Kathmandu 3 August – Sunil Dhamala, the U19 star, is the only new face in Nepali national team as the team is announced for the Netherlands tour.
The team announced after a consultation held between Paras Khadka, the team captain; Jagat Tamata, the coach for the Netherlands tour and Venkatpathy Raju, ICC representative, will play two ICC World Cricket League
Championship matches against Netherlands on 13th and 15th of this month.
The team led by Paras Khadka as usual has a mix of 3 seamers and 3 spinners as all six bowling members of the UK tour are retained. Likewise, Anil Mandal retains his spot after some decent contributions as Subash Khakurel was the man chosen as the one to make way for Dhamala. The remainder of the team is kept as same as the selectors have opted for a single change.
Full squad – Paras Khadka (c), Gyanendra Malla, Sharad Vesawkar, Anil Mandal, Raju Rijal (wk), Binod Bhandari, Sagar Pun, Rajesh Pulami, Sunil Dhamala, Basant Regmi, Shakti Gauchan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Bikram Sob