CAN Acting President Deepak Koirala said during a press conference that the event will be an opportunity to link Nepali cricket with Australian cricket and this event will be fruitful for whole Nepali cricket fraternity.Meanwhile, the International Cricket Council (ICC) Global Development Manager Tim Anderson, who is a former Australia U-19 captain, said that the event is a wonderful occasion to pay tribute to cricketer Philip Hughes, who died late last year after being struck by a bouncer during a domestic cricket match in Australia.
Likewise, Ryan Carters, an Australian cricketer representing New South Wales, who will lead Team Red during the tribute match, said that he was excited about the match.
Two teams-Team Blue and Team Red-have been formed for the match where Team Blue will be captained by former Nepali national team captain Binod Das.
Squads
Team Blue
Binod Das (Captain), Paras Khadka, Anil Mandal, Binod Bhandari (WK), Shakti Gauchan, Pradeep Airee, Naresh Budhayer, Karan KC, Bhuban Karki, Ramnaresh Giri, Rahul Vishwakarma, Avinash Karn, Mahesh Chhetri, Amit Shrestha, Sanjam Regmi and Dipendra Chaudhary.
Team Red
Ryan Carters (Captain), Matthew Elliot, Tim Anderson, Charlie Burke, Sharad Vesawkar, Gyanendra Malla, Subash Khakurel, Basant Regmi, Prithu Baskota, Siddhant Lohani, Sompal Kami, Paresh Lohani, Rajesh Pulami, Rajbir Singh, Prajwal Shahi and Aarif Sheikh.
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