Nepal Vs India Friendly Football Match: Match Preview and Head to Head

Nepalese football team will play against Indian side while people of Nepal will be casting vote for their favorite political parties here in Nepal.In the SAFF Championship Nepal had won against india in regular 90 minutes in home ground  by 2-1 and now will face India in Indian  home ground just 40 kilometers far from the Nepal Boarder Kakarbhitta.

Sagar thapa told  his team were looking forward to trump India again, for the second time in as many matches against the hosts.

“We want to play better than what we played at the South Asian Football Federation’s (SAFF) Chmapionship. We grinded out a 2-1 win and we want to do it better when we meet again on November 19th.” 

Though All Nepalese player had gathered for the training just a day before the Match Nepalese coach Jack stefenoski had trained seven members of the Squad in Kathmandu for more than a week. Seven Player who travelled from Kathmandu to Silguri are Ritesh Thapa, Tanka Basnet, Jitendra Karki, Rabin Shrestha, Bhola Silwal, Raju Tamang and Jumanu Rai. Other team mates will Join the Team from Sikkim who were there to play Sikkim Governer's Gold cup for their Club. Three player from the SAFF Championship have been changed as Bhola Silwal is in Army training while Bimal is in Kathmandu and Rohit Chand is in Netherland.Deepak Rai, Shiva Shrestha and Jitendra karki are new replacement of the Team.

In Other hand India is on fire after playing 1-1 draw against Philippines just three days before at the same Ground here India’s inspiring Captain Sunil Chhetri find the Equalizer for their Team. India will be looking to take the revenge of the Defeat they had in Nepal Two Months ago. The India will take this match seriously and is Training since long . India will be playing with the same squad as they played against Philippines.

Nepal Squad:
GK:Ritesh Thapa, Kiran Chemzong, Bishal Shrestha
DEF:Sagar Thapa (c) , Sandip rai, Jitendra Karki, Rabin Shrestha, Sabindra Shrestha, Biraj Maharjan
Mid Fielder: Tanka Basnet, Bhola Silwal, Raju Tamang , Jagjeet Shrestha, Bikram lama, Prakash Budathoki, Shiv Shrestha
Forward: Anil Gurung, Jumunu rai, Santosh Shahukhala, Deepak rai

Indian Squad:
GOALKEEPERS: Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar SC), Subhashish Roychowdhury (Dempo SC), Arindam Bhattacharya (Churchill Brothers).
 DEFENDERS: Denzil Franco (Churchill Brothers), Nicolau Colaco (Salgaocar SC), Arnab Mondal (East Bengal), Aibhorlang Khongjee (Mohun Bagan), Raju Gaikwad (East Bengal), Gurjinder Kumar (Pune FC), Narayan Das (Dempo SC).
 MIDFIELDERS: Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal), Lenny Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers), Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal), Arata Izumi (Pune FC), Francis Fernandes (Salgaocar SC), Clifford Miranda (Dempo SC), CK Vineeth (United SC, Victorino (Sporting Clube de Goa).
Head to Head
Nepal and India has a record of 14 matches where the host Nation has majority of wins(10), meanwhile Nepal won three time and one match has been ended draw but when it comes to last three head to head, the teams remains analogous with both wining 1 and a draw in Nehru cup.

Total : 14, India win : 10, Nepal Win : 3, Draw: 1

1985: SAF 0-2 LOST

1987: SAF 0-1 LOST

1989: SAF 1-2 LOST

1993: SAF 2-2 DRAWN (4-3 TB) WON

1993: SAARC Gold Cup 0-1 LOST

1995: SAF 0-3 LOST

1998: Asian Games 0-1 LOST

1999: SAF 0-4 LOST

2005: SAFF Championships 1-2 LOST

2006: AFC Challenge Cup 3-0 WON

2008: SAFF Championships 0-4 LOST

2009: SAFF Championships 0-1 LOST

2012: Nehru Cup 0-0 DRAWN

2013: SAFF Championship 2-1 won

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ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier: Scotland announced 15 members squad

Kyle Coetzer has declared himself fit to lead Scotland in the World T20 Qualifiers in the UAE in November.Coetzer, 29, missed the final six weeks of the season with Nothamptonshire with a wrist injury which also kept him out of Scotland's ODI with Australia and World Cricket League and Intercontinental Cup ties with Ireland.

With a batting average of 47.85, Coetzer is a key element of Scotland's line up and a large hole was left at the top of the order against Australia and Ireland.Coetzer will be joined in the UAE by fellow Northants player David Murphy, who helped his county win promotion in the County Championship and lift the Friends Life t20 title.

Young Sussex batsman Matt Machan, who made his Scotland debut earlier this season, is also in the squad for the qualifiers which begin on November 15 but 21-year-old Freddie Coleman is unavailable due to university studies.

