The Nepalese Cricket Team will be playing their first-ever T20I match against India. It was confirmed after the quarterfinal draw of Asian Games Cricket.
Today, in a lucky draw, Nepal and India were pitted against each other, with Captain Rohit Paudel drawing India’s lot.
The match will be played on Tuesday and will start at 6:45 AM (NST).
India will be Nepal’s 21st T20I opponent and the first-ever opponent who has won the World Cup. India clinched T20 World Cup in 2007 defeating Pakistan.
Nepal played their first-ever ODI match against India on September 4 during Asia Cup 2023. Despite batting well and posting 230 runs, Nepal suffered a 10-wicket loss (DLS method) in a rain-halted clash.
Meanwhile, the Nepalese team faced a 9-wicket defeat against India A in July in the Emerging Teams Asia Cup. Hence Nepalese team will be playing the third match against the Indian side in a four-month span.
Ruturaj Gaikwad will lead the team full of young star players.
Nepal secured a place in the quarter-final defeating Monogila (by record 273 runs) and Maldives (by 138-run).
India’s Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh (wk)
Nepal’s squad: Rohit Paudel (C), Aasif Sheikh, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Sandeep Jora, Binod Bhandari, Dipendra Singh Airee, Bibek Yadav, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Sompal Kami, Sandeep Lamichhane, Pratish GC, Avinash Bohara, Sagar Dhakal.
Nepal’s record in T2OI:
Played: 59
Won: 35
Lost: 23
No result: 1
