Nepal's current coach Stuart Lasamu now has a chance to avoid becoming Prabhakar and Monty. To avoid this negative record, Nepal, who are under the coaching of Australian coach Law, will have to defeat the UAE on Wednesday.
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Former Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar is among the worst coaches for Nepali cricket because Nepal produced very poor results under his coaching.
It didn't even take 6 months for him to return the way he came in August 2022. His tenure didn't even last 6 months.
India's Monty Desai is one of Nepal's most successful coaches in terms of achievements. Under his coaching, the Nepali team won 11 out of the last 12 matches of the World Cup League 2 and directly qualified for the 2023 ODI World Cup qualifiers. Nepal achieved all these successes within a span of three months.
Under the same Monty, Nepal played the Asia Cup for the first time and returned to the Twenty20 World Cup after 10 years. However, on one particular occasion, Monty's name comes up in connection with Prabhakar, due to negative results. When Prabhakar was the coach, Nepal toured Namibia for League 2 in December 2022.
After the first match with Namibia was interrupted by rain, the Nepali team was then defeated by Scotland by 3 wickets, Namibia by 86 runs and Scotland by 8 wickets in Windhoek.
This was a League 2 series where Nepal had not been able to win any of the four matches. They were satisfied with just 1 point from the first match that was interrupted by rain.
Nepal continued to achieve success one after another under Monty's coaching. However, during a tour of Canada in September 2024, Monty and the Nepali team had to face unexpected results. In League 2, Nepal lost to Canada by 103 runs, Oman by 1 wicket, and again to Canada by 5 wickets.
After the last match with Oman was completely interrupted by rain, Nepal went winless for the second time in the League 2 series. The 1 point collected from the last match that was interrupted by rain became a way for Nepal to be satisfied. Monty will probably never try to remember this series in his coaching life.
Nepal's current coach Stuart Lasamu now has the opportunity to not be Prabhakar and Monty. To overcome this negative record, Nepal, coached by Australian coach Law, will have to defeat UAE on Wednesday.
Nepal has already lost its first 3 matches in League 2 being held in UAE. USA defeated Nepal by 106 runs and 4 wickets respectively in League 2 held in Dubai. In the other match between these two matches, UAE won by 5 wickets over Nepal.
If Coach Law defeats UAE, he will not be compared to the previous two coaches. But if Nepal loses to UAE, it will not only be winless, but also pointless for the first time. Stuart Law does not want to be worse than Prabhakar and Monty in the history of a League 2 series.