Scotland, who have brought former England allrounder Paul Collingwood into their coaching set up, will fancy their chances of returning to a global tournament, with six qualifying places available for Bangladesh.
Paul Collingwood will be assisted by Craig Wright in  coaching team that is  going to add to the enhance the team's performance.

Scotland have been placed with Afghanistan, Nepal, Netherland, Denmark, PNG, Kenya and Bermuda.

Scotland squad for World T20 Qualifiers
Kyle Coetzer (capt), Preston Mommsen (out), Craig Wallace (In), Richie Berrington, Neil Carter, Matthew Cross, Gordon Goudie, Majid Haq, Moneeb Iqbal, Michael Leask, Matt Machan, Calum MacLeod, David Murphy, Safyaan Sharif, Robert Taylor, Iain Wardlaw.

Update: Peter Mommsen has been ruled out of the Tournament due to pelvic injury and he will be replaced by 23-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman Craig Wallace,who appeared in Scotland's previous World T20 qualifying campaign in 2012.

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ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier: Bermuda Announced 15 members Squad

38-year-old veteran Janeiro Tucker has been appointed Bermuda captain for next month's World T20 qualifier, for which they named a 15-man squad.
Bermuda aim to shrug off the one-hit wonder tag at the tournament as they target a place back at a major event for the first time since the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies - to date their only appearance at a global competition.
"I am happy to congratulate Janeiro Tucker on his appointment," Bermuda Cricket Board president Lloyd Fray said. "Janeiro has been an outstanding player at domestic and international level for a number of years and has a keen cricket mind. He is respected by the players and our community and is a proven leader on and off the cricket field.

"Many of us remember one of Bermuda's proudest moments in July 2005 when Bermuda qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. I hope that we all remember that is was Janeiro Tucker who was captain at that time, he had taken over the reins when Clay Smith was injured in an early match, and he lead our country to qualification. I hope that proves to be a lucky omen for our country in next month's tournament." Bermuda is placed with Afghanistan, Scotland, Netherland, Nepal,Papua New Guinea, Kenya and Denmark.
The squad will travel to Dubai on November 8 for two warm-up matches against Italy and Canada before their first qualifier in Group B against Scotland on November 15.

Bermuda squad for World T20 qualifier
Janeiro Tucker (capt), Dion Stovell, Kwame Tucker, Christian Burgess, David Hemp, Terryn Fray, Tre Manders, Christopher Douglas, Allan Douglas Jnr, Jacobi Robinson, Derrick Brangman, Lionel Cann, Malachi Jones, Kamau Leverock, Kamal Bashir

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ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2013: Canada announced 15 members Squad

Cricket Canada has named an experienced 15-man squad for next month's ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.Experienced Ashish Bagai will captain the team as they will attempt to qualify for the 2014 tournament in Bangladesh.

Bagai, Rizwan Cheema and Henry Osinde are among a clutch of 30-plus players, which also includes fast bowler Kenneth Kamyuka, who recently made his Canada debut four years after last playing for Uganda. Canada have not previously reached the World T20 but next year's expanded tournament means six teams from the Qualifier will progress. The two-week qualifying competition will begin on November 15, with Canada in Group A alongside Ireland, UAE, USA, Namibia, Italy, Hong Kong and Uganda, the country where both Osinde and Kamyuka grew up. Canada have scheduled a ten-day training camp in Sri Lanka beforehand, with matches against local first-class sides as well as a game against Scotland.

Canada Squad:

Ashish Bagai (captain), Jimmy Hansra (vice-captain), Hiral Patel, Harvir Baidwan, Damodar Daesrath, Jeremy Gordon, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Rizwan Cheema, Usman Limbada, Abzal Dean, Hamza Tariq, Henry Osinde, Raza Rehman, Junaid Siddiqui, Kenneth Kamyuka

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Champions Trophy 2013: India drop Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh for Champions Trophy

Opener Gautam Gambhir and middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh were axed while stumper Dinesh Karthik was rewarded for his good batting form with a berth in India's 15-member squad for next month's Champions Trophy in England.
Apart from Karthik, all-rounder Irfan Pathan, pacers Umesh Yadav and Vinay Kumar also made a comeback to the side announced BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale after a meeting of the selection committee on Saturday. The selection committee, headed by former cricketer Sandeep Patil, however, surprisingly picked Murali Vijay in the team ahead of the left-handed Gambhir. Vijay has not been in the best of form and has been dropped from even his IPL franchise, the Chennai Super Kings. 

 Pacer Ashok Dinda, who has been getting a lot of stick in the IPL, and batsman Ajinkya Rahane were also left out of the squad, which has Mahendra Singh Dhoni as captain for the event starting June 6. 

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra, performing well in the IPL, was also included in the team to complement Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin -- the two other specialist tweakers in the side.

Shikhar Dhawan, who made his Test debut with a breathtaking 187 against Australia recently, expectedly got the selectors' nod as the number one opener.

