Our main challenge is the weather here, ‘he said. Stating that the Nepali team was balanced, he said that Nepal was good in defense and front line.

“Our key players and the players playing abroad are not in the team because of Covid. I hope the new player will prove himself, ‘he said. The match between Nepal and Taipei will be played on Thursday at 9:45 pm Nepali time at Al-Hamad International Stadium in Kuwait. After playing against Taipei, Nepal will compete with Jordan on 24 Jestha and Australia on 28 Jestha.

Nepali team
Goalkeepers: Kiran Kumar Limbu (captain), Deep Karki, Vishal Sunar
Defenders: Rohit Chand, Anant Tamang, Dinesh Rajwanshi, Gautam Shrestha, Vikas Khawas, Suman Aryal
Midfielders: Manish Dangi, Kamal Thapa, Eric Visht, Vishal Rai, Sunil Bal, Santosh Tamang, Suraj Jew Thakuri, Ayush Ghalan, Pujan Uparkoti
Forwards: Abhishek Rijal, Navyug Shrestha, Ashish Lama, Suman Lama, Anjan Visht