Kathmandu, September 6
It’s now official. Veteran left-arm spinner Shakti Gauchan, who has hinted that can’t go to Hong Kong for the penultimate series of the World Cricket due to heath reasons, will be staying home when the Nepali squad travels to Hong Kong next month.
Gauchan says he is suffering from haemorrhoids (piles) and would need at least a few weeks to recuperate. “I stayed out after consulting the selectors,” Gauchan said.
The two-match series against Hong Kong starts on Oct 13.
The team:
1. Paras Khadka (Captain)
2. Gyanendra Malla
3. Sharad Vesawkar
4. Basant Regmi
5. Mahaboob Alam
6. Sompal Kami
7. Sagar Pun
8. Binod Bhandari
9. Karan KC
10. Jitendra Kumar Mukhiya
11. Sushil Kandel
12. Kushal Bhurtel
13. Lalit Bhandari
14. Sushan Bhari
15. Naresh Bahadur Budhayer
16. Md. Arif Sheikh
17. Dipendra Singh Airee
18. Sandeep Lamichhane