The national selectors sprung a surprise by sacking Gambhir, whose form has been patchy of late. He has scored 320 runs in 11 games in the ongoing IPL, including three half-centuries.

Gambhir has, however, been named in the probables' list for the tri-series in the West Indies, which will follow the Champions Trophy. In that list, six players -- Manoj Tiwary, Praveen Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Ambati Rayudu, Rahul Sharma and Gambhir -- were added to the 15 named for the Champions Trophy. 

Gautam Gambhi & Yuv raj Singh

Gambhir's omission did come as a surprise, particularly after his long-time partner Virender Sehwag was not even included in the 30-member probables list.

Clearly, the selectors are looking to blood in young openers keeping in view the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Yuvraj's ouster was not entirely unexpected considering that the left-hander has not been in the best of form in the ongoing IPL.

Yuvraj has been without a half-century in his eight IPL matches for Pune Warriors, managing just 156 runs at an average of 22.28 with the best being a 34.

Considering the seam-friendly conditions in England, the selectors have opted for five pace bowlers with Ishant Sharma spearheading the attack.

The squad has five specialist batsmen in Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Vijay and Dhawan, while Dhoni and Karthik are the two wicketkeeper-batsmen.

In Gambhir's absence, Dhawan and Vijay are likely to be the opening combination though Karthik could also be an option since there are just two specialist openers in the squad.

India and South Africa are scheduled to kick off the contest on June 6 at the Sophia Gardens at Cardiff, Wales in a Group B match.

India will then take on the West Indies at the Kennington Oval in London on June 11 before concluding the four-team group engagement on June 15 against archrivals Pakistan at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka form Group A.

The top two teams from each group would progress to the semi-finals scheduled on June 19 and 20 at the Kennington Oval and Sophia Gardens respectively with the winners advancing to the June 23 final to be played at Edgbaston.

This would be the first international engagement for the Indian team after the conclusion of the four-Test series against Australia on March 24.

Indian Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt.), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Irfan Patan, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Vinay Kumar.

ICC world Cricket League Division III 2013: Team Profiles, Squad and Analysis

For six Associate and Affiliate sides, the latest step on the road to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand is about to commence in Bermuda. It is in Bermuda that Italy, Nepal, Oman, Uganda, USA and the host will come together this weekend (28 April) to compete in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3.

For the six teams competing, the tournament offers more than the chance to lift the trophy of a global event – it also offers the opportunity to advance to the ICC's flagship global event, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.The top two sides will progress to the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which will be held in New Zealand in 2014 and feature 10 of the leading Associate and Affiliate teams. The top two sides from the qualifying event will then advance to the 14-team ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, where they will compete against the 10 Full Members on a global stage in Australia and New Zealand. Nepal along with host Bermuda, Uganda, Italy, USA and Oman are playing League Matches from April 28 to May 5 in Bermuda. Here yours favorite sports portal from Nepal www.anantasports.com is bringing you the Team profile, Analysis and Squad for all the Cricket Lovers. 

Team Nepal: 

Team Nepal is the onlyTeam of the Tournament where all the players are of Pure Nepalese Origin. Nepal Looks strong and toughest opponent to all the Teams who are expecting to secure the Top two Positions. Nepal’s recent form in Cricket is amazing as Nepal won ACC Elite Trophy 2012 along with UAE, secured second position in recently held ACC T20 Cup 2013 after losing against Afghanistan and became Champion of Division IV 2012. On the Leadership of inspiring captain Paras Khadka and Coach Pubudu Nepal is able to beat any team. The major problem of Nepalese team is their consistency along with poor fast Bowling attack. Nepal’s strongest point is their spin attack and batting Line up where every batsman are able to score. Nepal has been new to Bermuda and hope they can perform better there. We will like to convey our best wishes to Team Nepal
Squad:Paras Khadka (captain), Pradeep Airee, Prithu Baskota, Binod Bhandari, Amrit Bhattarai, Shakti Prasad Gauchan, Subash Prasa Khakurel, Gyanendra Malla, Anil Kumar Mandal, Basant Regmi, Sanjam Regmi, Chandra Sawad, Sharad Vesawkar and Rahul Kumar Vishwakarma 
Team USA: 

Team USA had already played ICC World cup However, this team has been in decline since they played ICC world Cup. A team always known for its attacking batsman, US has made a surprising decision to leave out their Mr. Consistant Aditya Thagyarajan and a premier bowler Usman Shuja. Regional rival USA is arriving in Bermuda on the back of its successful campaign at the ICC Americas Division 1 2013, where it won all of its matches to finish the event undefeated. USA won promotion to WCL Division 3 after finishing second in WCL Division 4 in September 2012.
   USA captain Steve Massiah says his team is focused on finishing in the top two for a number of reasons. "WCL Division 3 is something that many players in US cricket have had as an ambition to participate in for some time now. It is important to win promotion to ensure that the future of cricket in our country is strong and moving forward. I will do my very best to achieve the ultimate goal of progressing to the next stage of qualification." The 33-year-old, who was born in Guyana, believes that his side is well prepared for the event. "Our preparation for the tournament has been thorough and the team is looking forward to improving our professionalism on and off the ground."

