Announcing a 30-member preliminary team including the players in action

KATHMANDU: DEC. 31 – The Nepal Cricket Association has named a preliminary team of 30 players for the World Twenty20 qualifiers. The preliminary team has been announced by the association, which includes four players who have taken action.

They will take part in the first round of closed training for the T20 World Cup qualifiers in Oman. No one has been chosen vice-captain of the Sandeep Lamichhane-led team. The team for the closed training has been chosen by the CAN selection committee in agreement with the newly appointed head coach Pubudu Dassanayake. Closed training will start from Saturday.

30 players selected:

Sandeep Lamichhane, Gyanendra Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Sharad Vesawkar, Karan KC, Sompal Kami, Mohammad Aarif Sheikh, Binod Bhandari, Kushal Malla, Kushal Bhurtel, Mohammad Aashif Sheikh, Kamals Singh Airee, Sahib Alam, Sandeep Jora, Abhinash Bohara, Sushan Bhari, Pawan Shararf, Bikram Sob, Bhim Sarki, Rohit Kumar Poudel, Pradeep Airee, Gulshan Kumar Jha, Nandan Yadav, Jitendra Mukhiya, Bivek Kumar Yadav, Saurabh Khanal, Rajesh Pulami Magar, Kishor Mahato, Sagar Dhakal and Hari Shankar Shah.