Raj Kumar Pradhan ( ne, राज कुमार प्रधान) (born 27 April 1973) is a former Nepalese

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er. Raj is a right-handed

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and a

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bowler. He made his debut for

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

against UAE in July 2002. He also represented the Panchakanya Tej of the Nepal Premier League and Region no. 1 Biratnagar of the

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Biography

Born in 1973, Raj Pradhan first played for Nepal at the 2002 ACC Trophy in

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.Other matches played by Raj Pradhan
at CricketArchive He made his first-class début in 2004 when he played for Nepal against the UAE and

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in the

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. Later in the year he played in the ACC Trophy in

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as well as

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matches against

and the UAE. In February 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. He also played

matches against

, the UAE and

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In 2006, he played in a match against

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in the

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. Following this he went on a tour of

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with Nepal before playing in the ACC Trophy. He also represented Nepal in the

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. However, despite his impressive performance with the national team, he was forced to quit cricket in the middle and go to

to earn money and support his family. He left the national team in 2009 and went to

, where he played club cricket and impressed one and all with his bowling. He was even offered to play for the Qatar national team but he declined the offer thinking it would be a disrespect to Nepal, and returned home to play for Nepal again. He represented Nepal again after six years when he was selected in Nepal squad for the 2014 ACC Premier League. He was among the 19 players who were called in the close-camp for

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

. But he left the close-camp and went Japan for foreign employment in August 2014.

Man of the match awards

The following list illustrates all the matches in which Pradhan has been awarded Man of the Match while representing

in international tournaments/series.

Notes and references

External links

Raj Pradhan's ESPNcricinfo Profile

Raj Pradhan's Facebook Profile
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