Cricket Canada (CC) will be hosting the Men’s national squad of Nepal from July 01st – 05th for a bi-lateral series comprising of two (2) matches in the 50-overs format. The last T20I meeting between both the nation’s came during the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Global qualifier A tournament held in Oman in February 2022, while the last List-A game between them took place in Namibia in 2018 during the final edition of WCL division 2 tournament. Nepal’s team will play two (2) warm-up games against an Ontario provincial team on 01st and 02nd July 2022 to prepare for the matches against the national squad.
Nepal Men’s team will travel to Scotland after the conclusion of the series to take part in their CWC League 2 ODI Tri-series, involving the host’s and Namibia. For Canada, the one-day games are part of their preparations for the upcoming 2nd round of CWC Challenge League A group tournament in July/August 2022, when they host Men’s teams from Denmark, Qatar, Malaysia, Vanuatu and Singapore.
Squads
Nepal: Sandeep Lamichhane (Captain), Rohit Paudel, Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Dev Khanal, Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Karan KC, Sompal Kami, Aasil Ansari, Bashir Ahamad, Kishor Mahato, Pawan Sarraf and Binod Bhandari
Canada: Saad bin Zafar (Captain), Rayyan Khan Pathan, Bhupinder Singh, Aaron Johnson, Harsh Thaker, Nicholas Kirton, Armaan Kapoor, Dilon Heyliger, Ammar Khalid, Salman Nazar, Romel Shahzad, Ubaybir Walia, Akhil Kumar and Shreyas Movva
Nepal Men’s tour of Canada Schedule
01st July 2022: Nepal vs Ontario Province – One-Day (Scorecard)
03rd July 2022: Nepal vs Ontario Province – T20 (Scorecard)
05th July 2022: Canada vs Nepal – 1st One-Day
06th July 2022: Canada vs Nepal – 2nd One-Day (Scorecard)
