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Kathmandu Friday January 11, 2002 Paush 27, 2058.
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NSC bids farewell to Nepal
U-19 team
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Jan 10: The Nepali Under-19 Youth
World Cup squad was given a farewell by the National Sports Council (NSC) amid a function
held at its premises on Thursday. The Youth World Cup starts in New Zealand from January
14 to February 9.
Nepal qualified for the 16-team Youth World Cup
as the winners of Youth Asia Cup 2001 that was held in Kathmandu last October. Earlier,
Nepal had participated in the Youth World Cup 1999 in Sri Lanka.
The 14-member Nepali Under-19 squad is led by
Binod Das. Roy Dias, former Sri Lankan Test cricketer is the coach of the side with Samson
Jung Thapa as his deputy. The team will leave for New Zealand on Saturday.
Nepal are pitted in Group C against former
champions England, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea. They will play two preparatory matches
before taking on England on January 21.
Shakti Gauchan, member of the Nepali team in
Youth Asia Cup was awarded with a cricket bat by Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) for
his century against the Maldives in the cup.
Minister for Education and Sports and chairman
of NSC, Amod Prasad Upadhyaya, NSC member-secretary Binod Shanker Palikhe were present at
the occasion along with the office-bearers of CAN.
The team:
Binod Das (captain), Bardan Chalise
(vice-captain), Kanishka Chaugain, Yashwant Subedi, Shakti Gauchan, Basudev Thapa, Manjit
Shrestha, Lakpa Lama, Sanjam Regmi, Pramod Basnet, Manoj Katuwal, Prem Chaudhary, Basant
Regmi and Rohit Sharma.
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