Kathmandu, June 21 -- The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) bid farewell to the Nepali squad participating in the ACC Men's U16 East Zone Cup at the Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground on Friday.

According to CAN, they take the tournament seriously as Nepal are not only participating but defending the title. Nepal won the previous edition of the tournament, hosted by Malaysia in 2023. Nepal defeated the hosts by 221 runs in the final on July 4.

Nonetheless, there were only seven teams in the previous edition while three-Bhutan, Japan and Myanmar-have been added this time.

A total of 10 teams are participating in the underage tournament being hosted by Malaysia from June 22 to July 5.

Of the 10 teams divided into two groups of five, Nepal ar...