Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) called 32 players in the first phase of the closed camp training on Friday for the upcoming ACC U-19 Elite Cup. The ACC U-19 Elite Cup is scheduled to begin on May 1 in Malaysia.
CAN has called five players each from Region No 2 (Birgunj), Region No 3 (Kathmandu) and Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) in the closed camp training. Likewise, four players each from Region No 1 (Biratnagar), Region No 6 (Baitadi) and Region No 7 (Janakpur), three players from Region No 8 (Pokhara) as well as two players from Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) are also called in the closed camp.
Amit Dahal, Kalicharan Yadav, Mayanand Chaudhary and Suman Shrestha of Biratnagar are in the list of 32 players while Avinash Karn, Ram Naresh Giri, Suraj Kumar Kurmi, Amit Shrestha and Irshad Ahamed of Birgunj are also called in.
Likewise, the CAN has called Region No 3 players Prakash Bista (A), Prakash Bista (B), Sarad Khadka, Bibas Thapa and Pawan Shrestha as well as Region No 4 players Sabin Shakya, Nirmal Thapa, Prakash KC, Bibek Chaudhary and Sushant Bhari.
Amar Singh Rautela and Imaudin Halwai of Nepalgunj, Bhuban Karki, Prem Tamang, Arjun Chapagain and Yagyaman Kumal of Baitadi as well as Sameer Nepal, Avishek Jha, Rahul Pratap Singh and Hari Shankar Shah of Janakpur are also included in the list of 32. Nischal Pandey, Anil Gurung and Dhurba Karki are the players of Region No 8 to make into the list of 32.
“The training camp will start in Pokhara from April 2. We have asked all the players to report in Pokhara on April 1,” said Kiran Rana, the member of the CAN executive committee. According to Rana, Jagat Tamata will look after the training camp in Pokhara. “National team coach Pubudu Dassanayake will join the U-19 team in Kathmandu as the second phase of training will be held in Kathmandu,” he added.