Bhutan hopes to participate in the world’s biggest cricket franchise tournament, the Indian Premier League (IPL), after registering the first and only player from Bhutan for the 2022 edition. Twenty-two-year-old Ranjung Mikyo Dorji has been registered for the upcoming edition of IPL 2022. However, one of the teams from IPL must shortlist him to be
On December 15, 2021, in a simple ceremony held at the head office of Bhutan Cricket, graced by the portraits of His Majesty the Kings and His Holiness, 70th Je Khenpo, three employees of Bhutan Cricket were honoured with the Bronze Civil Sevice Awards for their (10) years of service. Bhutan Cricket President, Thinley Wangchuk
The current vice-captain of the Bhutan National Women’s cricket team, Anju Gurung has been selected to participate in the first world FairBreak Invitational Women’s Cricket tournament to be staged in Hong Kong in May 2022. The FairBreak Invitational tournament is also the first privately funded tournament for women’s cricket organized by FairBreak Global and will
Bhutan Cricket Council Board has added new dynamism to their development path by roping a new national coach from SriLanka Mr. Trishane (Full name Anton Trishane Nonis Warnakula Paththinikuttige). Expanding to more than 25 years of coaching and training experience, Mr. Trishane will bring the much needed expertise and missing piece to the development of
Press Release: Vote of Thanks from President of Bhutan Cricket to India in Bhutan (Embassy of India, Thimphu) Thank you, Your Excellency (Ambassador of India to Bhutan) for organizing this historic event along with the splendid arrangements and due courtesy showered upon all of us. Thank you for the genuine show of love and support
In the inaugural Bhutan_India Friendship Cricket Series organized by the Embassy of India in Thimphu in collaboration with Bhutan Cricket, team President’s XI beat the Ambassadors XI by 74 runs at the India House Estate cricket ground yesterday. The cricket event was also part of India’s 75 years of Independence celebration. President’s XI Jigme Singye
From the beginning of 2020 and thereafter, the sweeping waves of the coronavirus has left tale of destruction all over the world. The pandemic has caused disruption to the livelihoods and to the sports across the world. However, Bhutan had its share of success as it has been able to contain the coronavirus cases so
“From the 1970s India was lucky to have someone like Sunil Gavaskar who was also the opening batsman for India and with his help India won their first test series against the West Indies and thereafter India had series of other great cricketers like Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and
The 10th Annual General Meeting of Bhutan Cricket was held virtually through Zoom, an online video conferencing service on July 11, 2021. Chaired by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Damber S Gurung and 25 officials including head office staffs, coaches, district coordinators and a representative from Bhutan Olympic Committee took part in the day-long conference.
At just 14 years of age, Ngawang Choden is the youngest player in the national women’s cricket team. Ngawang is currently training in Thimphu for the upcoming T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament to be held in Malaysia later this year. The rising star of Bhutan women’s cricket Ngawang was born and lived her early years