ICC T20: Nepal set to take on Kuwait

Kathmandu, Oct 8: The Nepali national cricket team is taking on Kuwait today under the ICC T20 World Cup and East Asia Pacific Regional Qualifier with the target to participate in the T20 World Cup third time. 

The Nepal-Kuwait match under the tournament beginning today in Oman will be held at 8.45 pm Nepali time. 

Earlier, Nepal had participated in the 2014 and 2024 world cups. 

Nepal is in Group 'B' in the ICC T20 World Cup Asia and East Asia-Pacific Qualifier with Kuwait and Japan. 

Nine teams are participating in the tournament. The participating teams have been divided into three groups. 

Group 'A' consists of Malaysia, Qatar and UAE, while Group 'C' includes Oman, Papua New Guinea and Samoa Islands. 

The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Six. The Nepali team comprises captain Rohit Paudel, vice-captain Dipendra Singh Airee, Kushal Bhurtel, Lokesh Bam, Kushal Malla, Asif Sheikh, Adil Alam, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sandeep Jora, Arif Sheikh, Lalit Narayan Rajbamshi, Gulshan Jha and Sompal Kami.(RSS)