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Khadka to play alongside Cook for MCC

Kathmandu – Marylebone Cricket Club has announced its squad for the upcoming Champion County match and Emirates T20 tournament in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Nepalese Cricket Captain Paras Khadka was included in MCC T20 Squad few days earlier. He will be playing England’s Alastair Cook who also play for Essex in the England county.

Paras Khadka* (Nepal), Alastair Cook (Essex), Nick Compton (captain) ( Middlesex), Michael Carberry (Hampshire), James Hildreth (Somerset), Zafar Ansari (Surrey, Cambridge MCCU), Daryl Mitchell (Worcestershire), Sam Billings (Kent, Loughborough MCCU), Matt Dunn (Surrey), Graham Onions (Durham), Adam Riley (Kent, Loughborough MCCU) and Chris Rushworth (Durham) are in the squad.

Paras Khadka will be featured in MCC team for the Emirates T20 tournament.

The four-day Champion County match starts on Sunday 22 March and will be a day/night match between MCC and Yorkshire, played with a pink ball.

MCC will announce the name of an international T20 star who will also be part of the side for the Emirates T20 tournament.

Emirates T20 tournament will see MCC, Yorkshire, Lancashire & Sussex fighting against each other on Friday 20 March at Dubai, The 7evens Ground while the Champion County Match between MCC and Yorkshire will be played on 22-25 March at Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed Stadium.