National team squad down to 27

The preliminary squad of the national men's football team scheduled to play against Singapore and Malaysia has been reduced to 27.

Head coach Matt Ross trimmed his squad size to 27 from the previous 30 called up in the preliminary squad. 

Nepal will play an international friendly against Singapore on March 21 before facing Malaysia in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers match on March 25.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Kiran Kumar Limbu, Bishal Sunar, Deep Karki, Anjal Shrestha

Defenders: Ananta Tamang, Rohit Chand, Bimal Panday, Sanish Shrestha, Randip Poudel, Sumit Shrestha, Abhishek Limbu, Suman Shrestha

Midfielders: Laken Limbu, Rohan Karki, Mani Lama, Bharat Khawas, Arik Bista, Manish Dangi, Ayush Ghalan, Kritish Ratna Chhunju

Forwards: Gillespye Jung Karki, Anjan Bista, Dinesh Henjan, Subash Thakuri Bam, Nirajan Dhami, Rejin Subba, Srijan Raj Gautam 

(Rejin Subba, Suman Shrestha and Srijan Raj Gautam were in the standby list). 

(This news has been updated.)