Nepal Women's Kabaddi Team to Play Five-Match Series Against Bangladesh

Kathmandu. The Nepali national women's kabaddi team will play a five-match series against Bangladesh. This series will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from July 17 to 23. This is the second time the Nepali women's team will play a series in Bangladesh. Nepal's women's team is also presenting a challenge in the upcoming 20th Asian Games.

Only a limited number of players who are on the Mission-26 for the Asian Games are participating in this series. The All Nepal Kabaddi Association has stated that regular players have been rested with the objective of giving exposure to new players. The Secretary-General of the Kabaddi Association, Arvind Kumar Jha, said that most of the players from the 'B' team have been included with the objective of giving opportunities to other players as well.

The association is also preparing a backup for the national team for the Asian Games and the Indoor Games to be held in Saudi Arabia. In line with that goal, some players have already been sent to India for practice. The Nepali women's kabaddi team has gone to Bhadrapur, Jhapa on Tuesday to prepare for the five-match series. The Nepali team will practice in Bhadrapur until the 30th and is scheduled to depart for Dhaka on the 31st.

A 13-member Nepali team has been announced under the captaincy of Menuka Rajbanshi. Other players in the team include Asma Yadav, Sirjana Kumari Tharu, Nisha Bohara, Ganga Ghimire, Nanumaya Parajuli, Manisha Joshi, Binita Pandit Chhetri, Susmi Rai, Radhika Khadayat, Urusha Shakya, Nirmala Bhat, Sangita Tamang, and Pushpa Chaudhary.

Similarly, Harina Thapa is the coach, Bandhu Rana is the assistant coach, Krishna Dev Pant is the team manager, and Parshuram Jha, Tarun Kumar Yadav, Ganesh Dutt Bhatt, Jaiprakash Rajbanshi, and Prakash Prasad Shah are officials. The team was bid farewell by National Sports Council (NSC) Member-Secretary Ramcharitra Mehta and All Nepal Kabaddi Association President Tulsi Thapa in a program on Tuesday.

On the occasion, Member-Secretary Mehta mentioned that the NSC is giving more priority to kabaddi as it has been performing well recently, and both the men's and women's kabaddi teams will participate in the upcoming Asian Games. Association President Thapa expressed her gratitude, stating that kabaddi is receiving good support from the NSC.