CAN drops Raju again

Himalayan News Service

Kathmandu, April 6:

Cricket Association of Nepal today called 26 cricketers for a closed-camp to prepare for the upcomong ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament to be held in April-May. Nepal will visit Singapore to play a three-day match from April 22-24, while Nepal will face the UAE in Kathmandu from May 7-9. Former skipper Raju Khadka again fell out of favour with the selectors as the National Selection Committee did not call up the all-rounder. However, the committee recalled Manoj Katuwal, who was left out of World Cup qualifying campaign along with Khadka.

SQUAD: Paresh Lohani, Binod Das, Manjeet Shrestha, Manoj Katuwal, Raj Kumar Pradhan, Kanishka Chaugain, Unil Shrestha, Sanjam Regmi, Bikash Lal Dali, Mahesh Chhetry, Paras Khadka, Raju Basnyat, Dhirendra Chand, Shakti Gauchan, Yeshwant Subedi, Mehboob Alam Dipendra Chaudhary, Manoj Baisya, Raj Shrestha, Prem Chaudhary, Basanta Regmi and Ratan Rauniyar. SUBSTITUTES: Ayush Shrestha, Nabin Gurung, Avay Rana, Arjun Rawal.