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Malla’s Nepal name ACC Emerging Teams Squad

Gyanendra Malla will face his first competitive test as Nepal captain, leading the national team at the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup next week.

Malla leads a 15-man squad for the tournament, with former captain Paras Khadka and leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane opting to play in the Abu Dhabi T10 League running from November 15-24.

Dipendra Singh Airee will deputise Malla, after being named vice captain when the side toured Singapore and Oman.

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Nepal are drawn in group B, alongside India, Bangladesh and Hong Kong.

Nepal Squad
Gyanendra Malla – Captain
Dipendra Singh Airee – Vice-captain
Sharad Vesawkar
Sompal Kami
Karan KC
Binod Bhandari
Rohit Kumar Paudel
Lalit Rajbanshi
Pawan Sarraf
Sundeep Jora
Sushan Bhari
Ishan Pandey
Aarif Sheikh
Abinash Bohara
Kushal Bhurtel

RELATED NEWS: Nepal cruise past MCC in one-day match.

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Daniel Beswick

Co-founder and one of our #ECPod hosts, Daniel is currently helping on ICC's coverage via their digital client. Daniel has also commentated and presented on ICC.tv broadcasts for pathway events since 2019, and in a rare feat called action at both USA vs PNG and Namibia vs Oman ODI matches at WCL2 2019 on the same day. Daniel has also been a member of WBBL/BBL and Olympic productions at Channel 7, also supporting commentators and on-air talent for the network’s coverage.

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