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Nepal to face Scotland and West Indies in U19 World Cup warm-up matches

The Nepalese U19 Cricket team will be playing against Scotland U19 and West Indies U19 in the warm-up matches of the U19 Cricket World Cup 2024.

Nepal will face Scotland on January 13 at Braam Fisherville, Dobsonville, Johannesburg. They will play against West Indies on January 16 at St Stithians Main Oval, Johannesburg. Both matches begin at 1:45 PM (NST). 

The Nepalese U19 team are already in South Africa and will engage in a high-performance camp till January 12.

The U19 World Cup 2024 will be played from January 19 to February 11 in South Africa. The venue for the tournament was shifted to South Africa from Sri Lanka following the suspension of the Sri Lanka Cricket Board by the ICC.

Nepal is placed in Group D alongside Pakistan, New Zealand and Afghanistan.

Nepal U19 fixtures

Warm-up matches:

  • vs Scotland (Jan 13)
  • vs West Indies (Jan 16)

Group stage matches:

  • vs New Zealand (Jan 21)
  • vs Pakistan (Jan 24)
  • vs Afghanistan (Jan 27)

Team Nepal will play all their matches at Buffalo Park, East London starting from 1:45 PM (NST).

Nepal’s squad: Dev Khanal (c), Dipesh Kandel, Gulshan Jha, Durgesh Gupta, Subash Bhandari, Aakash Tripathi, Arjun Kumal, Deepak Bohara, Uttam Thapa Magar (wk), Dipak Dumre, Aakash Chand, Bishal KC, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Bipin Rawal (wk), Dipak Bohara