# Sompal Kami

_Nepalese cricketer_

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Last updated: 2026-10-07

> Sompal Kami is a Nepalese professional cricketer. Kami is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He is one of the eleven cricketers to play in Nepal's first ever One Day International (ODI) match, against the Netherlands, in August 2018. In January 2019, he became the first bowler for Nepal to take a five-wicket haul in an ODI.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 27 June 1996 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16224519#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Turang ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16224519#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16224519#P27))
- **Occupation:** cricketer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16224519#P106))
- **X (Twitter):** iamsomu22 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16224519#P2002))
- **Facebook:** 284122931743492 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16224519#P2013))

## Questions

**When was Sompal Kami born?**  
Sompal Kami was born on 27 June 1996 in Turang.

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- [Turang](https://diginpl.com/places/turang)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Sompal Kami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sompal_Kami) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): सोमपाल कामी](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q16224519](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16224519) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Sompal Kami Cricketer.jpg by सरोज कुमार ढकाल (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sompal_Kami_Cricketer.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Sompal Kami, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Sompal Kami Cricketer.jpg — सरोज कुमार ढकाल, CC BY-SA 3.0.

## Cite this page

"Sompal Kami". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/sompal-kami. Retrieved 5 November 2026.