KATHMANDU, April 16: Nepal has announced its final team for the ACC Premier Cup starting from April 18 in Kathmandu.
A 14-member team has been announced for Nepal under the captaincy of Rohit Paudel. No changes have been made to the team that played the ICC Cricket World Cup League Two in the last home match.
The team consists of Paudel, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Gyanendra Malla, Gulsan Jha, Arif Sheikh, Pratish Jishi, Sompal Kami, Dipendra Singh Airee, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Bhim Sarki and Lalit Rajbanshi.
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This time, Arjun Saud, Surya Tamang, Kishore Mahato and Sandeep Jora are among the alternate players. Kishore Mahato has replaced Shyam Dhakal, who was an alternate last time.
Dev Khanal, Kamal Singh Airee and Shyam Dhakal were in the initial team but could not make it to the final team.
Ten associate teams will compete in the ACC Premier Cup, apart from the test teams from Asia. The ten teams will be divided into two groups.
Group A includes Malaysia, Qatar and Saudi Arabia along with Nepal and Oman. Similarly, Group B includes the UAE, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Singapore and Bahrain.
