ANFA announces 23-member squad for SAFF U-20 Championship

All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has announced a 23-member team to play the 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship.

The regional event will be held in Bhubaneswar of Odisha state of India from July 25 to August 5.

The coach selected 23 members from among the 30 and Ishwor Gurung, Unesh Chaudhary and Jiyarath Sheikh have been selected as goalkeepers.

Amar Shrestha, Sonit Dahal, Ayush Shrestha, Ajay Chaudhary, Sumit Shrestha, Srijan Dhani, Roshan Thapa and Abhishek Waiba are playing in the defence line while Dipesh Gurung, Ashish Rai, Sandip Karki, Janmajaya Dhami, Mohit Gurung, Kritishratna Chhunju, Sugam Suwal, Managya Nakarmi and Aayush Ghalan are the midfielders when Dipesh Rai, Niranjan Malla and Rohan Khadgi have been selected as forwards.

Host India, Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka will be competing in the event and Nepal will meet the Maldives in the opening match on July 25.

Likewise, Nepal will play against Sri Lanka in the second match on July 27 and against India in the third match on July 31. Nepal will face Bangladesh on August 2.