Cricket Association of Nepal Announces Squads for Upcoming 'Jai Trophy Men's Elite Cup'

The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has published the list of participating four clubs and their respective players for the upcoming 'Jai Trophy Men's Elite Cup' cricket tournament.

This tournament will be held from Falgun 8 to 19 at the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground in Kirtipur and the Mulpani International Cricket Ground. The four teams that reached the semi-finals of the Prime Minister One Day National Cricket Tournament held last year—Nepal Police Club, Tribhuvan Army Club, Nepal APF Club, and Bagmati Province—will compete in this tournament.

According to the tournament format, the league stage matches will be two-day affairs, while the final match will be a three-day contest, CAN stated. On the opening day of the tournament, Army Club will compete against Police Club at the TU Ground, while APF and Bagmati Province will face each other at the Mulpani Ground on the same day.

Participating Teams and Players:

Bagmati Province

Sandeep Lamichhane, Ishan Pandey, Aayushosh Ghiraiya, Uttam Thapa Magar, Bipin Acharya, Bibek Rana Magar, Surya Tamang, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Sachin Lekhak, Rit Gautam, Dayananda Mandal, Pankaj Pandey, Gautam KC, Rijan Dhakal, and Shubha Kansakar.

Armed Police Force (APF)

Rohit Paudel, MD Asif Sheikh, Sandeep Jora, Sumit Maharjan, Lokesh Bam, Yagyaman Kumal, Bhuvan Karki, Yuvraj Khatri, Abinash Bohara, Puran B.K., Amar Singh Rautela, Prajwal Shahi, Irshad Ahmed, and Deepak Bohara.

Nepal Police Club

Arif Sheikh, Kushal Bhurtel, Amit Shrestha, Shrawan Yadav, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Sagar Dhakal, Lalit Rajbanshi, Rashid Khan, Dilsad Ali, Amit Yadav, Shankar Rana, Bimal BK, Deepak Serela, and Deepak Chand.

Tribhuvan Army Club

Binod Bhandari, Sompal Kami, Bhim Sharki, Trit Das, Imran Sheikh, Shahab Alam, Kushal Malla, Basir Ahmed, Akash Chand, Durgesh Gupta, Jitendra S. Thakuri, Naren Saud, Santosh Karki, Pawan Karki, and Anish Dhami.