Nepal at the 2022 Asian Games
Nepal in Multi Sports event
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Nepal participated at the 2022 Asian Games, which was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, from 23 September 2023 to 8 October 2023.[1][2] The event was originally scheduled from 10 to 25 September 2022 but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event has been postponed and rescheduled to September-October 2023.[3]
Competitors
The following is the list of sports and numbers of athletes which are scheduled to participate at the 2022 Asian Games:[4][5]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Athletics | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Badminton | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Basketball | N/a | TBA | 13 |
| Boxing | TBA | TBA | 4 |
| Canoeing | 1 | N/a | 1 |
| Cricket | 15 | N/a | 15 |
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dancesport | 1 | N/a | 1 |
| Esports | TBA | TBA | 23 |
| Fencing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Football | N/a | 22 | 22 |
| Golf | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Handball | N/a | 16 | 16 |
| Judo | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Kabaddi | N/a | 12 | 12 |
| Karate | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Rugby | 12 | N/a | 12 |
| Shooting | N/a | 2 | 2 |
| Squash | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Swimming | TBA | TBA | 6 |
| Table Tennis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Tennis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Taekwondo | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Triathlon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Wushu | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Total | 104 | 125 | 234 |
Medalists
Cricket
On 28 July 2023, Cricket Association of Nepal announced the men's squads for 2022 Asian Games.[6]
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Nepal men's | Men's tournament |  MongoliaW 273 runs |
 MaldivesW 138 runs |
1 Q |  IndiaL 23 runs |
Did not Advance | 5th | |
Men's tournament
- Coach
Monty Desai- Squads
- Rohit Paudel (c)
- Dipendra Singh Airee
- Binod Bhandari (wk)
- Avinash Bohara
- Kushal Bhurtel
- Sundeep Jora
- Kushal Malla
- Aasif Sheikh (wk)
- Pratis GC
- Gulsan Jha
- Sompal Kami
- Karan KC
- Sandeep Lamichhane
Lalit Rajbanshi- Bibek Yadav
Group Stage
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Davaasuren Jamyansuren 10 (23) Karan KC 2/1 (2 overs) |
- Mongolia won the toss and elected to field.
- Mungun Altankhuyag, Namsrai Bat-yalalt, Luvsanzundui Erdenebulgan, Davaasuren Jamyansuren, Od Lutbayar, Enkhtuvshin Munkhbat, Nyambaatar Naranbaatar, Enkh-erdene Otgonbayar, Tur-erdene Sumiya, Buyantushig Terbish and Tumursukh Turmunkh (MGL) all made their T20I debuts.
- Nepal's total was the highest team total in men's T20Is.[7]
- Kushal Malla (NEP) scored his first century in T20Is.[8]
- Kushal Malla also scored the quickest century in men's T20Is, in terms of deliveries faced (34).[9]
- Dipendra Singh Airee (NEP) scored the quickest half-century in men's T20Is, in terms of deliveries faced (9).[10]
- Nepal's margin of victory (273 runs) was the biggest in men's T20Is.[11]
- Nepal scored a record number of sixes (26) in a men's T20I innings.[12]
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Rohit Paudel 52 (27) Nazwan Ismail 3/17 (4 overs) |
Muawiyath Ghanee 36 (34) Abinash Bohara 6/11 (3.4 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Abinash Bohara (Nep) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[13]
- Nepal qualified for the knockout stage as a result of this match.
- Quarter-final
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
Kabaddi
| Team | Event | Group stage | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Nepal women | Women's tournament |  BangladeshW 37–24 |
 IranL 19–43 |
2 Q | India L 17–61 |
Did not Advance |  |
Women's tournament
- Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 35 | +62 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Nepal |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 2 | |
| 3 | Bangladesh |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 91 | −51 | 0 |
Source: Official website
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- Semi–Final
