KATHMANDU: An 18-member squad was picked up for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers (Asia region) slated for October 9-15 in Hong Kong.

The panel of coaches Jagat Tamatta, Binod Das and Raju Basnet selected the players who were under closed-camp training.

Rubina Chhetri, Sita Rana Magar, Kajol Shrestha, Shova Ale, Nary Thapa Magar, Neera Rajopadhyay, Roshani Bohara, Sabnam Rai, Laxmi Chaudhary, Sangita Rai, Indu Barma, Jyoti Pandey, Saraswati Chaudhary, Anuradha Chaudhary, Rashmi Sharma, Nirmala Shahi, Karuna Bhandari and Sarita Magar made it to the squad.

Coach Basnet informed the final 14 players will be announced by September 27.

There were 24 cricketers in the closed camp training.

Nepal will play against Hong Kong, Thailand and China in the qualifiers.

Team finishing at the top after double round robin matches will earn berth in the global qualifiers.