Kathmandu, Aug. 15 -- Cricket is one of the youngest sports in Nepal. It is also one of the most beloved. This bat-and-ball game has helped the country earn more recognition on the global stage than perhaps any other sport. And it has not been easy for the country to make a mark in the cricketing world, especially when many of the world's heavyweights in the sport are concentrated in South Asia.

Like many other sports, cricket also found its way into Nepal through India. Madan Shumsher is credited with having introduced cricket in Nepal around the 1920s, influenced by the Britishers in India.

From being played solely for recreational purposes by the aristocrats of the Rana regime to cricketers today becoming household names, the game ha...