |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
He was selected to be a member of Nepal’s Twenty20 International team for the 2022 ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup Global Qualifier in February of 2022. a competition held in Oman.” When Nepal played the Philippines in their second round of the tournament, Bhurtel achieved his first century in a Twenty20 International match. In the time since Monty Desai took over as head coach in February 2023, they have gone on an incredible run that has included participating in the World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe, and the Asia Cup, and they have also secured a spot in the Twenty20 World Cup, which will take place in the United States and the West Indies later this year.
Every associate nation may only hope to achieve that level of success. Because Nepal established a standard for the previous year, it is only logical to have bigger expectations of them in the year 2024. When it comes to the new cycle of the Cricket World Cup League 2 at home, which also includes Namibia and the Netherlands, they have not gotten off to the greatest of beginnings. Nepal has finished in second place twice against Namibia on surfaces where the toss plays a significant influence.
On the other hand, amid those defeats, they annihilated the Netherlands, which was a tough welcome for them to the event after they had been dominant in the One-Day International Super League in the previous cycle. Kushal Bhurtel, the opening batsman for Nepal, wasted no time in getting after the bowling as they were attempting to chase a modest 138 against the Netherlands on February 17. He was particularly successful when he faced off-spinner Aryan Dutt during the powerplay, which many people at the World Cup thought to be exceptionally challenging. His score of 28 from 11 balls put the game over.
Bhurtel, on the other hand, is prepared to perform the dirty work for his team, dig deep, and battle it out if there is a need to inhibit those inclinations to attack. The fact that he scored 66 off of 93 balls versus the Netherlands in Match 6 of the current League 2 competition is evidence of this. He is an all-around package in every sense of the word since Bhurtel, who is a leg-spinner on a part-time basis, was also among the wickets in the tri-series and has shown remarkable gymnastics when it comes to fielding.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 52 | 51 | 0 | 1219 | 115 | 23.90 | 1464 | 83.26 | 1 | 8 | 131 | 26 | 37 | 0 |
| T20Is | 44 | 43 | 4 | 1088 | 104* | 27.89 | 836 | 130.14 | 1 | 8 | 111 | 46 | 28 | 0 |
| List A | 61 | 59 | 0 | 1433 | 115 | 24.28 | 1672 | 85.70 | 1 | 10 | 156 | 34 | 41 | 0 |
| T20s | 53 | 51 | 5 | 1262 | 104* | 27.43 | 975 | 129.43 | 1 | 8 | 133 | 50 | 30 | 0 |
Bowling
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 52 | 14 | 318 | 257 | 11 | 4/20 | 4/20 | 23.36 | 4.84 | 28.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 44 | 8 | 97 | 91 | 10 | 4/12 | 4/12 | 9.10 | 5.62 | 9.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 61 | 15 | 378 | 297 | 17 | 6/40 | 6/40 | 17.47 | 4.71 | 22.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T20s | 53 | 14 | 217 | 212 | 17 | 4/12 | 4/12 | 12.47 | 5.86 | 12.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
In the course of the match, Nepal’s Kushal Bhurtel had a moment of amazing fielding brilliance via his excellent performance. Bhurtel stopped a possible six by jumping to intercept the ball and executing a remarkable run-out of Vivian Kingma in the third delivery of the 20th over of the Netherlands’ innings. This prevented the Netherlands from scoring six or more runs. This performance that completely changed the game highlighted Bhurtel’s remarkable fielding abilities and his intellect as a cricket player.
Kushal Bhurtel, the standout batter for Nepal, had a performance that was nothing short of acrobatic when he faced the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Bhurtel moved back and picked a stunner of a delivery to eliminate Vishnu Sukumaran during the semifinal game of the 2017 Asian Twenty20 Cup. Bhurtel’s catch in the eighth over of the innings stole the show at a time when the United Arab Emirates were off to a quick start in their pursuit of a notional goal of 120 runs.
