Administrative hurdles to Nepal becoming top-flight Associate – Dassanayake

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Pubudu Dassanayake, the former Nepal coach, believes the side’s current crop of players led by Paras Khadka have the ability to be a top-flight Associate alongside Ireland and Afghanistan provided the country’s administrative issues are resolved.

“With Nepal, I’m glad that I brought them from Division Four to Division One,” Dassanayake told ESPNcricinfo during a recent interview in the USA, where he has been shortlisted as a leading candidate for the USA coaching job. “There are great moments like when we qualified for the 2014 World T20 but I still feel that team is capable of being in the Ireland or Afghanistan level.

“I personally feel that if the environment was right, I would have taken this team into another level but with the set-up they had I am satisfied with where they are right now.”

Dassanayake coached Nepal from 2011 through last December before stepping down from the role. He has been at the forefront of several highs, like helping them climb up the World Cricket League ladder from Division Four in Malaysia in 2012 all the way up to the top division in the WCL Championship. The biggest highlight of his stint, …

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