KATHANDU: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Monday announced Nepal's final squad for the ICC World Cricket League Championship.

Nepal will play two matches in the WCL Championship against Papua New Guinea in Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates on November 16 and 18.

Paras Khadka will lead the squad with Gyanendra Malla as his deputy, CAN said in a statement.

Others players in the squad are Gyanendra Malla, Subash Khakurel, Basant Regmi, Shakti Prasad Gauchan, Sagar Pun, Anil Kumar Mandal, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Mahesh Kumar Chhetri, Mahaboob Alam, Sharad Vesawkar, Prithu Baskota, Irshad Ahamad, Naresh Bahadur Budhayer and Bikram Sob.

Ahamad and Sob are new entrants in Nepal's national team. Both of them are bowlers.

The ICC WCL Championship, which is the pathway for participating teams to play in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 (ICC CWCQ) and subsequently have a chance to qualify for ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, is an elite 50-over competition played between leading Associate and Affiliate members.

Four of the eight participating teams -- Scotland, UAE, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea -- in the WCL Championship have ODI status while the other four teams --Netherlands, Namibia, Nepal and Kenya -- have been promoted from the ICC WCL Division 2, which was held in Namibia in January earlier this year.