Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced the preliminary team for the closed-camp training for the upcoming ACC Under-19 Cricket Tournament here today.
The team will be kept in closed-camp training under Roy Dias from Oct 18. ACC U-19 Cricket Tournament begins on Nov 9 in Kathmandu and the winner will qualify for the Youth World Cup 2006 in Sri Lanka. Nepal is the two-time defending champion.
The Squad
1. Kaniska Chaugai
2. Paras Khadka
3. Sarad Vesawkar
4. Avay Rana
These four are also in the 14-member national team to play against Malaysia in the upcoming three-day match under ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament beginning on Oct 14 in Kathmandu.
5. Basant Regmi
6. Yashwant Subedi
7. Prem Chaudhary
8. Ratan Rauniyar
9. Sashi Keshari
10. Raj Shrestha
These players have played in the previous U-19 Youth World Cups.
11. Gyanendra Malla
12. Mahesh Chhetri
13. Antim Thapa
14. Pawan Das
15. Dipen Shrestha
16. Amrit Bhattarai
17. Nirmal Simangaida
These have already represented national teams of age-group.
18. Akash Gupta – Best Batsmen in Wai Wai U-19
19. Vijay Thapa
20. Bantu Bataju – Best Bowler in Wai Wai U-19
21. Puspa Thapa
22. Suraj Timilsina – Man of the Series in Wai Wai U-19