Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) have announced that the players involved in the men’s closed camp training at Tribhuvan University ground in Nepal will compete in a triangular one-day series from December 27th – 30th, 2020 at Gautam Buddha International Stadium in Chitwan.
The selected players will be part of the three teams, namely Bagmati, Rapti and Narayani. The teams will play each other in a single round-robin group stage, before the top two teams meet each other in the final.
Nepal Men’s national squad have a busy calendar in 2021-2022, with most of their CWC League 2 Tri-series scheduled to take place at home and abroad (subject to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions and regulations). The one-day domestic tournament will provide much required game-time in the middle for the senior squad members and the upcoming domestic talent, with spots on offer in the top and middle-order in the team.
Gautam Buddha Cup Schedule
Gautam Buddha Squads
Bagmati: Gyanendra Malla (Captain), Anil Shah, Sompal Kami, Rashid Khan, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sagar Dhakal, Rohit Kumar Paudel, Pawan Sharaff, Sunil Dhamala, Bikram Sob, Pradeep Airee, Bhim Sharki, Aakash Thapa & Sangarsha Paudel
Narayani: Paras Khadka (Captain), Subhash Khakurel, Karan KC, Kishor Mahato, Sushan Bhari, Shahab Alam, Aarif Sheikh, Sandeep Jora, Rit Gautam, Siddhant Lohani, Ishan Pandey, Raju Rijal, Dipesh Shrestha & Vivek Yadav
Rapti: Binod Bhandari (Captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Avinash Bohara, Kamal Airee, Surya Tamang, Bhuwan Karki, Sharad Vesawkar, Lokesh Bam, Aasif Sheikh, Jitendra Mukhiya, Amit Shrestha, Sumit Mahajan, Hari Chauhan & Swapnil Adhikari
