Shahab Alam ( ne, शाहब आलम) is a Nepalese

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er. He is a left-handed batsman and a

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ner. He made his debut for Nepal against the Netherlands in April 2021. He represents the Nepal Army Club in domestic cricket.

Playing career

Alam represented Nepal national under-19 cricket team in the 2017 ICC Asia Under-19s World Cup Qualifier and picked up 12 wickets at an average of 10.08. He took three wickets for 15 runs in the final of the 2017 ACC Under-19 Eastern Region against Hong Kong as Nepal qualified for the

2017 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup The 2017 Under-19 Asia Cup was an international cricket tournament was held in Malaysia from 10 to 19 November 2017. It was originally scheduled to be held in India, but it was moved after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) refused to travel to Ind ...

. In an Under-19 Asia Cup match against India, he took two crucial wickets for 11 runs and helped his team win the match. In 2018, he earned the bid of Rs. 150,000 and was sold to Biratnagar Titans of the Pokhara Premier League. He was the second-leading wicket-taker in the 2019 Prime Minister Cup, where he picked up 16 wickets in six matches at an average of 8.75. Alam played for Team Narayani in the

2020 Gautam Buddha Cup The 2020 Gautam Buddha Cup was a Twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal. It was played at the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium, Chitwan, from 12 December to 15 December 2020. Squads Originally, Paras Khadka was the captain of Team ...

and picked up four wickets at an average of 7.25. He also picked up 10 wickets from four matches at an average of 9.00 in the 2019–20 Manmohan Memorial National One-Day Cup. He was the second-leading wicket-taker in the

2021 Prime Minister Cup The 2020 Prime Minister Cup was the fourth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal. The tournament was contested by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal as well as three departmenta ...

, where he took 12 wickets in five matches at an average of 12.66. In a match against Province No. 1, he was awarded man of the match award for his four-wicket haul. He was selected in the 18-member national team for the closed camps for the T20I series against Qatar but the tour was eventually postponed due to the increasing COVID-19 cases in Qatar. Alam was subsequently selected in the 15 members national squad for the

2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series The 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 international cricket tournament that took place in April 2021 in Nepal. The participating teams were Nepal, Malaysia and the Netherlands. The matches were all played at the Tribhuvan Universit ...

and made his T20I debut against Netherlands on 17 April 2021. He picked up 2 wickets from three matches in the series.

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Shahab Alam
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