1. Sompal Kami is a Nepalese professional cricketer.
21 Facts About Sompal Kami
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Sompal Kami is one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal's first ever One Day International match, against the Netherlands, in August 2018.
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Originally from Gulmi in western Nepal, Sompal Kami was raised in India after his father moved to Punjab along with his family.
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Sompal Kami returned to Nepal in 2013 and continued his cricket career.
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Sompal Kami made his entry to Kathmandu Region No 3 through the Nepali Cricket Fan Club.
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Sompal Kami was one of the key players of Kathmandu Region No 3, which won the U-19 National Championship.
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Sompal Kami broke a record in the tournament by scoring two centuries and achieving the best bowling figures.
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Sompal Kami made his debut for Nepal against the UAE in January 2014.
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Sompal Kami was selected in the Nepal national cricket team for the 2014 World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand.
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Sompal Kami picked up five wickets for 47 against Malaysia in the 2014 ACC Premier League in Malaysia, the best bowling figures of his career.
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Sompal Kami took 15 wickets in total and was adjudged the tournament's best bowler.
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Sompal Kami was the only Nepalese player to be chosen in the Select XI of the tournament by Asian Cricket Council.
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Sompal Kami took 11 wickets in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, which Nepal won.
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Sompal Kami consequently set a new record in all Twenty20 matches for the highest score made by a number ten batsman, surpassing the previous figure of 37 runs set by Sri Lankan Pradeep Nishantha in 2007.
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Sompal Kami was the leading Nepalese wicket-taker in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two in Namibia.
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Sompal Kami picked up 11 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 19.18 and an economy of 4.00.
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Sompal Kami played 5 matches and picked up 39 wickets in 8 innings.
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Sompal Kami took 6 wickets in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier at an average of 19.83 and an economy rate of 7.00.
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Sompal Kami was in Nepal's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.
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Sompal Kami made his ODI debut for Nepal against the Netherlands on 1 August 2018.
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On 26 January 2019, in the second ODI against the United Arab Emirates, Sompal Kami became the first bowler for Nepal to take a five-wicket haul in an ODI match.