Squad: Steve Massiah (captain), Danial Ahmed, Timroy Allen, Orlando Baker, Barrington Bartley, Akeem Dodson, Muhammad Asad Ghous, Elmore Hutchinson, Naseer Jamali, Rashard Marshall, Neil Mcgarrell, Sushil Nadkarni, Japen Patel and Steven Taylor

Team Italy:

Italy is the Combination of the different Nationals by the Origin as there is only one pure Italian player in the Team.Italy can be the toughest opponent of Nepal but it is single performer than the Team. Given the maverick nature of US, experts think Italy as favorites to qualify for next stage. A team of good fielders and all-rounders, Italy have a better head to head against USA. Squad: Alessandro Bonora (captain), Damian Graham Crowley, Gayashan De Silva Munasinghe, Luis Di Giglio, Dilan Fernando Arsakulasuriya, Fida Hussain, Dinidu Marage, Damian Muthunamagonnage Fernando, Andrew Northcote, Hayden Patrizi Dell'agnello, Vincenzo Pennazza, Peter Petricola, Michael Raso and Carl Sandri

Team Bermuda -

Bermuda is not what it used to be. The relentless decline since the hey days of 2007 could see a new low for them - a relegation to div 4. Noted player like Hemp, Jones & Leverock have all not fired in recent years. The strongest part of the team is that they are playing at home ground and are known to the condition there. Stephen Outerbridge, captain of the host team, says his team is firmly focused on a top two finish. "The team recognizes the importance of finishing in the top two of WCL Division 3 if they have aspiration of playing in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup," he said.The 29-year-old is looking forward to the opportunity to display the great game as well as his side's skills on home soil. "As recently appointed captain of Bermuda I think this is a great opportunity for my team to showcase its talents on home soil with the support of family, friends and supporters. I am grateful for the trust that has been bestowed in me. I hope to deliver success for my team and country at this tournament."

In 2012, Bermuda finished 13th at the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE, and, more recently, it finished second in the ICC Americas Division 1 2013. The right-hander believes his team can continue building on these results. "I hope that everyone has learned from our previous disappointments, which should help us put together a string of positive team performances going forward."Squad: Stephen Outerbridge (captain), Jason Anderson, Lionel Cann, Jekon Edness, Treadwell Gibbons, David Hemp, Malachi Jones, Greg Maybury, Tre Manders, Delray Rawlins, Jacobi Robinson, Curt Stovell, Rodney Trott and Janeiro Tucker
Team Uganda -

A very new team for Nepal and they have finished second to Kenya in recently held ICC T20 World cup Regional Qualifier from Africa. A consistant performer in Africa region, Uganda, inspite of not being as good as few yrs back, can still pose few problems to major teams. Not worthy of a king but can be a king maker or even breaker. So Every team should be cautious against Africanteam Uganda.
Squad: Davis Arinaitwe (captain), Benjamin Musoke, Roger Mukasa, Laurence Sematimba, Frank Nsubuga, Brian Masaba, Arthur Kyobe, Charles Waiswa, Michael Ndiko, Deusdedit Muhumuza, Henry Senyondo, Arthur Ziraba, Jonathan Sebanja and Richard Okia

Team Oman - 

Arguably the least likely team to clinch the qualification. Still getting fruits from the good tress planted in mid 2000s. Zeeshan Siddique, the top-order batsman cum leg spinner is a definite watch out. Oman, which is returning to WCL Division 3 after finishing third in the event in 2011, has also arrived in Bermuda and captain Vaibhav Wategaonkar is looking forward to the event. He said: "This tournament means a lot to me, as I'm captaining the national side for the first time, and also it means a lot for the whole team.
"It's a big and very important opportunity for us. If we qualify for the WCL Qualifier 2014, then we will get the chance to play against WCL Championship teams, and playing against them is an enriching experience and also it helps us to show our talent on a bigger cricketing platform," Wategaonkar continued.The left-hander says his side has the skill to do well at WCL Division 3. "We are a good side, a very talented side."Squad: Vaibhav WATEGAONKAR (c), Sultan AHMED, Syed Amir ALI, Munis ANSARI, Ghazanfar IQBAL, Syed Aamir KALEEM, Ajay LALCHETA, Sufyan MAHMOOD, Hemal MEHTA, Nileshkumar PARMAR, Abishek RAMESH, Rajesh RANPURA, Zeeshan SIDDIQUI, Jatinder SINGH

