The Cricket Association of Nepal, on Sunday, announced a 14-member squad travelling to Singapore with head coach Stuart Law for the qualifiers of the 2026 Asian Games taking place in September-October in Japan.

And the squad list suggests that Law has distinguished players based on their skills in the two formats–ODI and T20I.

Compared to the 15 players in the squad for the recently concluded ICC CWC League-2 series comprising the USA and Scotland, the team for the tournament in Singapore has five key changes.

Three hard hitters—Kushal Mala, Sundeep Jora and Lokesh Bam—and two spinners—Shahab Alam and Sher Malla—have been included in the T20 squad, which is captained by Dipendra Singh Airee.

Gulshan Kumar Jha, Bhim Sharki, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Binod Bhandari, Arjun Kumal and Ishan Pandey have not been continued from the League-2 squad.

Jha and Pandey will be playing for JB Bruges at EU T20 League in Belgium.

Nepal are facing China, Qatar and Malaysia on May 31, June 2 and June 4, respectively, in Group A. Group B comprises Oman, Hong Kong, Bahrain and Singapore.

After a single round-robin group stage, the top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals and the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, where six teams are awaiting.

The six teams to have directly earned a spot in the Asian Games main event are hosts Japan and five ICC full members—India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.