Dhirendra Chand is a Nepalese cricket

Cricket

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er who has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2005.

Biography

Born in Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

, Dhirendra Chand made his début for Nepal in 2005 when he played in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy

2005 ICC Trophy

Ireland beat Bermuda easily as Ed Joyce made 103 for the hosts in Stormont.----Denmark beat Uganda by 28 runs as Thomas Munkholt Hansen took 6 for 30 to carry Denmark to a 28-run win over Uganda in Muckamore. Denmark made 197 with Henrik Saxe Hansen making 71...

, in which Nepal finished third after beating Qatar in a play-off. He also played ACC Fast Track Nations matches against Singapore, Malaysia, the UAE and Hong Kong

Hong Kong cricket team

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 that year. The games against the UAE and Hong Kong also counted towards the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup

2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup

The 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the second edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup, a cricket competition for 12 nations from Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. All the games were scheduled for three days and were designated first class....

 and are his only first-class matches to date.

He most recently represented his country in August 2006 when he toured Pakistan

Pakistan

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 with Nepal and played in the ACC Trophy

ACC Trophy

The ACC Trophy or Asian Cricket Council Trophy is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council for the non-test nations in Asia...

 in Malaysia.