IPL 6 2013 Live Stream: Watch Live streaming of Royal Challengers Banglore Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

Heading into their first away match of IPL 2013, Royal Challengers Bangalore may start favourites but Sunrisers Hyderabad, with a victory as well in their opening game, showed they can be tough and determined opponents. 
How formidable the Sunrisers' challenge will be depends largely on their batting order. With the exception of Thisara Perera, nobody really managed to take charge of the innings after getting a start. Against Royal Challengers, they will be tested against a stronger bowling attack. 
Chris Gayle is fit for Royal Challengers after limping through a good part of his match-winning innings in their first game. Gayle, again, had a huge influence on his team's fortunes, but he could have done with more support during his unbeaten 92. He and Virat Kohli added 25 before Royal Challengers slipped to 80 for 5. Only KB Arun Karthik gave him company of any significance. Getting Gayle early offers Sunrisers' bowlers a strong chance of containing Royal Challengers. 

On Sunday, Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan will be up against Dale Steyn and Ishant Sharma on a track that could likely play the way it did in the low-scorer between Sunrisers and Pune Warriors. Royal Challengers would have noted Steyn's dominance in his first spell but playing Perera and Amit Mishra could prove just as challenging. 

Players to watch Amit Mishra, the second-highest wicket-taker in the IPL, has bowled fairly consistently through the IPLs. Against Warriors, he brought out his variations to stifle the batsmen. Royal Challengers have good players of spin in Dilshan and Virat Kohli and as the lead spinner in the side, Mishra will have to shoulder the responsibility of keeping the opposition in check. 
Tillakaratne Dilshan took the IPL by storm in 2009, scoring 418 runs for Delhi Daredevils. Since his shift to Royal Challengers, he's been an important member of the line-up, scoring more than 500 runs in 20 games. He would no doubt have rued the shot that got him out against Mumbai Indians, but with two centuries and a half-century in his last five innings, Dilshan will be eager to put that start behind him and get going in IPL 2013. 

Stats and trivia Royal Challengers have won just one out of their last four matches in Hyderabad. Their last victory in Hyderabad was in 2008. 
With three wickets in the last match against Mumbai Indians, R Vinay Kumar became the first Royal Challengers bowler to get to 50 wickets. He now has 52 wickets from 49 matches at an average of 26.07 for his side. His overall tally in the

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ACC T20 Cup 2013 Nepal: Title Contenders of the Tournament

The fourth ACC T20 Cricket Tournament, the second to be played in Nepal is set to start this Tuesday 26^th March 2013.

Two teams that will go through to the ICC WorldTwenty20 Qualifier in November shall be decided through a week and a half of the Cricketing fiesta.

Three-times winners Afghanistan have pre-qualified as an ODI nation and UAE are also through as hosts of the November qualifier. This leaves two places up for grabs. Two teams from the qualifiers will enter the T20 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh in March 2014. With Afghanistan and UAE already in the qualifiers, Nepal and Hong Kong seem the most likely to make the top two.

Even though Afghanistan and UAE are here in Nepal with not their absolute best XI however, with the high level of cricket the players from the two countries are exposed to, they are still one of the prime contenders. And the only other team except Nepal and Hong Kong that can challenge these two squads is last year’s Semi Finalist Oman.

If everything goes as it should ACC T20 looks like a 4 team race: Nepal, Afghanistan, UAE and Hong Kong.

1. AFGHANISTAN:

Already in the qualifiers, Afghanistan has nominated a strange side composed of some very experienced campaigners and some totally unseen faces.

Despite of losing some of their best players to what some news cite ‘injury’ and ‘squad rotations’ Afghanistan are still a team to be much feared of. Afghanistan players play tough cricketing tournaments with much better teams then ones on display in ACC T20. Even the most inexperienced players in the squad have gained ample experience with Pakistan Domestic League.

Afghanistan have only 6 of the top notch players in the 14 men squad leaving experienced batsmen like Nawroz Mangal, Shabbir Noori, and their opening specialist at T20 and wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad Mohammadi. However they still have dependable shoulders of Mohammad Nabi and Gulbadin Naib. Karin Sadiq shall stay behind the wickets for Shahzad.

The fared fast bowling of Afghan side is weak this year. The fast bowling department will be lead by spearhead Shapoor Zadran and young Aftab Alam.

Batin Shah, Mohammad Nasim and Fazal Rahman are new faces in the torunament, all debutants to the international Cricket.

Afghanistan Squad:
Mohammad Nabi, Karim Sadiq, Gulbadin Naib, Shapoor Zadran, Aftab Alam, Najibullah Zadran, Nasim Baras, Batin Shah, Mohammad Nasim, Fazal Rahman, Hazma Hotak, Najibullah Zadran

ACC T20 2011 : Winner

Players to Watch Out For:

In form Gulbadin Naib, who recently scored a century against Pakistan A side in a friendly One Day match. Naib rose to fame amongst Associate fans with his blistering 44 of 32 against England in the World Cup.

