{"id":45318,"date":"2023-08-04T15:59:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T10:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/?p=45318"},"modified":"2023-08-04T16:04:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T10:19:47","slug":"gyanendra-malla-retires-from-international-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/2023\/08\/04\/gyanendra-malla-retires-from-international-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyanendra Malla retires from international cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu: <\/strong>Former Nepali captain Gyanendra Malla has officially declared his retirement from international cricket.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making the announcement during a press conference held in Kathmandu on Friday, Malla said that the timing was appropriate for him to step away from the realm of international cricket. \u201cI had been having this [retirement] thought in my mind for a long time. The team is doing well now, and there is a balance. It feels like the right time to make this decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malla commenced his cricket journey with the Nepali U-15 team in 2005, marking the beginning of his illustrious career. Swiftly progressing, Malla showcased his talent in ACC U-17 and ACC U-19 tournaments that same year. His consistent performances earned him a spot in Nepal&#8217;s U-19 squad for the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, he has been a regular member of the national side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his One Day International (ODI) career, Malla played 37 ODIs, accumulating a total of 876 runs. His highest individual score in ODIs was 75 runs, while he maintained an average of 24.33. With a strike rate of 66.46, Malla showcased his ability to score at a consistent pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malla was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal\u2019s first ever One Day International (ODI) match, against the Netherlands, in August 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: Former Nepali captain Gyanendra Malla has officially declared his retirement from international cricket.&nbsp; Making the announcement during a press conference held in Kathmandu on Friday, Malla said that the timing was appropriate for him to step away from the realm of international cricket. \u201cI had been having this [retirement] thought in my mind for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Gyanendra-Malla-Nepal.gif?fit=800%2C532&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcWLTd-bMW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45321,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45318\/revisions\/45321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}