Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced 14 membered squad for the upcoming Pepsi World Cricket League Division 3.
The 14 membered Nepali Squad comprises !
1. Paras Khadka (C)
2. Gyanendra Malla (VC)
3. Subash Khakurel (WK)
4. Sharad Vesawkar
5. Shakti Prasad Gauchan
6. Basanta Regmi
7. Binod Bhandari
8. Sompal Kami
9. Sagar Pun
10. Mehboob Alam
11. Bhuwan Karki
12. Aarif Sheikh
13. Naresh Budhayer
14. Amrit Bhattarai
Top 2 teams will proceed to Division 2, Last 2 will relegate to Division 4 and the rest will remain unchanged after the tournament.
Pepsi WCL Division 3 will be hosted in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia from 23rd October to 30th October 2014. Initially, ICC has scheduled Division 3 to be hosted in Uganda but visualizing the threat of Ebola Epidemic on the periphery of Uganda, the decision has been amended.
The 14 membered Nepali Squad comprises !
1. Paras Khadka (C)
2. Gyanendra Malla (VC)
3. Subash Khakurel (WK)
4. Sharad Vesawkar
5. Shakti Prasad Gauchan
6. Basanta Regmi
7. Binod Bhandari
8. Sompal Kami
9. Sagar Pun
10. Mehboob Alam
11. Bhuwan Karki
12. Aarif Sheikh
13. Naresh Budhayer
14. Amrit Bhattarai
In the above listed squad, Amrit Bhattarai is back almost after the year. The last game he played was against Afghanistan at Sharjah on T20 Qualifiers.
Along with Nepal and the host Malaysia, the teams participating in WCL Division 3 are, Uganda, USA, Bermuda and Singapore.
Nepal will play its first match against Uganda on 23rd October.