Mohammad Nabi will have a important role to play as a captain and his valuable bowling and hard hitting batting.

Shahpoor Zadran is sure to ask some questions to the batsmen with his fast bowling. He troubled all the teams in the last year’s tournament.

2. HONG KONG:

Compared to last year’s squad Honk Kong has a weaker side, missing players like Munir Dar.

Placed in group A along with Nepal, Hong Kong always has consistent performance against all the elite teams of the Asian Region including Nepal, UAE, and Afghanistan and is taken as a strong contender for the tournament.

Last year’s finalist Hong Kong have a pretty balanced side lead by young James Atkinson. James Atkinson, Vice captain Waqas Barkat and hard hitting Irfan Ahmed intensify Hong Kong’s batting line up.

Aziaz Khan with Daljeet Singh shall lead the fast bowling department.

Hong Kong flew to Sri Lanka to play matches with the local teams for the preparation of the tournament, once Nepal’s usual schedule before any big tournament.

Hong Kong Squad:
James Atkinson (Captain), Waqas Barkat (Vice Captain), Tanwir Afzaal, Irfan Ahmed, Nadeem Ahmed, Babar Hayat, Mudassar Hussain, Aizaz Khan, Nizakat Khan, Courtney Kruger, Anshuman Rath, Karan Shah, Daljeet Singh, Manjinder Singh

ACC T20 2011: Finalist

Players to Watch Out:

James Atkinson has a weird record on his name in ODI, he is the first player born in 1990s to play ODI as he debuted against Pakistan in 2008 Asia Cup. He is a exquisite batsmen and has been praised for his cool temperament.

Irfan Ahmed and Courtney Kruger along with vice Captain Waqus Barkat will have important roles to play in Hong Kong’s performance.

3. UAE(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES):
UAE squad is full of players having plenty of experiences in List A and First Class Cricket but the players in the squad haven’t been part of much T20 action. (This is also due to the fact that they did not qualify for last year’s World Cup Qualifiers played in their home soil).
UAE seems to be the weaker of the 4 looking at their T20 experience and the experienced List A and First Class Cricketers shall have a point to prove when they play in the shorter version of the game.

UAE Squad:
Ahmed Raza(Captain), Rohan Mustafa, Wasim Bari, Bakhtiyar Hamid, Amjad Ali, Arshad Ali,Sandip Patil, Faizan Asif,Sandeep Silva, Mohammad Azam, Swapnil Patil, Amjad Javed,Adil Reyel, Abdul Shakoor, Fayyaz Ahmed

ACC T20 2011: Group Stage

Players to Watch For: 

Amjad Ali in last year’s tournament scored two half centuries one against Malayasia and other against Finalist Hong Kong .
Amjad Javed experienced List A player with average over 30 shall have important role to play in UAE’s ACC T20 Quest.

Shadeep Silva, slow left arm orthodox bowler is the lead wicket taker for UAE in T20.

4. NEPAL:
Second time host and a team in high spirit, Team Nepal are prime favorites. With standards rising across the region, and recent results in both ICC (Divison 4 Champions) and ACC (ACC Elite Cup Champions)events cite Nepal as strong contenders for a qualifying spot if not the champions spot itself.

ACC T20 2011: Semi- Finalist

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Nepal Vs Pakistan Friendly:Nepal Head Coach Jack Stefanowski Announces 31-Member Preliminary Squad

Nepal head Coach Jack Stefanowski & assistant coach Richard have announced a 31-member preliminary Nepal National team squad in a program held at ANFA complex, Satdobato. The 31 players are

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GK: Kiran Limbu, Ritesh Thapa, Bikesh Kuthu

DF: Rohit Chand, Sagar Thapa, Sandip Rai, Bijaya Dhimal, Jitendra Karki, Rabin Shrestha, Biraj Maharjan, Sabindra Shrestha, Saroj Dahal,

MF: Anil Ojha, Bhola Silwal, Bijaya Gurung, Bikram Lama, Ganesh Khadka, Jagjeet Shrestha, Nawayug Shrestha, Nirajan Khadka, Rajendra Rawal, Raju Tamang, Sulav Maskey

FW: Amar Dongol, Anil Gurung, Bharat Khawas, Bishal Rai A, Chetan Ghimire, Dipak Rai, Santosh Sahukhala, Jumanu Rai

Head Coach: Jack Stefanowski

Assistant Coach: Richard Orlowski

GK Coach: Mrigendra Mishra

Team Physio: Dejib Thapa

Coach Stefanowski said that his coaching staffs selected the team on the basis of players' hard work in training session.

"We have 31 players and we will evaluate them well in Pakistan friendly series and Thailand trip", Stefanowski said, "Our priority is AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers. We will use players in Pakistan friendly series".

