Top 5 Interesting facts about sompal kami

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Kathmandu : Sompal Kami is a Nepalese cricketer born in born 2 February 1996. Kami is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His bowling speed was measured above 140 km/h during the match against Afghanistan in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.

Here are some intriguing facts about sompal kami

1. Sompal Kami is a leading Nepali pacer who bowls at around the 140 kmph mark. Sompal made his entry to Kathmandu Region No. 3 through the Nepali Cricket Fan Club. He was one of the main players of Kathmandu Region No.3 which won the U-19 National Championship.

2. Som Pal Kami has been wearing jersey number 62 by default. Sompal had wanted to wear jersey number 10 while playing for the national team but since it was already taken by another member of the squad, he wanted to go with 64 to make it feel like 10 with the addition of the two numbers. BS were the jersey sponsor for the national team after the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers, the time when Sompal was discovered as the next face of Nepali fast bowling. But to his surprise, BS went to hand him jersey number 62 by mistake and since then Sompal has been using that number.

3. Nepal's Sompal Kami has become the cricketer to make the highest score by a No. 10 batsman in international T20 cricket. In Nepal's T20 with Hong Kong on Monday, Kami walked into the field after eight of his team-mates were toppled over without making a double digit score. Kami made 40 runs while playing 31 balls - the highest score by a batsman at that position in T20- and helped set a modest target of 73 runs to Hong Kong.

4. He made his debut for Nepal against UAE in January 2014. Sompal picked up five wickets for 47 against Malaysia in the 2014 ACC Premier League in Malaysia, the best bowling figures of his career.He took 15 wickets in the tournament in total and was adjudged the best tourney's bowler. During the 2014 Asian Games, Sompal took five wickets at an average of just 4.00 and an exceptional economy rate of just 2.50. He was the only Nepalese player to be chosen in the Select XI of the tournament by Asian Cricket Council. He took 11 wickets in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, which Nepal won.

5. He was the leading Nepalese wicket-taker in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two in Namibia. He picked up 11 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 19.18 and an economy of 4.00

Full Name: Sompal Kami
Date of Birth: Feb 02, 1996, Gulmi
Major Team: Nepal, Nepal Under-19s
Playing Roll: Bowler
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
International Debut: 2014