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Nepal's national cricket team departs for Sri Lanka

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Photo courtesy: CAN/Twitter

KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 1

The Nepali national cricket team has departed for Sri Lanka today as part of their preparation for the ICC World Cup League-2.

The team, which recently returned from a two-week training camp at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, India, left for Sri Lanka to continue their preparations. According to the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), the Nepali team is scheduled to play a series of practice matches against Sri Lanka's Development Team over three days.

The practice matches are set for September 3, 5, and 7.

The Nepali squad includes Captain Rohit Kumar Poudel, Deependra Singh Airee, Sandeep Lamichhane, Aasif Sheikh, Anil Shah, Dev Khanal, Bhim Sarki, and Aarif Sheikh, as stated by CAN.

Additional team members are Kushal Malla, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Rijan Dhakal, Lalit Rajbanshi, Aakash Chand, Sagar Dhakal, Sandeep Zora, Kushal Bhurtel, and Arjun Saud, according to the country's official cricket governing body.