Sundeep Jora (Nepali: सन्दीप जोरा; born 20 October 2001) is a Nepalese cricketer.[1][2] He made his international cricket debut on 28 January 2019 against the UAE in the third ODI match of the series.[3][4] He is the youngest player to score a Twenty20 International (T20I) half century.[5]
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| Born | 20 October 2001 Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 19) | 28 January 2019 v UAE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 21 February 2023 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 24) | 31 January 2019 v UAE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 16 June 2024 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jora made his T20I debut against the United Arab Emirates on 31 January 2019.[6] He scored 53 not out to become the youngest male cricketer to score a half century in a T20I match, at the age of 17 years and 103 days.[7] He was part of Nepal's squad for the Asia qualification tournament for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[8] He also featured in The 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series.
In November 2019, he was named in Nepal's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[9] Later the same month, he was also named in Nepal's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[10] The Nepal team won the bronze medal, after they beat the Maldives by five wickets in the third-place playoff match.[11]
In May 2024, he was named in Nepal's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[12]
References
edit- ^ "डेब्यू ब्वाइ सन्दीप जोराः घरेलु क्रिकेटबाट चम्किएका ब्याट्सम्यान". Online Khabar. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Emerging Players to Watch Under 21: Part 1". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Sundeep Jora". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "The Kathmandu Post -Jora, Sarraf, Sarki break into national fold". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Nepal's Sandeep Jora becomes the youngest player to score a T20I fifty". The New Indian Express. 1 February 2019. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "1st T20I, Nepal tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Jan 31 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Nepal's Sundeep Jora youngest man to hit T20 International fifty". India Today. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Winner of Asia Qualifier competing to claim 13th ICC U19 World Cup 2020 spot". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "Final Squad Announced For Emerging Cup, Khadka and Lamichhane Miss Out". dailylivescores. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "Lamichhane to miss SAG". My Republica. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "South Asian Games: Bronze for Nepal in men's cricket". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Nepal has announced their Squad for T20 World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 6 June 2024.