Sharad Vesawkar will not be showcasing his batting when Nepal competes in the World Cricket League Division 5 in Kathmandu in February 2010 as Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) axed him from the national team.
CAN named 18-member squad for the closed-camp training and Vesawkar is the only name missing from the national team ranked fifth in the ACC Twenty20 Elite Cup in UAE last month.
Sharad played three out of six matches in the T20 but scored only 11 runs.
Also failing to make to the squad are Ajay Rajbanshi and Chandra Sawad who were in 18-member squad for the T20. Their absence made inroads to U-15 captain Prithu Baskota, Subash Khakurel and Dhirendra Chand.
This is the first time Prithu and Subash are named in the national squad. Binod Bhandari and Naresh Budair, who had impressive debut event in T20, were continued.
Paras Khadka and Gyanendra Malla continue as the captain and vice-captain respectively while former captains Binod Das, who recently became a father, and Paresh Lohani are included in the team.
Other members of the team include Dipendra Chaudhary, Shakti Gauchan, Mehboob Alam, Basant Regmi, Mahesh Chhetri, Naresh Budair, Binod Bhandari, Sanjam Regmi, Amrit Bhattarai, Rahul BK, Subash Khakurel, Prithu Baskota, Dhirendra Chand and Anil Mandal.
The WCL Div 5 begins on February 22. A joint training camp for the WCL Div 5 and South Asian Games will begin on December 30.