Senior cricketer Shakti Gauchan and wicket-keeper Mahesh Chhetri have been dropped from the ACC Twenty20 Cup.
In a surprising decision, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) left out Gauchan, who had been awarded the Best Bowler in the National T20 event, while announcing the team for the ACC event.
Shakti Gauchan
Subash Khakurel, the Under-19 wicket-keeper who is not amongst the first 22 cricketers called for the closed-camp training, has been named ahead of Chhetri. Khakurel was called in the camp after the Under-25 team’s tour to Maldives for the SAARC T20 Cup where Chhetri was the wicketkeeper.
Paras Khadka has been retained as the captain and Gyanendra Malla as his deputy. Other members of the team are Mehboob Alam, Sharad Vesawkar, Binod Das, Prithu Baskota, Basant Regmi, Pradeep Airee, Anil Mandal, Binod Bhandari, Amrit Bhattarai, Rahul Biswokarma and Sanjam Regmi.
According to CAN, the selection committee chaired by Bijay Sharma selected the team.
Gauchan, Chhetri, Krishna Karki and Naresh Budayer have been named as reserve players.