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Bhutan Cricket has confirm to participate in the ACC Twenty20 Cup 2011 to be held in Kathmandu from 3rd Dec to 11th Dec 2011. The 14 members Squad are as follows:

Tshering Dorji (Captain)
Bikash Sharma Luitel
Phuntsho Wangdi
Tandin Wangchuk
Dampo Dorji
Barun Wakhley
Thinley Jamtsho
Tashi Tshering
Kumar Subba
Suprit Pradhan
Kencho Norbu
Dorji Loday
Sonam Tobgay
Ugyen Dorji

Manager – Sonam Phuntsho
Coach – Damber S. Gurung
Physio – Sangay Dorji

Bhutan are grouped in Pool B along with host Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia in the ACC Twenty20 Cup to be held in Nepal. Group A consist of Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman, Kuwait and Maldives.

The tournament forms part of the qualifying process for ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Sri Lanka. The top three teams, other than Afghanistan, from this competition join the top six Associate and Affiliate teams with ODI status from 2009-2012 namely Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands and Scotland in the 16-team ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be played in the UAE in early 2012. The other regional teams in the qualifier will be Europe (2), Africa (2), Americas (2) and East Asia – Pacific (1).
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