Final squad for World Cup Qualifiers and friendly against Iraq confirmed

The final list of players for the friendly match against Iraq and World Cup Qualifiers matches in Kuwait has been confirmed.

Head coach Abdullah Almuitari confirmed the team on Tuesday.

The coach has left out Bharat Khawas, Ranjit Dhimal, Amit Tamang, Sesehang Angdembe, Ravishankar Paswan, Nishan Khadka, Bibek Basnet, Nitin Thapa and Darshan Gurung from the preliminary squad.

Nepal is scheduled to play a friendly against Iraq on May 29. Following the friendly the team will play second round of World Cup Qualifiers against Chinese Taipei on June 3, against Jordan on June 7 and against Australia on June 11 in Kuwait.

Final squad: Kiran Kumar Limbu (GK), Deep Karki (GK), Bishal Sunar (GK), Ananta Tamang, Gautam Shrestha, Suman Aryal, Abhishek Rijal, Bishal Rai, Sunil Bal, Aashish Lama, Pujan Uparkoti, Arik Bista, Suman Lama, Anjan Bista, Manish Dangi, Santosh Tamang, Nawayug Shrestha, Ayush Ghalan, Suraj Jeu Thakuri, Kamal Thapa, Rohit Chand, Dinesh Rajbanshi, Bikash Khawas