CAN appoints Srinivas as fielding consultant coach

KATHMANDU: India’s Raghu Ram Srinivas has been appointed the fielding consultant coach for the national cricket team.

According to the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), Srinivas’ appointment is for the ongoing closed camp at the Tribhuvan University Ground for the ICC World Cup Global Qualifiers. He arrived Nepal today itself.

Nepal is in group ‘A’ along with Oman, Bahrain, Canada, Germany, Ireland, the Philippines and the UAE for the ICC World Cup Global Qualifiers.

The eight squads have been divided into two sub-groups: Nepal, Canada, Oman and Philippines in one and Ireland, the UAE, Bahrain and Germany in another.

Nepal will be meeting Oman for its opening match on coming February 18. Two teams reaching the final from both sub-groups will secure their place in the T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in Australia in October.