Dipendra Chaudhary (born 8 January 1980) is a Nepalese

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er. He is a right-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler,CricketArchive profile
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since 1998,Other matches played by Dipendra Chaudhary
at CricketArchive including two first-class matches. He has also played in an Under-19 World Cup for Nepal and in the

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. He is the only Nepali to score a half-

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in the latter tournament.Individual Scores of 50 and More in an Innings for Nepal in the ICC Trophy
at CricketArchive He represents the

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of the

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and GoldenGate International College, which plays in the SPA Cup. Recently in the PhillipsHughes tribute match he had played for NepalBlue.

Playing career

Born in 1980, he first played for Nepal in the 1998

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, playing against the

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and

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. He played in the Under-19 World Cup in

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in 2000 in which Nepal finished eighth. He returned to the senior side for that year's ACC Trophy in the

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, though he only played one match. He played in three matches at the

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, scoring 52 in the match against

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, which is Nepal's only half-century in the ICC Trophy. After playing in the 2002 ACC Trophy in

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he made his first-class debut in 2004 when he played against the UAE in the

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. He also played against them in the 2005 tournament. In 2005 he played in the repêchage tournament of the

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, in which Nepal finished third after beating

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in a play-off.Scorecard
of Nepal v Qatar, 27 February 2005 at CricketArchive He then spent some time away from the Nepal national side, returning for the 2007

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, his most recent appearance for Nepal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhary, Dipendra 1980 births Living people Nepalese cricketers People from Saptari District People from Rajbiraj