Hope these two coaches will be able to find new striker from this team and bring the glory back for Nepalese football Fan.

Nepal Vs Pakistan Friendly : Statistical report.

 Nepal will be playing a pair of friendly match with Pakistan on February 6 and 9 at Dashrath Rangashala, Kathmandu. The match will be the process for development for both the teams who are participating in the group matches of AFC Challenge cup qualifiers. Nepal will be hosting group D matches at Kathmandu while Pakistan will be participating the qualifiers which will be held in Kyrgyzstan in March. Both Teams belong to South Asia and have Nearly equal potential. Nepal are physically weak but technically Strong while Pakistan are physically Strong and technically weak. Lets have statistical analysis on both the teams. 

Nepal Vs Pakistan

Nepal- Last 5 Matches - D, L, D, L, L 
Nepal 1-1 Bangladesh(Friendly Match) 
Nepal 0-2 Syria(Nehru cup) 
India 0-0 Nepal(Nehru cup) 
Cameroon 5-0 Nepal(Nehru cup) 
Nepal 1-2 Maldives(Nehru Cup) 

Pakistan Last 5 Matches -L,D,D,DD 

Pakistan 0-0 Bangladesh(World Cup Qualifiers) Bangladesh 0-0 Pakistan (SAFF Championship) 
Maldives 0-0 Pakistan(SAFF championship) 
Nepal 1-1 Pakistan(SAFF Championship) 
Singapore 4-0 Pakistan(Friendly Match) 

Stats	Nepal	Pakistan
FIFA Ranking	170	189
Highest FIFA Ranking	124	141
First International Match	China PR(6-2 Defeat),1972	Iran(5-1 Defeat),1950
Best International Match	7-0 Win(Bhutan),1999	7-0 Win(Thailand),1960
Poorest International Match	16-0 Loss(South Korea)	9-1 Loss(Iran)

Nepal Vs Pakistan – Head To Head 

Nepal 1-1 Pakistan(SAFF Championship, 2011) Pakistan 4-1 Nepal(SAFF Championship, 2008) 
All Time: Played 12, Nepal 5, Pakistan 4, draw 3.

ACC T20 Elite Cup 2013:CAN calls 37 players for closed camp

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has called 37 cricketers for closed camp training for ACC T20 Elite Cup and ICC World Cricket League Division 3 tournaments. 

CAN called 35 players based on their performances in the Pepsi Standard Chartered One-Day and T20 National Tournaments held last month. Two other players – former captain Binod Das and Saurav Khanal – earned call-up based on their performances at international level in recent past. The duo had missed the national tournaments due to injuries. “National squad and ‘Nepal A’ team would be formed from the pool of players called for the closed camp,” states a press release issued by CAN on Sunday. Intresting fact about the team is that the record holder all rounder Mehaboob Alam is not in the team. 

Paras Khadka, Paresh Lohani, Sharad Vesawkar, Subash Khakurel, Sunam Gautam, Prithu Banskota, Gyanendra Malla, Amrit Bhattarai, Basant Regmi and Shakti Gauchan have been called for the closed camp.

Similarly, Sanjam Regmi, Manjeet Shrestha, Puspa Thapa, Kumar Thapa, Amit Shrestha, Avinash Karn, Naresh Raj Giri, Jitendra Mukhiya, Rajesh Pulami, Prakash Bista, Sagar Pun, Krishna Karki, Nischal Chaudhary, Fajlur Rahman Khan, Binod Bhandari, Bhuwan Karki, Naresh Budhayer, Pradeep Airee, Chandra Saud, Mahendra Chand, Yagyaman Kumal, Anil Mandal, Sanjog Karna, Hari Shankar Shah and Rahul BK have also been named in the list for closed camp.

None of the players from Region No. 5 (Nepalgunj) made it to the 37-member list.

The ACC T20 Elite Cup — the qualifying tournament for the World T20 Qualifiers — is scheduled to be held in Kathmandu from March 24 to April 3, while ICC World Cricket League Division 3 will be held in Bermuda from April 28 to May 5.

Red Bull A Division League: Team Profile Nepal Police Club

Nepal Police Club is another name of Nepali football and they have the best history in the League History of Nepal. Nepal Police Club formerly known as Mahendra Police Club is departmental police football club of Nepal. 1952 and named after King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev and the name have been changed to Nepal Police club after Nepal was declared Republic. Nepal Police Club was the team that represent the Nepal in last year’s AFC president cup as the league winner. 

Cops, who were beaten by LH MMC in the semifinals of Ncell Cup and who bowed out from the first match in 2nd Safal Pokhara Cup, are niggled down by number of injuries 
The star players like Jumanu Rai, Bhola Silwal and Suman Subedi are struggling with knee injuries while there are no injury updates in the Iceberg MYA side. 
“Jumanu, Bhola and Suman are not fully recovered. They are struggling with knee injuries”, NPC coach Birat Krishna Shrestha told Media.
“But we are the team which can play in any situation”, Shrestha said, “We have proved in many tournaments when we were in difficult situations”.

