Avinash Karn

Avinash Karn

Personal information
Born	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 22)
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Nepal (2015–2015)
T20I debut (cap 16)	30 June 2015 v Netherlands
Last T20I	1 July 2015 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013–2015	Nepal Army (National League)
2014–2014	Colors X-Factors (NPL)
2015–2015	Sunrise HSS (SPA Cup)
Career statistics
Competition T20I LA T20 Y ODI Matches 2 2 7 5 Runs scored 4 20 4 16 Batting average 4.00 20.00 4.00 8.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 4 17 4 14* Balls bowled 48 42 144 222 Wickets 1 0 7 5 Bowling average 49.00 – 19.42 39.60 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/31 – 2/14 2/37 Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 1/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 August 2015

Avinash Karn (Nepali: अविनाश कर्ण) (born 4 February 1995) is a Nepalese cricketer. Karn is a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against Afghanistan in August 2013. He currently holds the responsibility of pace attack for the team.

He represents the Nepal Army Club of the National League, Colors X-Factors of the Nepal Premier League and Sunrise Higher Secondary School, which plays in the SPA Cup.

Avinash is the second Nepalese bowler after Mehboob Alam to pick up all 10 wickets in a limited overs match. He single handedly bowled out Baitadi in the U-19 National Cricket Tournament by picking up all 10 wickets for 24 runs in 6.1 overs.

He also represented Nepal Under-19s in the 2013 ACC Under-19 Elite Cup in May 2013. He was the best bowler of the tournament taking total of 24 wickets which included an eight-wicket haul and a hat-trick against Bahrain Under-19. Then he was selected in national team's squad for the 2013 ACC Emerging Teams Cup, where he played against Afghanistan and under-23 age level teams of the Test nations – India and Pakistan. He was a part of the team in the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier as Nepal qualified for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.