Nepal national men's football team is playing a friendly match with Malaysia today.

Nepal is going to play against Malaysia to prepare for the FIFA World Cup and Asian Cup joint qualifying match against Bahrain. The match will be held at the University Technology Stadium in Shah Alam at 7:45 pm according to Nepali time.

According to All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), the match will be informally held in a closed stadium and spectators will not be allowed to enter. According to ANFA, there will be no live broadcast of the same match. This time, 6 new players are included in the Nepali team.

After some players including Ayush Ghalan, goalkeeper Deep Karki did not participate in the closed training, the head coach Vincenzo Alberto made the team by including new players.

Abhishek Limbu, Ajay Chaudhary, Saubhagya Rai (Sanjit), Bishal Basnet, Rohan Karki and Samir Tamang have been included in the team for the first time.

After playing against Malaysia, the Nepali team will go to Bahrain from there.

The match between Nepal and Bahrain will be played in Bahrain on the 8th and 13th of Chaitra. Although the qualifying matches will be held on the basis of home and away, as the Dashrath stadium is not suitable for playing the match, the match that Nepal will have to play at its home ground is also going to be played in Bahrain.

Goalkeepers: Kiran Chemjong, Abhishek Baral, Bishal Sunar

Defenders: Abhishek Limbu, Ajay Chaudhary, Anant Tamang, Chiring Lama, Sanish Shrestha, Saubhagya Rai (Sanjit), Sumit Shrestha

Midfielders: Bharat Khawas, Bishal Basnet, Laken Limbu, Manikumar Lama, Manish Dangi, Rohan Karki, Utsav Rai

Forwards: Anjan Bista, Dinesh Henjan, Hisub Thaplia, Samir Tamang, Sanjeev Bista, Gillespie Jung Karki