KATHMANDU: Nepal Hockey Association picked up 18 players for the fifth Asian School-level Hockey Tournament slated for April 4-10 in Bhopal, India.

Rajesh Bista, Ganesh Tamatta, Bhimdutta Bhatta, Deepak Raj Joshi, Mahendra Karki, Rajendra Karki, Santosh Murmi, Ashok Paudel, Manoj Chaudhary, Chiran Pradhan, Rajan Nepal, Prem BK, Arjun Khadka, Abhishek Puri, Prabesh Alam, Yesraj Sharma, Santa Lal Nyasur and Nishchal Thapa are selected for the competition, informed chief coach Ashwini Adhikari. Rabindra Singh is assistant coach, while Gyanendra Khadka is manager.

Team will leave for India on May 2. Teams from Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China and the United Arab Emirates will take part in the event.