Dilip Nath
Left-handed top-order batter and wicketkeeper, part of Lumbini Lions' maiden NPL title win in 2025.
Top-order Batter / Wicketkeeper-Batter
Dilip Nath
Dilip Nath is a left-handed top-order batter and experienced wicketkeeper from Dadeldhura who has represented the Nepal national cricket team since 2017. Best known in franchise cricket for his role in Lumbini Lions' maiden Nepal Premier League title in 2025 — where he fittingly struck the winning run in the final — Nath brings over a decade of domestic and international experience to Nepal's growing T20 ecosystem. He was retained by Lumbini Lions ahead of NPL Season 3 in 2026, continuing his run with the franchise after switching from Pokhara Avengers, where he played the league's inaugural 2024 season.
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Dilip Nath is a Nepalese left-handed top-order batter and wicketkeeper who plays for Lumbini Lions in the Nepal Premier League. Born 19 December 1997 in Dadeldhura, he has represented Nepal in T20I and List A cricket since 2017. He was part of Lumbini Lions' maiden NPL title-winning squad in 2025.
Player Profile
Cricket Career
Playing Style
Nath is a left-handed top-order batter whose game is built on timing and placement rather than raw power — Lumbini Lions' own franchise profile describes him as "a master of timing and placement" who finds gaps with ease. He is also an experienced wicketkeeper in domestic cricket and has kept wicket for the Nepal national team, though at Lumbini Lions he currently plays primarily as a specialist batter in the middle order, with Niroshan Dickwella and, at times, young talent-hunt signing Sameer Ali Musalman taking the gloves.
His most defining recent moment came in the NPL 2025 final, where he was at the crease — unbeaten on 1 — when Lumbini completed their chase to win the title, a low-key but historically significant contribution. He does not bowl regularly and is not used as a frontline bowling option in T20 cricket.
Early Career
Nath grew up in Dadeldhura in far-western Nepal and progressed through domestic cricket as a wicketkeeper-batter, representing a number of provincial and club sides — including Nepal Police Club, Sagarmatha Legends, Chitwan Tigers, Mahendranagar United, Janakpur Royals, Kanchanrup Rhinos, Nepal Green, and NBSC Lions — over the course of his domestic career.
Domestic Career
Nath has been a fixture of Nepal's domestic circuit for close to a decade, primarily as a wicketkeeper-batter across the various provincial and league teams listed above. Comprehensive, consolidated domestic career statistics (total runs, average, and centuries across all these teams) are not publicly available in a single aggregated source.
International Career
Nath made his List A debut for Nepal against the UAE on 6 December 2017, during the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship. In January 2018, he was named in Nepal's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.
He had to wait over four years for his T20I debut, which came on 30 March 2022 against Malaysia during the 2021–22 Nepal T20I Tri-Nation Series. His most recent — and to date only other — T20I appearance came days later, on 4 April 2022, against Papua New Guinea. He has not added to his international T20I or List A caps since 2022–23, based on publicly available match records.
Franchise Career (Nepal Premier League)
Nath played the inaugural 2024 Nepal Premier League season with Pokhara Avengers, primarily as the team's wicketkeeper. His highest recorded score that season was 27, made against Kathmandu Gurkhas. Ahead of the 2025 season, he moved to Lumbini Lions, signed at the NPL auction for 10 lakh Nepalese rupees (NPR 1,000,000).
He was part of the Lumbini Lions squad that won the franchise's maiden NPL title in December 2025, scoring 122 runs across the campaign and famously being at the crease to complete the winning run in the final against Sudurpaschim Royals. He was retained by Lumbini Lions ahead of NPL Season 3 in 2026.
Career Timeline
6 Dec 2017 — List A debut vs UAE, 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship.
Jan 2018 — Named in Nepal's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two.
2021–22 — Named in Nepal's squad for the Nepal T20I Tri-Nation Series.
30 Mar 2022 — T20I debut vs Malaysia.
4 Apr 2022 — Most recent T20I appearance, vs Papua New Guinea.
2024 — NPL debut with Pokhara Avengers (inaugural season); top score of 27 vs Kathmandu Gurkhas.
2025 — Signed by Lumbini Lions at NPL auction (10 lakh NPR).
Dec 2025 — Part of Lumbini Lions' maiden NPL title-winning squad; scores the winning run in the final vs Sudurpaschim Royals; 122 runs for the season.
2026 — Retained by Lumbini Lions for NPL Season 3.
Salary & Auction
Nath's national-team match fees and any central contract salary have not been publicly disclosed.
NPL Stats
Career Statistics
T20I Career
ODI Career
Nath also has T10 figures on record: 4 matches, 27 runs, highest score 18, average 9.00, strike rate 180.00. Nepal does not currently hold Test status; Nath has not played Test cricket. Domestic T20 (NPL) figures are not fully consolidated in a single public database — see the NPL Stats table above for what is verifiably known.
NPL Records & Achievements
- Part of Lumbini Lions' maiden NPL title-winning squad (2025) and was the not-out batter at the crease when the winning run was struck in the final
- Represented Nepal in List A cricket since December 2017 and made T20I debut in March 2022
- Signed by Lumbini Lions for 10 lakh NPR at the 2025 NPL auction after playing the inaugural season with Pokhara Avengers
Latest News
August 2026
Retained by Lumbini Lions ahead of Nepal Premier League Season 3, alongside captain Rohit Paudel, Sundeep Jora, Sher Malla, Dinesh Adhikari, Abhishek Gautam, and Tilak Bhandari. Lumbini's headline move of the 2026 auction cycle was signing wicketkeeper-batter Aasif Sheikh via lucky draw for a reported 20 lakh NPR.
November–December 2026
NPL Season 3 is scheduled to run from 17 November to 13 December 2026 at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur.
April 2022
Most recent recorded international appearance remains his T20I outing against Papua New Guinea; no more recent Nepal call-up has been publicly reported.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How old is Dilip Nath?
Dilip Nath was born on 19 December 1997, making him 28 years old as of July 2026.
2. Which NPL team does Dilip Nath play for?
He plays for Lumbini Lions, having joined the franchise via the 2025 auction after playing the 2024 inaugural season with Pokhara Avengers. He was retained by Lumbini Lions for NPL Season 3 (2026).
3. What is Dilip Nath's salary?
His NPL 2026 retention fee has not been publicly disclosed. His NPL 2025 auction fee with Lumbini Lions was 10 lakh NPR (NPR 1,000,000).
4. What was Dilip Nath's auction price?
He was signed by Lumbini Lions for 10 lakh NPR at the NPL 2025 auction. His individual fee at the 2024 Pokhara Avengers auction is not publicly available. He was retained (not re-auctioned) for the 2026 season.
5. What are Dilip Nath's NPL stats?
He scored 122 runs for Lumbini Lions across the 2025 NPL season, in which the franchise won its maiden title. His top individual score in the 2024 season, with Pokhara Avengers, was 27.
6. What records does Dilip Nath hold?
He does not currently hold any individually documented NPL or international records; his most notable achievement is being part of — and at the crease for — Lumbini Lions' maiden NPL title win in 2025.
7. What is Dilip Nath's batting and bowling style?
He is a left-handed top-order batter and wicketkeeper who does not bowl regularly.