Inaugural national T20 cricket from June 2

KATHMANDU, June 1: The inaugural Twenty20 national cricket tournament will begin on June 2, Tuesday, according to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN).[break]



The six-team inter-region Springwood Twenty20 National Cricket Tournament will also serve for the selection of players for the ACC Twenty20 Cup.



The top two teams after round-robin league will compete in the final.



Meanwhile, the regional Cricket Development Committee of Bhairahawa has named a 14- member squad for the tournament.



Shakti Gauchan is the skipper of the squad and Basanta Regmi is the vice captain. The other members of the squad are Manoj Baisya, Rijan Praju, Bijay Thapa, Faijal Khan, Kuldip Singh Bharati, Amrit Bhattarai, Rahul kumar BK, Aantim Thapa, Sagar Pun, Sagar Khadka, Lal Bahadur Adhikari and Aakash Gupta.



Shankhar Kumar Rana is the team coach and Prakash Pokhrel is the team manager.

Date	Fixture	Venue
June 2, Tue	Region No. 2 vs Region No. 3	TU Ground
June 3, Wed	Region No. 1 vs Region No. 2	TU Ground
	Region No. 4 vs Region No. 3
June 4, Thu Related story SMS Friendship Cup T20 tri-series: Nepal to face Gujarat in ina...	Region No. 5 vs Region No. 4	TU Ground
	Region No. 1 vs Region No. 6
June 5, Fri	Region No. 3 vs Region No. 6	TU Ground
	Region No. 2 vs Region No. 5
June 6, Sat	Region No. 1 vs Region No. 3	TU Ground
	Region No. 2 vs Region No. 4
June 7, Sun	Region No. 4 vs Region No. 6	TU Ground
	Region No. 1 vs Region No. 5
June 8, Mon	Rest Day
June 9, Tue	Region No. 2 vs Region No. 6	TU Ground
	Region No. 3 vs Region No. 5
June 10, Wed	Region No. 1 vs Region No. 4	TU Ground
	Region No. 5 vs Region No. 6
June 11, Thu	Rest Day
June 12, Fri	Final	TU Ground