Kathmandu: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced its ‘Core Camp’ squad in preparation for the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series to be held in Scotland in June.
Initially, a preliminary squad of 49 members was announced. However, Naren Bhatta, Yuvraj Khatri, and Santosh Yadav, who were part of the U-19 World Cup qualifiers squad, have also been included, making the total squad size 49.
CAN has divided the selected players into four groups: ‘Nepal Blue’, ‘Nepal Green’, ‘Nepal Red’, and ‘Nepal Yellow’. Practice matches will be played between these four teams.
Squad List:
BLUE: Rohit Kumar Paudel (C), Prajwal Thapa (WK), Dev Khanal, Anil Kumar Sah (WK), Shakib Haque, Surya Tamang, Sundeep Jora, Kushal Malla, Gulshan Kumar Jha, Hemant Dhami, Karan KC, Dipesh Prasad Kandel, Yubraj Khatri
GREEN: Aasif Sheikh (C/WK), Sompal Kami, Ishan Pandey, Arjun Kumal, Aakash Tripathi, Sagar Dhakal, Dilip Nath (WK), Bibek Kumar Yadav, Pawan Sarraf, Rijan Dhakal, Sher Malla, Rasid Khan, Santosh Yadav
RED: Sandeep Lamichhane (C), Arjun Saud (WK), Trit Raj Das, Bhim Sharki, Shub Kansakar, Shahab Alam, Basir Ahamad, Aarif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Nandan Yadav, Akash Chand, Pratis GC, Naren Bhatt
YELLOW: Dipendra Singh Airee (C), Binod Bhandari (WK), Mayan Yadav, Kushal Bhurtel, Sujan Thapaliya, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Arjun Gharti (WK), Kiran Thagunna, Abinash Bohara, Rupesh Kumar Singh, Kamal Singh Airee, Bishal Patel, Dipendra Rawat
