Kushal Bhurtel

Kushal Bhurtel

Nepal
2021 - 2025
  • Date of Birth 1997-1-22
  • Role opening batter
  • Batting Style right-hand bat
  • Bowling Style legbreak googly
Debut Matches
Format Match Date
ODI PNG vs NEP 2021-09-07
T20 NED vs NEP 2021-04-17

Recent Performances

Chitwan vs Pokhara
2025-12-06
Batting: 4
Bowling: 0/22
Kathmandu vs Pokhara
2025-12-04
Batting: 22
Bowling: 2/25
Pokhara vs Karnali
2025-12-02
Batting: 18
Bowling: 1/33
Pokhara vs Lumbini
2025-11-29
Batting: -
Bowling: 0/26
Pokhara vs Janakpur
2025-11-27
Batting: -
Bowling: 1/28
S Paschim vs Pokhara
2025-11-21
Batting: 53
Bowling: 0/10
Biratnagar vs Pokhara
2025-11-18
Batting: 59
Bowling: 1/32
Nepal vs U.A.E.
2025-11-05
Batting: 2
Bowling: 0/12
Nepal vs U.S.A.
2025-11-01
Batting: 47
Bowling: 0/26
Nepal vs U.A.E.
2025-10-30
Batting: 7
Bowling: 0/30

Batting Statistics

Matches 65
Innings 64
Runs 1454
Average 23.07
Strike Rate 80.64
Highest Score 115
100s 1
50s 9
Fours 157
Sixes 29
Catches 44

Bowling Statistics

Matches 65
Innings 22
Wickets 17
Average 27.58
Economy 5.04
Strike Rate 32.8
Best Figure 4/20
4 Wickets 2
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 558
Runs Conceded 469

Batting Statistics

Matches 70
Innings 68
Runs 1807
Average 29.14
Strike Rate 127.34
Highest Score 104*
100s 1
50s 13
Fours 171
Sixes 75
Catches 39

Bowling Statistics

Matches 70
Innings 26
Wickets 30
Average 12.9
Economy 6.52
Strike Rate 11.8
Best Figure 4/12
4 Wickets 2
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 356
Runs Conceded 387

Batting Statistics

Matches 74
Innings 72
Runs 1668
Average 23.49
Strike Rate 82.94
Highest Score 115
100s 1
50s 11
Fours 182
Sixes 37
Catches 48

Bowling Statistics

Matches 74
Innings 23
Wickets 23
Average 22.13
Economy 4.94
Strike Rate 26.8
Best Figure 6/40
4 Wickets 2
5 Wickets 1
Balls Bowled 618
Runs Conceded 509

Batting Statistics

Matches 79
Innings 76
Runs 1981
Average 28.71
Strike Rate 127.15
Highest Score 104*
100s 1
50s 13
Fours 193
Sixes 79
Catches 41

Bowling Statistics

Matches 79
Innings 32
Wickets 37
Average 13.72
Economy 6.4
Strike Rate 12.8
Best Figure 4/12
4 Wickets 2
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 476
Runs Conceded 508
An opening batter who packs a punch, a more-than-useful legspinner and a gun fielder, Kushal Bhurtel is one of Nepal's rising stars in the post-Paras Khadka-era.
Bhurtel was the fourth Nepal batter to record an ODI century and could have become the first from the country with multiple centuries in the format, but he fell for 99 against Zimbabwe in the 2023 ODI World Cup Qualifier.
He played in the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, where Nepal reached the quarter-finals, and went on to make a headline-grabbing international debut in 2021, scoring four half-centuries in his first five T20Is. Early next year he recorded his first hundred in the format, an unbeaten 104 off 61 balls against Philippines, becoming only the third Nepal batter to score a T20I hundred.
He made his ODI debut a few months after his T20I one and scored a match-winning 84 against USA in his third game.
He was a vital part of the Nepal side that played the 2023 ODI World Cup Qualifier, scoring over 200 runs in six games, and the 2024 T20 World Cup, where he didn't do much with the bat. While Bhurtel makes the side on the strength of his batting alone, in recent times, he has bowled more, with decent returns. In a T20 World Cup game, he gave South Africa a scare with figures of 4 for 19.
He has played the Nepal Premier League but is yet to participate in any franchise cricket outside of his country.