Chaudhary was criticized for his poor performance in the ICC WCL Div 5 held in the capital from February 20-27. He was also unable to come up with a satisfactory performance in the ACC Elite Trophy on March-April in Kuwait. Nepal faced defeat against Afghanistan in the final. [break]
The national selection committee coordinated by Bijay Kumar Sharma selected 18 among 20 players kept in the first phase close camp training. The players were selected on the basis of their performance in the first phase training and recently concluded national cricket tournaments, stated a press release issued by the Cricket Association of Nepal on Friday.
Paras Khadka and Gyanendra Malla are the captain and vice captain while Shakti Gauchan, Sharad Vesawkar, Mahesh Chhetri, Anil Kumar Mandal, Amrit Bhattarai, Basanta Regmi, Binod Das, Sanjam Regmi, Rahul BK, Mehboob Alam, Manjit Shrestha, Pradip Aire, Naresh Bahadur Budhaayer, Binod Bhandari, Bhuwan Karki and Pushpa Thapa are other members of the squad.
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