Nepali
national cricket team on Tuesday left for Bermuda to participate in the Pepsi
ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 scheduled to start from April 28 to
May 5, 2013.
The
team comprising 14 players and five officials flew to Bermuda after getting
visa from the British High Commission in New Delhi. The team’s travel to
Bermuda was uncertain until yesterday as the players did not get transit visa
promptly. The team left via India.
The
Nepali squad is comprised of Paras Khadka (captain), Pradeep Airee, Prithu
Baskota, Binod Bhandari, Amrit Bhattarai, Shakti Prasad Gauchan, Subash Prasad
Khakurel, Gyanendra Malla, Anil Kumar Mandal, Basant Regmi, Sanjam Regmi,
Chandra Sawad, Sharad Vesawkar and Rahul Kumar Vishwakarma.
Similarly,
officials include Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) vice-president Tarini
Bikram Shah as team manager and Raman Siwakoti as technical analyst, coach
Pubudu Dassanayake, CAN president Tanka Angbuhang and a Subramaniam (Physio).
Nepal,
Italy, Oman, Uganda, the USA and host Bermuda will compete not only for the
opportunity to finish in the top two of the event, but to win the chance to
advance all the way to the ICC’s flagship event, the ICC Cricket World Cup
2015, according to International Cricket Council (ICC).
The
leading two sides from WCL Division 3 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, to be held in Australia and New Zealand, where they
will compete against the ten Full Members on a global stage.
Pepsi
ICC WCL Division 3 will be played on three grounds: National Sports Stadium,
St. David’s and Somerset CC.
Nepalnews.com
Fixture
|
27
April
|
Practice
|
|
28
April
|
Bermuda v Uganda (National
Sports Stadium)
Italy v Oman (St. David’s) Nepal v USA (Somerset CC) |
|
29
April
|
Italy v USA (National
Sports Stadium)
Bermuda v Oman (St. David’s) Nepal v Uganda (Somerset CC) |
|
1
May
|
Uganda v Italy (National
Sports Stadium)
Bermuda v Nepal (St. David’s) Oman v USA (Somerset CC) |
|
2
May
|
Nepal v Oman (National
Sports Stadium)
USA v Uganda (St. David’s) Bermuda v Italy (Somerset CC) |
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4
May
|
Bermuda v USA (National
Sports Stadium)
Nepal v Italy (St. David’s) Uganda v Oman (Somerset CC) |
|
5
May
|
Final (National
Sports Stadium)
3rd v 4th Play-off (St. David’s) 5th v 6th Play-off (Somerset CC) |