Nepal National team final squad will now be announced on Saturday, Nepal national team head coach Krishna Thapa told GoalNepal.com.

The announcement was supposed to made on Thursday but it was postponed to Friday because All Nepal Football Association and entire Nepalese football fratenity mourned over the untimely demise of Nepal U-14 defender Sagar Pariyar.

But again on Friday, coach Thapa said he was not confident with the team formation and decided to give one more day to the players to prove.

"Sabindra Shrestha has joined the team and I will see all of them one more day before finalizing the squad", Thapa added.

The preliminary Squad For Nehru Cup 2012:

GK: Kiran Chemzong (MTSC),  Ritesh Thapa(NPC), Bikesh Kuthu (IMYA), Dinesh Thapa (MFC)

DF: Sagar Thapa (Friends Club), Sandip Rai (MTSC), Rohit Chand (HAL India), Biraj Maharjan (MTSC), Sabindra Shrestha(LH MMC), Dipak Bhushal (Friends Club), Jitendra Karki (Nepal Army), Bikash Singh Chhetri (LH MMC), Som Bahadur Malla(YHSC)

MF: Raju Tamang(Nepal Army Club), Nirajan Khadka(Friends Club) ,Bhola Silwal (NPC), Tanka Basnet( Nepal Army Club), Shiva Shrestha (LH MMC), Rupesh KC (YHSC), Jagjeet Shrestha (Friends Club), Bijaya Gurung, Anil Ojha (MTSC), Nirajan Malla(LH MMC)

FW: Jumanu Rai(NPC), Santosh Sahukhala (MTSC), Anil Gurung (LH MMC), Ganesh Lawati (APF), Bharat Khawas, Sujal Shrestha (LH MMC)

Nepal, Cameroon, Maldives, Syria and India are participating in the championship which is scheduled on August 22 - September 2.

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