Kathmandu – The Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) has announced the 14-member Nepali team for the ACC Premier Cup.
CAN have announced a 14-member squad today for the competition to be held from next Tuesday.
Nepa’s Squad:
- Rahit Paidel (C)
- Kushal Bhurtel,
- Asif Sheikh,
- Gyanendra Malla,
- Kushal Malla,
- Arif Sheikh,
- Saempal Kami,
- Dipendra Singh Airi,
- Gulshan Jha,
- Karan KC,
- Sandeep Lamichhane,
- Bheem Sarki,
- Pratish JC and
- Lalit Rajvanshi
Similarly, Arjun Saud, Sandeep Jera, Surya Tamang and Kisher Mahatay have been kept as ‘reserve’ players.
The winning team of the ACC premier tournament will get to play in the Asia Cup in Pakistan next September. The top three teams will qualify for the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in July.
Group ‘A’
- Nepal,
- Oman,
- Qatar,
- Malaysia and
- Saudi Arabia
Group ‘B’
- UAE,
- Hong Kong,
- Kuwait,
- Singapore and
- Bahrain.
Nepal will play three matches at Kirtipur ground and one match at Mulpani. Nepal will start their first match against Malaysia on May 5th.