KATHMANDU, SEP 10 -
As part of the preparation for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers the national cricket team will travel to India to play practice matches.
According to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), the national team will play around 10 matches with the teams associated with Delhi District Cricket Association (DDC).
The Delhi tour was organised by High Performance Programme Committee, a seven-member team formed under the chairmanship of CAN President Tanka Angbuhang, which will design programmes to prepare the cricketers for the two World Cup Qualifiers.
The Delhi tour is scheduled to run through October 20-30.
According to Angbuhang, CAN has set aside a budget of $ 250,000 under the High Performance Programme (HPP) out of which $ 175,000 is a grant from the ICC to prepare for the two qualifiers.
Likewise, ACC has granted $ 20,000 each for the Twenty20 and 50-over world cup qualifiers and National Sports Council has provided Rs 40,000.
The Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers will run through November 15-30 in Dubai while the One Day World Cup Qualifier is slated for January 8-February 1 in New Zealand.
Prior to the Delhi tour, the cricketers will undergo bowling and batting camp. CAN has hired Australian Chris Harris, who is the batting coach for the Victoria State, to coach the national team in a week-long camp which runs through October 4-10.
Similarly, 10 bowlers from the Sri Lankan A team will assist our batsmen to practice playing pace attack, from September 15-24.
“They bowl faster than our bowlers and we believe this will help our boys face the pace of Afghanistan and Ireland,’ manager of HPP said.
CAN also revealed that the HPP will arrange home and away practice matches with neighbouring countries like India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, CAN has appointed Amrit Mathur and Amir Akhtar as the international and national counselor respectively.
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