“I feel proud with my players because they work really hard on the pitch”, Shrestha said

Jumanu, Bhola and Suman are injured and are doubtful against Iceberg MYA

Coach Shrestha was also worried about his bench strength.

“We have to play 15 games and we don’t have strong team bench”, Shrestha said

Kit and Jersy

Cops have home jersy red and Away Jersy Blue

Home colours

Away colours

Key Player 

Jumanu Rai one of the prominent striker of nepals football team and currently injured can turned the match on Nepal's side. Though he looks away from gola in international matches he played for nepal he turned out to be the most succesful striker in the club side and domestic matches. His national career started when he made a debut match against Bangladesh in AFC Challenge Cup 2006 and since then he has been a goal machine to National team who can’t be stopped from scoring a goal against opponents. His club career is as well successful with Nepal Police Club where he takes number 11 jersey in offence position where he has been a real threat to opponent defense.

Jumanu Rai 

SQUAD

GK
Ritesh Thapa
DF
Rabin Shrestha
MF
Bhola Silwal

FW
Jumanu Rai

Rakesh Shrestha

DF
Suman Subedi

DF
Deependra Poudel

MF
Parbat Panday

MF
Yogesh Shrestha

MF
Pankaj Shahi
Roshan Karki
Bishal Shrestha
Lil Bahadur Rai
Suraj Bishwokarma
Ramesh Rai
Ramesh Katwal
Bharat Shah
Dilip Rai
Rupesh K. Chaudhary

Red Bull A Division League: Team Profile LH Manang Marshyangdi Team

Manang Marshyangdi Club is a Nepali professional football club based in Swayambhu, Kathmandu, known as MMC is one of the most popular sports club in Nepal, which plays in the town of Katmandu. The club is one of the most successful soccer club in Nepalese football, in terms of trophies won by a Nepali club. They share the top spot for winning National League along with Ranipokhari Corner Team (RCT), winning 6 National Leagues each. 

This season High flying LH Manang Marshyangdi is expected to leave no stone unturned to start the Red Bull A Division League. Having won Ncell Cup football tournament and 2nd Safal Pokhara Cup football tournament in a month gap, Manange are looking highly motivated ahead of the championship.

The coach of LH MMC, Krishna Thapa looks excited to start new chapter with the club.
“I am ready for the new chapter. We won Ncell Cup and 2nd Safal Pokhara Cup but that is past now. We have to focus on present. I am happy that my boys kept their fitness level intact during festive break”, Thapa said.

“We are excited to open the campaign in a brighter note and I think we just need to maintain our tempo to sideline Sankata Club”, added Thapa. 

Manange celebrating their win in style 

“We will play an offensive game against Sankata”, coach Thapa added, “I have told my boys to take the match seriously”. Jersy and Kits:
For much of Manang's history, their home colours have been sky blue&white shirts as they use Argentinian soccer team jerseys and white shorts, though this has not always been the case. 
Their current colours are: 
Jerseys : Blue & White/Green & White/Red Shorts : Black & White/Green & White /Red Socks : Sky Blue/ Green/ Red 

fully blue

sky blue with white

green with white

Key player 
Anil Gurung is a Nepali international football player who made headlines when he was selected for a trial for Chelsea reserve team and Woking F.C in England. Sahara Club, Nepal and Sahara Football Club, UK jointly initiated the trial-selection process. Previously, Anil was called by Shillong Lajong FC His contract with Lajong made him the highest paid Nepali footballer. e is generally deployed as striker with another player in the 4-4-2 formation but
can act as player maker.He can score and bring joy for the club fans.

Anil Gurung 

LH MMC will face Sankata Club in its First match of this season league. 

Match: LH MMC Vs CMG Sankata 
Venue: Dasrath Stadium

Date : 20 Nov 2012
Time: Tuesday 2:30 PM

Current Squad:
No.PositionPlayer
1 GK Bishal Shrestha
2 DF Sanjay Gurung
3 DF Sandip Rai
5 DF Ganesh Thapa Magar
6 MF Anatole Tsierry Zambo
7 MF Amir Shrestha
8 MF Shiva Shrestha
9 MF Dan Ito
10 FW Anil Gurung
11 MF Sujal Shrestha
12 FW Rungri Hang Rai
13 DF Pasang Lama
14 FW Nirajan Malla
15 FW Yugal kishor rail
17 FW Ram Thapa
18 MF Shayan Mosavi
19 MF Mbile Leonel Stephen (Chico)
20 MF Nirajan Khadka
21 MF Sulov Maskey
23 MF Sulman Ageyo
24 DF Noah Brice