Career
Paresh is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against United Arab Emirates in November 2000. He represents the Sagarmatha Legends of the Nepal Premier League, Association des Paralysés de France Club of the National League and GoldenGate International College, which plays in the Supreme People's Assembly Cup.
Born in Kathmandu in 1980, Lohani first played for Nepal in the 2000 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Trophy in the United Arab Emirates.
He played matches against the United Arab Emirates, Japan, the Maldives and Hong Kong during the tournament. He played in the 2001 Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy in Ontario, Canada the following year.
He played in the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Trophy again in 2002 and 2004, making his first-class début in the latter year when he played in the 2004 Interstate Commerce Commission Intercontinental Cup against the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia. He played Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Singapore, Nepal and Hong Kong later the same year.
In February 2005 he played in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy, in which Nepal finished third after beating Qatar in a play-official
He also played Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Fast Track Countries Tournament matches against Singapore, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. The games against the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong also counted towards the 2005 Interstate Commerce Commission Intercontinental Cup and are his last first-class matches to date. The following year, he played in a play-off match against Namibia to decide the final spot in the 2006 Interstate Commerce Commission Intercontinental Cup.
Later in the year he played on a tour of Pakistan with Nepal in addition to playing in the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Trophy and Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Premier League.
He also represented Nepal at the 2007 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Twenty20 Cup and 2012 Interstate Commerce Commission World Twenty20 Qualifier.