West Indies A to tour Nepal for five T20s in April-May

A West Indies 'A' side will tour Nepal for five T20 games as part of an A team tour in April-May to help both sides prepare for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the USA in June. It will be the first time that a West Indies side will tour Nepal. Every one of the five games will be played at the Tribhuvan College Global Cricket Ground in Kirtipur beginning at 1pm nearby time, on April 27, 28, May 1, 2 and 4. "This A-group visit is one more sign of the significance we are putting in A-group cricket and a critical stage in our arrangements for the T20 World Cup," Miles Bascombe, CWI overseer of cricket, said in a delivery. "It offers us a last chance to see large numbers of the competitors for a spot in the crew who are not taking part in the Indian Head Association (IPL). In any event, for those players who don't make the last World Cup crew they will be a piece of the hold pool. A sign of the 2016 T20 World Cup crusade was the capacity of save players to come in and have a quick effect, so we should be prepared for all possibilities. We likewise relish the chance to take the West Indies brand to Nepal interestingly, as cricket keeps on filling in prevalence there." The main time West Indies and Nepal have played each other on the global stage was in an ODI during the World Cup Qualifiers in Harare in June last year. West Indies dominated that game by 101 pursues posting 339 for 7 with the assistance of hundreds of years from Shai Trust and Nicholas Pooran. "We are lowered and energized with the possibility of the West Indies 'A' group visiting Nepal," CAN secretary Paras Khadka said. "This denotes a huge crossroads in our cricketing history as we embrace this brilliant open door gave to us, which will assist us with getting ready fundamentally for the T20 World Cup and then some. This memorable visit to Nepal, a youthful cricketing country gradually finding its pathway in the realm of cricket, will energize our energetic fans. Our genuine appreciation towards CWI for their help and confidence in Nepal cricket and for proceeding to assist with becoming the game from one side of the planet to the other. We trust this will touch off additional future visits and reciprocal cricketing tie-ups among us and other top cricketing countries, as we walk forward with extraordinary excitement and appreciation".