Defending champion Region No 1 Biratnagar, runner-up Bhairahawa, Kathmandu, Birgunj and newest region Baitadi has annouced the squad for Birendra Memorial National League cricket tournament today.
Region No 1 (Biratnagar) Squad
Dipendra Chaudary (captain), Mehboob Alam, Ayush Shrestha, Niraj Bhattarai, Chandan Shrestha, Unil Shrestha, Raj Kumar Pradhan, Yashwant Subedi, Anish Aryal, Asish Lama, Sagar Rana, Manoj Katuwal, Lakpa Lama, Santosh Baral, Manjeet Shrestha, Sudhakar Ghale, Ratan Rauniyar and Intakhav Alam.
(the last 14 will be announced later)
Region No 2 (Birgunj) Squad
Binod Das, Kaniska Chaugai, Sanjam Regmi, Bikash Dali, Samir Thapa, Suraj Timilsina, Pratap Maharjan, Rajiv Shrestha, Yasin Hawari, Diwas Thakuri, Narayan Patel, Kalamuddin Ansari, Sanjay Bamjan, Shovakant Pandy, Mohammad Abarar, Pralad Shah, Anil Mandal, Amit Mishra and Sachin Mishra.
(the last 14 will be announced later)
Region No 3 (Kathmandu) Squad
Paresh Lohani (captain), Raju Basnet (vice-captain), Sarad Veswakar, Paras Khadka, Raj Shrestha, Gyanendra Malla, Rikesh Lama, Anil Amatya, Avaya Rana, Rakesh Singh, Dipen Shrestha, Niraj Basnet, Sudeep Sharma and Purushottam Bista.
Manager: Binod Rajbhandari Coach: Samsan Jung Thapa
Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) Squad
Raju Khadka (captain), Govind Pradhan (wk), Shakti Gauchan, Basant Regmi, Basudev Thapa, Amit Shrestha, Prajjwal Mani Dixit, Dipesh Khatri, Prakash Gurung, Milan Rana, Bijay Thapa, Amrit Bhattarai, Dipesh Thapa and Sanjeeb Chitrakar.
Alternatives: Nabin Gurung, Nirmal KC, Sagar Khadka and Shaban Ali.
Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) Squad
Durga Sen (Captain), Tajuddin Halwai, Manoj Vaishya, Mahesh Chhetri, Summu Khan, Anupam Singh, Deep Shakya, Sahid Rija, Imran Khan, Nasir Ansari, Meraj Ansari, Dharmu Khatri and Shiva Gurung
Suresh Pandey (coach) and Madan Rawat (Manager)
Region No 6 (Baitadi) Squad
Dhirendra Chand (captain), Arjun Rawal, Suraj Bhandari (wk), Prem Chaudhary, Dhan Bahadur Chhetri, Deepak Malla, Manoj Joshi, Samsher Chand, Subash Khatri, Samir Chand, Mahesh Poudel, Rajendra Chand, Deepak Budal, Shambhu Shah, Diependra Bahadur Chand (coach) and Binod Bahadur Chand (manager).
Alternatives: Ganesh Rajak, Niraj Pant, Niraj Chand and Harib Joshi