Cricket team leaves for Namibia

March 18, 2006
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The Nepalese national cricket team has left for Hiendhoek, Namibia to play in the ICC Inter-Continental Cup play-off match against Namibia from March 23-26.

National Sports Council (NSC) member secretary Kishor Bahadur Singh bade farewell to the 15-member cricket team led by vice-president of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) Shree Niwas Rana and coach Roy Luke Dias.

Nepal needs to win the match to qualify as the eighth team while a draw would ensure Namibia’s berth.

Dias was sure to win against Namibia to sketch new ray of hopes of Nepalese cricket in the international arena. “This is a big chance for Nepalese cricket to get through to the international arena. I am sure my boys wont waste the opportunity,” he said.

The squad is as follows:

Binod Das (captain), Shakti Gauchan (vice captain), Paresh Lohani, Dhirendra Chand, Kanishka Chaugain, Raj Kumar Pradhan, Sharad Vesawkar, Gyanendra Malla, Amir Akhtar, Manoj Katuwal, Raju Basnyat, Mehboob Alam and Basanta Regmi.