“We want to express full commitment to the two mandates given to us - holding election and organizing the ACC T20 Cup,” CAN president Tanka Aanbuhang said in his first appearance before the press. “We are focused on only those two agendas.” [break]
Aanbuhang, who is also the central committee member of Nepal´s largest political party the UCPN (Maoist), added that he is a politician and wouldn´t stay long with CAN and let it affect his political career. “My candidacy to CAN election is not confirmed yet,” he said.
When asked about his capacity to run a cricket body without prior knowledge of the game, Aanbuhang said that one does not need a PhD in sports to run administration.
“I have a team which consists of people who are very experienced in cricket, and as a team we would be successful,” he said, reiterating that he has joined CAN with a mandate for two months. The president also added that there would be representation from districts in the soon to be held election.
Vice-president TB Shah said that the district committees would not be dissolved. “The representatives nominated by the present district committees will participate in the general assembly,” Shah said. Shah also added that all 37 districts that play national tournament would participate in the general assembly and election.
During the program, CAN also shared the decisions of the board meeting and briefed about the meeting with ACC Events Manager Sultan Rana and ACC Development Officer Rumesh Ratnayake held on Tuesday regarding the ACC Twenty20 Cup.
CAN to bring substantial program for players
Meanwhile, General Secretary Pyakurel said that CAN will come up with substantial programs for players in future. He made the comment during a separate program organized on Wednesday to welcome U-25 team that participated in the SAARC U-25 Twenty20 Cricket Tournament held in Maldives last week.
“We are yet to felicitate our U-19 team that qualified for the U-19 World Cup. We´ll organize an official program for the purpose in coordination with National Sports Council,” said Pyakurel.
Likewise, CAN President Aangbuhang said that the new board will work toward securing future of the players in the country.
In the program, ACC event manager Sultan Rana said that Nepal´s rank should be higher than the current 26th in the world ranking. “ACC will continue to support CAN to help it do better in the future,” said Rana.
Likewise, ACC Development Officer Ratnayake said that Nepal should try to be in the top 20 rank and slowly attempt for single-digit rank.
Nepali national team Captain Paras Khadka and Coach Pubudu Dassanayake said that they will give their best in the upcoming ACC Twenty20 Cup to be held in Kathmandu from the first week of the December.
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