Basant Regmi is a Nepalese cricketer, who has represented Nepal at the Under-17 and Under-19 levels, before becoming a part of the national side. He first played in the Under-17 Asia Cup in Pakistan in July 2000 as well as in 2001 in Bangladesh.

A year later, Regmi played his first Under-19 World Cup. He was also a part of the team in the 2004 and 2006 Under-19 World Cups as well as the ACC Under-19 Cup. During the 2006 Under-19 World Cup, Nepal were quite impressive beating full-member teams like South Africa and New Zealand. In the plate final against New Zealand, Regmi was the pick of the Nepali bowlers with 3/41 and was the top scorer with 66 as Nepal won by one wicket. He was awarded the man of the match award for that game.

In 2006, he also made his senior side debut playing in an ICC Intercontinental Cup play-off match against Namibia. In 2008, he was selected for the Nepal squad for Division Five of the World Cricket League in Jersey. He played several tournaments after that. In February 2010, he represented Nepal in Division Five of the World Cricket League. Two years later in 2012, he became the Man of The Series in the World Cricket League Division Four by taking 21 wickets. He is also the leading wicket taker in World Cricket League matches with 73 wickets in 33 matches at an average of 8.68 and economy rate of 2.66.

Regmi was a part of the national squad in the 2014 World T20 in Bangladesh. He was impressive in the first game against Hong Kong where he took 3/14 in his quota of 4 overs. he took one wicket each in the matches that followed against Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

By Sonali Dhulap
As of May 2014