Nepali Nat’l Cricket team leaves for Sri Lanka

Nepali National Cricket team left for Sri Lanka on Friday for the preparation and practice matches before the ICC World Cricket League Division 4 scheduled to be held in Malaysia from September 3 to 10, 2012.

Nepal's final squad comprises captain Paras Khadka, Gyanendra Malla, Sharad Vesawkar, Amrit Bhattarai, Shakti Gauchan, Basanta Regmi, Sanjam Regmi, Rahul Kumar Vishwakarma, Pradeep Airee, Anil Kumar Mandal, Prithu Baskota, Chandra Saud, Binod Das and Subash Khakurel.

Prithu Baskota, Pradeep Airee, Subash Khakurel, Rahul BK and coach Pubudu Dassanayake will join the team directly in Sri Lanka as they are currently at U-19 World Cup in Australia.

Similarly, Anil Mandal, Sharad Vesawakar and Gyanendra Malla are currently in Banglore, India for training.

National Sports Council (NSC) bade farewell to the team amidst a function on Thursday.

Nepal is set to take on Singapore in their opening match of League Division 4 to be played at Selangor Turf Club on September 3.

Similarly, Nepal will take on Tanzania on September 4 at Bayuemas Oval, host Malaysia on September 6 at Selangor Turf Club, USA on September 7 at Kinrara Oval and Denmark on September 9 at Kinrara Oval. Nepalnews.com