Born in
Biratnagar, Pandey actively participated in national level cricket championships as a regular player representing
Koshi zone and
Morang district from 1988 to 2000. He also successfully led Morang district and Youth Cricket Club, Biratnagar teams as a captain. Pandey was part of the playing XI in Nepal's first ever official international match during the
1996 Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Trophy in
Kuala Lumpur, against Bangladesh, on 6 September 1996. Nepal finished fourth out of six teams in their first round group in this competition, beating
Japan and
Brunei. Pandey, with his opening partner Pawan Agarwal at the other end, faced Nepal's first ever delivery in international cricket. He took one wicket, returning figures of 1/31 in 8 overs in his debut match and scored 13 runs including the first ever six hit by a Nepalese batsman, with a flick over deep backward square leg. Pandey became the first ever Nepalese cricketer to receive a
player of the match award in an international cricket match, when he hit 27 runs and took 1 wicket against Japan on 7 September 1996. His best bowling performance was 3/22 against Brunei on 11 September 1996. He took 5 wickets during the 1996 ACC Trophy. == Post-playing career ==