Kushal Bhurtel (, born 22 January 1997) is a Nepalese

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er. He made his

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debut against the

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on 17 April 2021 and his ODI debut against

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on 7 September 2021. In November 2019, he was named in Nepal's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh. He made his List A debut for Nepal, against India, in the Emerging Teams Cup on 14 November 2019. Prior to his List A debut, he was named in Nepal's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was also part of Nepal's squad for the men's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games. The Nepalese team won the bronze medal, beating the Maldives by five wickets in the third-place playoff match. He was in Nepal's

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(T20I) squad for the 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series. Due to former captain Paras khadka's injury, he got a chance to open in the match, since then he has been a prominent player for Nepal. He made his T20I debut on 17 April 2021, for Nepal against the

. Nepal beat the Netherlands by nine wickets, Bhurtel top-scoring with 62 runs. He was named the man of the series, after scoring 278 runs, with an

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of 69.50 in the five matches he played. In May 2021, following his performance in the tri-series, Bhurtel was nominated for the ICC's Men's Player of the Month award. In August 2021, Bhurtel was named in Nepal's

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(ODI) squad for their series against Papua New Guinea in Oman, and their squad for round six of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament, also in Oman. He made his ODI debut on 7 September 2021, for Nepal against

. In February 2022, he was named in Nepal's T20I squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman. In Nepal's second match of the tournament, against the

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, Bhurtel scored his first century in a T20I match.

Records and Milestones

ODI

* 2nd Most catches in an innings- 4

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhurtel, Kushal 1997 births Living people Nepalese cricketers Nepal One Day International cricketers Nepal Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century Nepalese sportsmen South Asian Games bronze medalists for Nepal South Asian Games medalists in cricket People from Butwal People from Rupandehi District Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games cricketers for Nepal