#Kuwait #Cricket national team all set to play ICC - International Cricket Council T-20 World Cup Qualifiers - Asia finals in #Singapore from 20th July - 28th July 2018.
Kuwait National team will be led by #KashifShareef who was responsible in getting Kuwait through as a captain to the Asia finals of ICC T-20 World Cup Qualifiers (Singapore) under the able coaching of #HerschelleGibbs where Kuwait beat #SaudiArabia in a nail biting finale last year (April 2018) at Kuwait Entertainment City Cricket Ground.
Kuwait National Team to Singapore:
Adnan Idrees
Ahsan Naseer
Bilal Khan
Hamoud Jandu
Ilyaas Ahmad
Kashif Shareef*
Meet Bhavsar+
Mohammed Aslam
Nawaf Ahmed
Naveed Fakhr
Ravija D’ Silva
Sanker warathapan
Shiraz Khan
Usman Waheed+
Reserves:
Diju Xavier
Ali Zaheer
Nikhil Kulkarni
Morshed Mustafa
Team Manager: Mahmoud Abdullah
Assistant Manager: Husnain Arshad
Head Coach: Muthumudalige Pushpakumara
Assistant Coach: Ghayour Ahmed
Trainer: Shehan Shashika
After a grueling camp of almost 4 months including a thrilling bilateral series against Qatar (1-2), Kuwait Cricket selection panel finalized the list of its 18 probables earlier in June (for both Qatar & Singapore) on the basis of domestic and international performances, talent, eligibility, fitness, discipline,team combination, expected conditions in Singapore and overall approach to the #spiritOfCricket.
Kuwait Cricket Selection Panel: Pushpakumara (national coach) Mahmoud Abdullah (team manager), Rishi D Jayan (Director Domestic - Seniors), Ghayour Ahmed (Senior Men’s coach), Tahir Khan (Juniors Head Coach), Harshith Vora (Director Juniors) and Naveen D Jayan (Director Match Officials).
The final 14 to Singapore has been selected exclusively by the national coach #Pushpakumara who is a former Sri Lankan International cricketer with a vast experience in international coaching and has been with the Kuwait probables for two and a half months and believes that the team has the ability to do extremely well in Singapore provided they play to the best of their potential and talent.
#Kuwait (ranked 28th) will be up against hosts #Singapore (23), #Malaysia (35) #Qatar (21) and #Nepal (11) in a round robin format and the winner of the tournament will qualify for the ICC T20 Global Qualifiers scheduled to take place in the #UAE later this year followed by the T20 World Cup in Australia in the year 2020.
Each match carries its own significance for Kuwait as a win against any opposition in Singapore will add significant points towards the T20I global rankings.
An exclusive photo shoot of the Kuwait Men’s delegation to Singapore took place earlier this week in the presence of KC Officials, sponsors, team management as well as coaching staff.
On behalf of the #Kuwait #Cricket #Board led by the #President Haider Abbas Farman, VP Faisal Al Marzouk, Board Members Emad Al Jassam, Mahmoud Bastaki & Awadtif Al Qallaf, KC Director General Sajid Ashraf along with the principal sponsor of seniors cricket as well as Team Manager Mahmoud Abdullah distributed an allowance of 10 000$ amongst the 18 probables based on the number of practice sessions attended since the 20th of May and it was also announced that the delegation to Singapore will get a separate allowance of 500$ as Kuwait Cricket aims to strengthen the core of 20-25 probables for high performance programs moving forward.
Regional Director of Grand Hyper (Official Refreshments Partner) Ayyub, Director Domestic Rishi D Jayan, Director Facilities Robert D’souza, Director Match Officials Naveen DhanaJayan, Head Coach Tahir Khan (Juniors), assistant coach Jude D’sylva (Juniors), Domestic tournaments manager Husnain Arshad and Qais Parker Domestic Events Coordinator were also present to grace the occasion.
Support the Kuwait Men's team as they embark on a dream world cup journey they have never been on before and follow them live on #EspnCricinfo as well as #ICC and #KC.
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