An independent selection committee for the women’s national cricket team on Friday named a 22-member squad for the closed-camp of the Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier for Asia Region. 

The Asia Region Qualifiers begins from November 20 and sends only the winners into the Global Qualifiers scheduled to be held in the Netherlands next year. Along with hosts Thailand, Nepal will also meet China, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong in the Asia Qualifiers. 

Rubina Chhetri has been named the captain of the 22-member squad for the closed camp and also consists of Sita Rana Magar, Jyoti Pandey, Sarita Magar, Nery Thapa, Roma Thapa, Indu Barma, Karuna Bhandari, Sonu Khadka, Sobha Ale, Nitu Bhandari, Alish Chhetri, Kabita Kunwar, Binu Budhamagar, Saraswoti Chaudhary, Laxmi Chaudhary, Ritu Kanojiya, Sangita Rai, Anjali Chand, Kajol Shrestha, Rekha Rawal and Sabnam Rai.

Coach Samson Jung Thapa will name the final 15-member squad for the Qualifiers after the camp. The winners from the Asia Qualifiers will play Bangladesh, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, the Netherlands and Uganda in the Global Qualifiers.