He was only the second Nepalese cricketer to score an international century, when he slammed an unbeaten 106 off 103 balls against Italy during the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series in February 2005.

Shakti Gauchan become head coach of Bhairahawa Queens[4][5] (franchise cricket team of NCL women's league) in March 2019.

He played in the 2002 ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand the following year, also making his debut for the senior side in the 2002 ACC Trophy in Singapore.

[8] He returned to the senior side in March 2004 when he made his first-class debut in the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup against the UAE, also playing against Malaysia in the same tournament.

[10] The right handed all-rounder shone with the bat as well, amassing 248 runs in total at an average of 41.33 including two half centuries.

Gauchan justified his selection, silenced all his critics and rose to limelight once again after taking a total of 16 wickets, becoming the second leading wicket-taker in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier[15] in UAE, which included a hat-trick against Denmark.

He impressed in the training; he bowled Indian cricket maestro Rahul Dravid and took the wicket of Australian batsman Brad Hodge.

The left-arm orthodox spinner's figures of 10-8-2-3 in their division 4 match is the best economical bowling spell ever in limited over encounters.

"Can a county please pick up Nepal's Shakti Gauchan for two reasons; a) he's awesome b) I'd love to learn all about him and his cricket," he tweeted.