A strong team of West Indies 'A' is coming to Nepal

The West Indies team is about to visit Nepal for the first time. West Indies 'A' will play Nepal in the first match of the 5-match series on Saturday, April 27. The second match will be played on April 28, the third match on May 1, the fourth match on May 2 and the final match on May 4. All matches will be held at the Trivi Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.

West Indies 'A' squad includes Johnson Charles, Fabian Allen, Andre Fletcher, Hayden Walls along with Alic Athanaj, Kadeem Elayan, Joshua Bishop, KAC Carty, Mark Deyal, Matthew Ford, Obed McCoy, Gudakes Motti, Kimo Paul, Osane Thomas are.

Chase, the 32-year-old captain of West Indies 'A' who is about to come to Nepal, has played 49 Tests, 45 One Day Internationals and 11 Twenty20 Internationals. Alrander has scored more than 3,000 runs in these three formations and has taken 121 wickets. He was also with the team on the tour of Australia when the West Indies played the last Twenty20 International.

Bowling all-rounder Allen has 20 ODIs and 34 Twenty20 Internationals, top-order batsman Fletcher has 25 ODIs and 54 Twenty20 Internationals, wicketkeeper/batter Charles has 58 ODIs and 48 Twenty20 Internationals, Walls has 23 ODIs and 38 Twenty20 Internationals, All-rounder Paul has played 3 Tests, 30 ODIs and 23 Twenty20 Internationals, Thomas has played 25 ODIs and 21 Twenty20 Internationals.

spinner Walls has played international cricket for West Indies as well as America. The 32-year-old leg-break bowler, who made his ODI and Twenty20 international debut from America, has been playing from the West Indies since 2019. The West Indies 'A' team under the training of former Test cricketer Floyd Reifer is about to come to Nepal.

9 players who have been playing regularly from West Indies, captain Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Nicholas Pooran, Kyle Meyers, Serfan Rutherford, Romario Safford, Alzari Joseph and Simran Hetmer are playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), while former captain Jason Holder is playing in English county cricket. are playing.

Chief selector Desmond Haines believes that the visit to Nepal will help the West Indies in their preparations before the Twenty20 World Cup. West Indies' pre-opening batter Haynes said in a statement issued by West Indies Cricket on Tuesday, "The tour of Nepal will give our players who are not in the IPL an opportunity to return to Twenty20 as well as an opportunity to reveal the potential of some emerging players."

The last chance to submit the list of players for the Twenty-20 World Cup, which West Indies will host in June with the United States, is until May 1. West Indies 'A' will have played two matches with the Nepali national team before that.

West Indies ODI and Twenty20 coach Darren Sammy is also excited about the Nepal tour. He, who has led the West Indies to the Twenty-20 World Cup twice, said, "From the point of view of training, the tour of Nepal could not have come at a more appropriate time. This has given our World Cup team a chance to become more refined.'