CAN had nominated 33 players, who had performed well during the Boost U-16 National Cricket Tournament, to ACC. However only 10 players were found under the age category. [break]
The qualified players are Hari Chaulagain, Rajiv Kumar Shah, Rishav Rajbhandari, Sharad Khadka, Nischal Pande, Suichan Shah, Bibek Chaudhary, Devendra Somare, Dipendra Chand and Jagadish Chand.
The ACC age verification excluded the best batsman of the Boost U-16 National Cricket Tournament Wasim Haluwai (Nepalgunj), man-of-the-series Rahul Pratap Singh (Birgunj) and other players.
However, best bowler of the tournament Hari Chaulagain was found under the age group. Among the top 10 run scorers and wicket takers, Hari was the only player found under the age category.
After receiving the ACC report, CAN sent nominations of 23 other players to ACC where they found 18 players were under the age group. CAN selected 8 players from the group of 18 and called them in the closed camp. The selected players are Mayananda Chaudhary, Prajwal Katuwal, Ram Krishna Jaiswal, Roshan Khatri, Satish Bhagat, Suman Bhari Shrestha, Sanam Shrestha and Jagadish Chand ´B´.
CAN started the closed camp training for the selected 18 players in Pokhara on Sunday. Janga Bahadur Thapa and Dipendra Chand will train the U-16 team in Pokhara while national team coach Roy Luke Dias will take care of the team after the completion of Pepsi World Cricket League Division 5.
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