The team left for the inaugural tournament with the aim of securing at least second position as the tournament will be played in round robin format with top two teams making it to the final. Nepal, Pakistan, host India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will take part in the tournament.
The team has high ambition in the tournament, however, the members of the team will have to travel for 60 hours by bus and train to reach the destination.
During a function held to bid the team farewell for the competition, Cricket Association of Blind, Nepal's president Pawan Ghimire said that the team members will travel for 60 hours to reach the venue. He wished the team to bring best results.
Meanwhile, team skipper as well as coach Kritan Shrestha said that his side is aiming to sail into the final although tough teams are participating in the competition.
Nepal will begin its journey of the tournament taking on Pakistan on January 18, face India on 19th, Sri Lanka on 20th and Bangladesh on 21st before the final match slated for January 24.
Among the 15 players Ratna Rai, Sunil Subedi, Jeevan Gurung, Santosh Sapkota and Samrat Gautam are in total blind group, Khimanand Gaire, Badri Chaulagain, Shant Bahadur Pahari, Ram Prasad Paudel and Surya Bhattrai are in partially blind group, while Sunil Thapa Magar, Padam Badela, Kritan Shrestha (skipper as well as coach of Nepali team) are in blind group.
Amrit Baral, vice-president of Cricket Association of Blind, Nepal, is the organizational manager, Bimal Paudel is the team manager, Upendra Shrestha is the logistics manager, Lok Bahadur Gurung is the assistant team manager, Gita Regmi is the umpire and Ram Bahadur is representative from the National Sports Council.
Meanwhile, NSC officiating Member Secretary Ganga Bahadur Thapa and members of the association and representatives from other organizations related to visually impaired on Tuesday bade farewell to the team.
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