The ACC U-19 Elite Cup is scheduled to be held in Thailand from February 1 to 10. Nepal is in Group B along with Afghanistan , Oman , UAE and Thailand for league matches. Prithu will lead the team that also consists of national players Rahul Kumar Biswokarma and Naresh Budhayar, the selection committee of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced.
Prithu with bangladeshi captain |
Rahul is named vice-captain of the team that consists four debutant player. Rajesh Pulami, Mohammad Hashim, Faizal Khan and Rahul Pratap Singh are the players who have not represented the nation in any age-group level.
Other members of the team are Subash Khakurel, Pradeep Airee, Bhuwan Karki, Bibek Dali, Avinash Karn, Krishna Karki and Sagar Pun.
Prithu with press before leaving for tournament |
Nepal one of the non test playing country which have done well in the Under 19 in asian region as well as under 19 world cup having been chosen as plate champion and had very good history of beating some test playing nation like Bangladesh , Newzland and south Africa. Nepal have dominant when it played against non test playing nation but in previous tournament Nepal had failed to select for the world cup losing seminal against talented Afghanistan.
Nepali Under-19 cricket team |
Before leaving for Bangladesh In an interview with Cricket Nepal , Prithu said the team’s aim to gain the lost glory by qualifying to the Youth World Cup. In Bangladesh Nepal loses all three matches against host Bangladesh that had taken place in Sylhet. First two match were 50 overs and lat was the 20-20 match. In first match Nepal failed against Bangladesh with the deafeat of ten wicket while in second match Nepal again lost with 145 runs. Nepal U-19 cricket team ended the Bangladesh tour with a 68-run loss in the one-off Twenty20 match against Bangladesh U-19 at Sylhet on Saturday.Though they had lost against strong Bangladesh they had learned lot from the practice match. So coach and captain are still hopeful to win the champions ship and select for world cup. “We have learned a lot from here. We got an opportunity to face a tough spinner and came to know that we have to improve a lot in batting,” said jagat Tamata who have been appointed as a coach after Nepal said good bye to the srilankan coach Roy dias.
Here I have given the Schedule and Fixture of ACC Under-19 Elite Cup!!
01 Feb 2011 | Group A | Bahrain Under-19s v Hong Kong Under-19s | misc | |||
01 Feb 2011 | Group A | Malaysia Under-19s v Qatar Under-19s | misc | |||
01 Feb 2011 | Group B | Nepal Under-19s v United Arab Emirates Under-19s | misc | |||
01 Feb 2011 | Group B | Thailand Under-19s v Afghanistan Under-19s | misc | |||
02 Feb 2011 | Group B | Bahrain Under-19s v Malaysia Under-19s | misc | |||
02 Feb 2011 | Group A | Nepal Under-19s v Oman Under-19s | misc | |||
02 Feb 2011 | Group B | Qatar Under-19s v Singapore Under-19s | misc | |||
02 Feb 2011 | Group A | Thailand Under-19s v United Arab Emirates Under-19s | misc | |||
03 Feb 2011 | Group A | Afghanistan Under-19s v Oman Under-19s | misc | |||
03 Feb 2011 | Group B | Hong Kong Under-19s v Singapore Under-19s | misc | |||
04 Feb 2011 | Group B | Afghanistan Under-19s v Nepal Under-19s | misc | |||
04 Feb 2011 | Group A | Hong Kong Under-19s v Qatar Under-19s | misc | |||
05 Feb 2011 | Group A | Bahrain Under-19s v Qatar Under-19s | misc | |||
05 Feb 2011 | Group A | Malaysia Under-19s v Singapore Under-19s | misc | |||
05 Feb 2011 | Group B | Oman Under-19s v United Arab Emirates Under-19s | misc | |||
05 Feb 2011 | Group B | Thailand Under-19s v Nepal Under-19s | misc | |||
06 Feb 2011 | Group A | Afghanistan Under-19s v United Arab Emirates Under-19s | misc | |||
06 Feb 2011 | Group B | Bahrain Under-19s v Singapore Under-19s | misc | |||
06 Feb 2011 | Group B | Hong Kong Under-19s v Malaysia Under-19s | misc | |||
06 Feb 2011 | Group A | Thailand Under-19s v Oman Under-19s | misc | |||
08 Feb 2011 | Semi-Final | not known v not known | misc | |||
08 Feb 2011 | Semi-Final | not known v not known | misc | |||
09 Feb 2011 | not known v not known | misc | ||||
09 Feb 2011 | not known v not known | misc | ||||
10 Feb 2011 | Final | not known v not known | misc | |||
10 Feb 2011 | not known v not known | misc | ||||
10 Feb 2011 | not known v not known | misc |
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