Here is all you need to know about Dipendra Singh Airee including his age, wife, bio and more about the Nepalese cricketer
In Nepal’s ACC Men’s Premier Cup match against Qatar, Dipendra wrote the winning run in the final over. He became just the third player after Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard in T20I history to hit six sixes in an over on Saturday.
Airee was at 28 off 15 balls as Nepal reached 174/7 before the final over. Nepal reached 210/7 thanks to his 64 off just 21 balls, which included six sixes off of Kamran Khan’s delivery.
Who is Nepal cricketer Dipendra Singh Airee as video of his 6 sixes goes viral, biography, age, height, wife and family
DIPENDRA SINGH AIREE BECOMES THE THIRD PLAYER TO HIT 6 SIXES IN AN OVER IN T20I HISTORY โญ๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/UtxyydP7B0
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 13, 2024
Who is Dipendra Singh?
Dipendra Singh Airee is a cricket player from Nepal who was born on January 24, 2000 in Tilachaur, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur. The 24-year-old right handed batsman and right arm off break bowler stands 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) tall.
Here did his schoolingย from Cosmopolitan English Medium School, Bhimdatta Nagar. From Far-Western University, Mahendranagar, he completed his college education.
A look at Dipendra Singh’s career so far
Dipendra Singh made his List A debut on March 11, 2017, in the 2015โ17 ICC World Cricket League Championship for Nepal versus Kenya. In the 2018 MCC Tri-Nation Series, he played his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match on July 29, 2018, against the Netherlands.
On November 6, 2019, while the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was touring Nepal, he made his debut in a first-class match for his country, Nepal.
In August 2018, he was one of eleven cricket players who played for Nepal in its first-ever One Day International (ODI) match against the Netherlands.
He is regarded as one of the best all-around players in Nepal. In T20I cricket, Airee broke the record against Mongolia at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, scoring 50* off just 9 balls.
In the Global T-20 League 2023 in Canada, he scored the third-most runs for the Montreal Tigers. In an ACC Premier Cup match against Qatar, he became the third player in T20I cricket history to knock six sixes in a single over.
Previously, during the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, the Nepalese batsman smashed the record for the fastest T20I fifty in nine balls, set by Yuvraj Singh’s 12-ball half-century against Mongolia.
6๏ธโฃ x 6๏ธโฃ in an over and Dipendra Singh Airee makes history ๐ฅpic.twitter.com/TJZkafVRrJ
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 13, 2024
Dipendra Singh’s family
Dipendra Singh’s parent’s names are not known. He has four siblings, a brother named Himal Airee and three sisters named Asha, Ashmita and Lata. He is unmarried and single.
Dipendra Singh’s salary
Dipendra Singh’s monthly salary is estimated to be around Rs. 100,000 as per a report in Nepal Live Today.ย