ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2013: CAN announce 15 Members Squad

Medium pacer Jitendra Mukhiya got a fresh call and wicketkeeper batsman Mahesh Chhetri made a comeback after two years as Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced a 15-member squad on Thursday for the ICC World T20 Qualifiers to be held in November in the UAE. Amrit Bhattarai, who was dropped during the ACC Emerging Teams Cup held in Singapore, also retained his place in the T20 squad.

All-rounder Prithu Banskota, medium pacers Ram Naresh Giri and Chandra Sawad, who were in the team in Singapore, are not included in the list of final 15 for the T20 Qualifiers. Banskota is undergoing a treatment and rehabilitation program after picking knee injury last month while Giri and Sawad are considered only as reserved players.

Chetri, who was not in the national team for any format since playing the ACC T20 Cup in 2011, made a comeback in the squad after putting up man-of-the-series performance in the recently concluded National T20 Tournament.

The 15-member squad led by captain Paras Khadka includes Gyanendra Malla as vice-captain. Sharad Veshawkar, Shakti Gauchan, Basant Regmi, Rahul Vishwakarma, Binod Bhandari, Pradeep Airee, Anil Mandal, Sagar Pun, Subash Khakurel and Avinash Karn are the other members of the team.
Off spinner Sanjam Regmi has been excluded once again and Prithu Baskota is missing out due to his ankle injury.
Nepal will feature in ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers in UAE November this year. Nepal are in group B along with arch rivals Afghanistan, Netherlands, Scotland, Bermuda, PNG, Denmark and Kenya.