Sandeep, Aasif in prelimnary squad for U-19 Asia Cup

The U-19 cricket team selection committee has picked 52 players for the preliminary phase of training for the upcoming U-19 Asia Cup to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The selection committee comprising of ICC representative Venkatapathi Raju, national cricket team head coach Jagat Tamata, and U-19 coach Binod Das picked the players from talent hunt programs conducted across the country. The talent hunt programs were conducted in Biratnagar, Kathmandu, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi. The training camp will begin from Friday in the capital.

Out of 52 players, three players were selected from Biratnagar while nine players were selected from Kathmandu. Likewise, eight were picked from Bhairahawa while five players were chosen from Nepalgunj talent hunt program and 10 from Dhangadhi. Similarly, remaining eight players were chosen from the U-19 camp.

Sandeep Lamichhane was among the seven U-19 camp players picked up along with Dipendra Airee, Sandeep Sunar, Lalit Rajbanshi, Avinash Karn, Nandan Kumar Yadav, Sagar Bhandari and Kamal Airee. Lamichhane, Dipendra and Sunar were part of the team that competed in the 2016 U-19 World Cup in Bangladesh.

Nepal will lock horns against Test playing giants India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh along with Associate sides Afghanistan, Malaysia and Singapore.

FULL LIST OF PRELIMINARY SQUAD:

1. Avinash Karn (U19 Camp Player)

2. Mukund Yadav (Biratnagar)

3. Sandeep Dhungana (Biratnagar)

4. Firtosh Ansari (Biratnagar)

5. Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi (U19 Camp Player)

6. Md. Aasif Sheikh (Kalaiya)

7. Anil Kumar Sah (Kalaiya)

8. Aschal Tharu Chaudhary (Kalaiya)

9. Rijan Dhakal (Kalaiya)

10. Rashid Khan (Kalaiya)

11. Pawan Sharraf (Kalaiya)

12. Rit Gautam (Kathmandu)

13. Jitendra Singh Thakuri (Kathmandu)

14. Pradeep Tandon (Kathmandu)

15. Sundeep Johra (Kathmandu)

16. Aayushman Bam (Kathmandu)

17. Pranay Shah (Kathmandu)

18. Kamal Khatri (Kathmandu)

19. Palden Lama (Kathmandu)

20. Shuvankar Urao (Kathmandu)

21. Sandeep Sunar (U19 Camp Player)

22. Suman Pandey (Bhairahawa)

23. Rohit Poudel (Bhairahawa)

24. Dev Khanal (Bhairahawa)

25. Prakash KC (Bhairahawa)

26. Dhiraj Shahi (Bhairahawa)

27. Sah Alam (Bhairahawa)

28. Bikram Bhusal (Bhairahawa)

29. Ravindra Shahi (Nepalgunj)

30. Sushant Singh Thapa (Nepalgunj)

31. Pranit Thapa Magar (Nepalgunj)

32. Bijay Chaudhary (Nepalgunj)

33. Afzal Khan (Nepalgunj)

34. Dipendra Singh Airee (U19 Camp Player)

35. Lokesh Chand (Dhangadi)

36. Bhim Sharki (Dhangadi)

37. Roman Bam (Dhangadi)

38. Arjun Saud (Dhangadi)

39. Suraj Aier (Dhangadi)

40. Bipin Rawal (Dhangadi)

41. Anil Kumar Thapa (Dhangadi)

42. Kishore Mahato (Bhairahawa)

43. Nandan Kumar Yadav (U19 Camp Player)

44. Kamal SIngh Airee (U19 Camp Player)

45. Sagar Bhandari (U19 Camp Player)

46. Divyanshu Mallik (Kalaiya)

47. Bikram Thagunna (Dhangadi)

48. Mohammed Hussein (Kalaiya)

49. Anil Bishwakarma (Dhangadi)

50. Sandeep Lamichhane (U19 Camp Player)

51. Samsad Alam (Kalaiya)

52. Aman Panthi (Dhangadi)