Dipendra Singh Airee

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dipendra Singh Airee

• Dipendra Singh Airee is a Nepali cricketer who has played in various national and international cricket events. He became famous in September 2023 after hitting the fastest fifty in the T20I format. He’s known as one of Nepal’s top middle-order batsmen.

• He liked playing cricket from a young age and participated in his first school-level cricket competition when he was in the 7th grade, organized by the Private and Boarding Schools Organization Nepal (PABSON). Interestingly, he initially wanted to become a soldier, and his parents also didn’t want him to become a cricketer. He received an invitation to play in the Nepal Premier League when he was in the 11th grade, which he accepted and didn’t take his final exams.

  

• On 11 March 2018, Dipendra made his List A (one-day) debut against Kenya. On 6 November 2019, his first-class debut came against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). In 2022, he represented the Nepal Police Club (NPC) in both the Prime Minister Cup and the Kathmandu Mayor’s Cup.

  

• In 2016, Dipendra was part of the Nepal Under-19 team in the Under-19 World Cup. In 2017, he became the captain of the team in the 2017 Under-19 Asia Cup, where Nepal won against India in one of the group-stage matches.

  

• Dipendra made his first ODI century on 6 March 2022 with 105 runs against Papua New Guinea. His first ODI half-century came on 14 November 2022 with 54 runs against the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He took 3 wickets for 18 runs against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 6 March 2023.

  

• He made his first T20I half-century on 20 April 2021 by making 60 runs against the Netherlands. His first T20I century came on 2 April 2022 with an unbeaten 110 runs against Malaysia. On 4 April 2022, he showed his bowling talent by taking 4 wickets for 18 runs against Papua New Guinea.

  

• His most remarkable T20I achievement was on 27 September 2023 during the 19th Asian Games. In a record-breaking innings against Mongolia, he scored an unbeaten 52 runs off just 10 balls, completing his fifty in just 9 balls with 8 sixes. He broke Yuvraj Singh’s record of scoring a T20I fifty in 12 balls.

• Dipendra Singh Airee has played in many leagues. In the 2018 season of the Everest Premier League, Dipendra represented the Chitwan Tigers. He also played for the Expert Dhangadi Blues in the 2018 season of the Pokhara Premier League. In the 2019 season of the Tilottama Premier League, he was part of the Rupandehi Paltans, and in the 2019 Dhangadhi Premier League season, he played for CYC Attariya.

  

• In 2022, during the inaugural season of the Nepal T20 League, he played for the Lumbini All-Stars. In 2023, Dipendra joined the Montreal Tigers for the first season of the Global T20 Canada.

  

• Dipendra initially began his career as a fast bowler; however, due to frequent injuries, he had to give up his pace and become a spinner.

• In February 2018, Dipendra received sponsorship from Global IME Bank Ltd for a year. This sponsorship included a cricket kit and a monthly stipend of NPR 400,000 (NPR 20,000 per month). ^[5]Instagram – Dipendra Singh Airee In September 2021, Adidas started sponsoring him for a two-year period.
  

  

  

• Dipendra faced a major injury with a ‘high-grade ATFL tear’ in his right ankle in September 2021, which required him to undergo two weeks of bed rest for recovery.

• Dipendra is also employed by the Nepal Police.