U-25 SAARC T20 CRICKET

NEPAL has leave to Maldives today for U-25 SAARC T20 CRICKET match to be held in Maldives from 31^st .The eight team are divided into two groups A and B.

Group A

·       Maldives

·       Bhutan

·       Afghanistan

·       Bangladesh

Group B

·       Nepal

·       Pakistan

·       India

·       Srilanka

The schedule for the tournament is:

31 Oct: Maldives vs. Bhutan & Sri Lanka vs. Nepal

1 Nov: Afghanistan vs. Bangladesh & India vs. Pakistan
2 Nov: Sri Lanka vs. India & Maldives vs. Afghanistan
3 Nov: Nepal vs. Pakistan & Bhutan vs. Bangladesh
4 Nov: Maldives vs. Bangladesh & Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan
5 Nov: Bhutan vs. Afghanistan & Nepal vs. India
6 Nov: Group A winners vs. Group B Runners-up                          Group B winners vs. Group A Runners-up

The Nepali squad for this tournament is:

Nepal U-25 Team:

·       Paras Khadka (captain)

·       Gyanendra Malla (vice-captain)

·       Mahesh Chhetre

·        Anil Mandal

·        Sarad Vesawkar

·        Amrit Bhattarai

·        Binod Bhandari

·        Prithu Baskota

·        Rahul Viswokarma

·        Naresh Budayer

·        Pradeep Airee,

·        Krishna Karki

·       Bhuwan Karki and

·       Avinash Karn.

Hope Nepal will show a great performance in this tournament as Nepal is playing with top cricketing team like India, Pakistan and srilanka. It will be a wonderful learning experience for Nepali cricket team. Although Nepal may not win the tournament but the experience that Nepal will obtain from this tournament will help to take Nepali cricket into next level.