CAN name U-19 preliminary squad
Cricket Association of Nepal on Tuesday announced 24 players for the closed-camp training for the ACC U-19 Elite Cup.
Those selected include Gyanendra Malla, U-17 captain Prithu Baskota, Antim Thapa, Sagar Khadka, Amrit Bhattarai, Rahul Kumar Bk, Rom Shrestha, Chandra Saud, Sunny Pun, Anupam Singh, Hasim Ansari, Rupesh Srivastav, Shahid Riza, Avinash Karn, Lal Bahadur Adhikari, Subash Pradhan, Jatta Shankar Sarraf, Akash Gupta, Pradeep Airee, Navin Shahi, Naresh Budayar, Akash Singh Pariyar, Anil Mandal and Subash Khakurel.
The preliminary squad was picked by a selection committee headed by Arun Kumar Aryal based on the performance in the recently concluded Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament.
The ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2009 is scheduled to be held in Kuwait from April 22 to May 1.
Nepal is in Group A along with Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia.
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