Dilsad Ali Profile
Wicketkeeper-Batter
Nepali wicketkeeper-batter signed by Biratnagar Kings for NPR 5 lakh — Nepal U19 Asia Cup top-scorer with 32 vs Afghanistan.
Dilsad Ali is a Nepali wicketkeeper-batter (born 3 May 2007) who bats right-handed and does not bowl. He represented Nepal U19 at the 2025/26 ACC U19 Asia Cup, top-scoring with 32 against Afghanistan. He was signed by Biratnagar Kings for NPR 5 lakh at the NPL 2026 auction, ahead of his franchise debut.
Career Highlights
Key numbers
Dilsad Ali is an 18-year-old Nepali wicketkeeper-batter who has emerged through the country's Under-19 pathway and is now stepping into franchise cricket. He has since been picked up by Biratnagar Kings for the Nepal Premier League (NPL) 2026 season.
Player Profile
Cricket Career
Playing Style
Dilsad Ali is a specialist right-handed wicketkeeper-batter — he does not bowl. His batting profile leans toward anchoring an innings rather than pure power-hitting: at the U19 Asia Cup 2025, he was used at No. 4, a position built around rotating strike and building partnerships rather than a top-order pinch-hitting role. His most notable knock to date came against Afghanistan U19 on 17 December 2025, where he top-scored with 32 off 68 balls (four fours), anchoring the innings after Nepal slipped to 44 for 4. That innings — his highest recorded score in age-group internationals so far — shows a batter capable of playing the long innings even when wickets are falling around him, though his overall U19 Asia Cup campaign was inconsistent: he was dismissed without scoring against Sri Lanka U19 on 13 December 2025. Behind the stumps, Cricnepal's match logs show he has kept wicket in at least two of his four U19 Asia Cup appearances, sharing keeping duties within the squad rather than being an automatic first-choice gloveman — a detail worth noting given some other trackers list him purely as a batter.
Early Career
Dilsad Ali came through Nepal's Under-19 system and had already featured for Nepal U19 by early 2025. He appeared in an unofficial Youth ODI against Afghanistan U19 in Kathmandu on 6 April 2025, batting at the fall of an early wicket and finishing the innings unbeaten in a low-key contribution as Nepal posted 167.
Domestic Career
Detailed domestic (club and provincial) statistics for Dilsad Ali are not yet published by CAN's or NPL's official statisticians. As his profile grows through NPL 2026, more granular domestic figures are expected to become available — this page will be updated once they are.
International Career (Under-19)
Dilsad Ali represented Nepal U19 at the ACC Men's Under-19 Asia Cup 2025/26 in Dubai, playing all four of Nepal's group-stage matches:
vs Sri Lanka U19 (13 December 2025): Dismissed for 0 as Nepal collapsed to 82 all out in a heavy defeat.
vs Bangladesh U19 (15 December 2025): Batted in Nepal's 130 all out; individual score not itemised in publicly available match reports at the time of writing.
vs Afghanistan U19 (17 December 2025): Top-scored with 32 off 68 balls (4 fours) — Nepal's highest individual score of the match — in a total of 124 all out.
Nepal finished at the bottom of their group and did not progress to the Super Six stage. Dilsad Ali has not yet been capped by Nepal's senior national team in any format.
Franchise Career (Nepal Premier League)
Dilsad Ali was bought by Biratnagar Kings for NPR 5,00,000 (5 lakh) at the NPL 2026 mini-auction in Kathmandu, joining a squad led by marquee player Sandeep Lamichhane alongside Rupesh Kumar Singh, Naren Saud, and other new signings. This marks his entry into the Nepal Premier League as a franchise-contracted player.
Captaincy Record
Dilsad Ali has not held a captaincy role at the franchise, provincial, or international level to date. No verified captaincy record is available. Nepal U19 at the 2025/26 Asia Cup was captained by Ashok Dhami.
Career Timeline
3 May 2007 — Born in Nepal.
6 April 2025 — Featured for Nepal U19 in an unofficial Youth ODI vs Afghanistan U19, Kathmandu.
13 December 2025 — ACC U19 Asia Cup debut vs Sri Lanka U19, Dubai (dismissed for 0).
15 December 2025 — Played vs Bangladesh U19, Dubai.
17 December 2025 — Career-best 32 off 68 balls vs Afghanistan U19 — Nepal's top score of the match.
2026 (auction held ~July 2026) — Signed by Biratnagar Kings for NPR 5,00,000 at the NPL 2026 auction.
Salary & Auction
His NPR 5 lakh (roughly US$3,300) price places him among the mid-tier domestic signings of the auction, well below the Category A ceiling of NPR 15 lakh commanded by senior players like Rupesh Kumar Singh and Aasif Sheikh, but a meaningful entry point for a teenage wicketkeeper-batter making his franchise debut. His current salary outside NPL, including any CAN age-group contract, has not been publicly disclosed.
NPL Stats
Career Statistics
T20I Career
ODI Career
Only two of Dilsad Ali's four U19 Asia Cup innings have publicly itemised individual scores (0 vs Sri Lanka, 32 vs Afghanistan). His score against Bangladesh U19 has not been individually reported in available sources. Nepal does not play Test cricket, and Dilsad Ali has no ODI, T20I, or List A senior statistics.
NPL Records & Achievements
- Signed by Biratnagar Kings for NPR 5 lakh at the NPL 2026 mini-auction
- Represented Nepal at the ACC Men's U19 Asia Cup 2025/26
- Nepal's top individual score (32) in the U19 Asia Cup match against Afghanistan U19
Latest News
2026
Signed by Biratnagar Kings for NPR 5 lakh at the NPL 2026 mini-auction in Kathmandu, joining a squad built around marquee captain Sandeep Lamichhane and fellow new signing Rupesh Kumar Singh. NPL Season 3 is scheduled to run from 17 November to 13 December 2026, which will mark his first appearance in the tournament.
