New Delhi. The Asia Cup is going to start from August 30. The first match will be played between Pakistan and Nepal at Multan Cricket Stadium. Almost all the teams’ boards have announced the teams for this. Nepal team is in Group A along with India and Pakistan. While the team of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are in Group B. Many teams will be taking the Nepalese team lightly. But let me tell you that Nepal is not one of the light team. They have beaten big teams in the past few times.
Nepal has done well in the qualifier matches this year. In the final match, he defeated the UAE team by 7 wickets. Nepal is going to play the first Asia Cup this year. Earlier, Nepalese team never qualified for this tournament. The performance of the Nepalese team has been excellent for some time now. Nepal has played the most number of matches against UAE in the 50 over format. A total of 15 matches have been played between the two teams in the last 6 years. In which the team of Nepal has won a total of 9 victories.
Scotland and the Netherlands have also been defeated
Apart from UAE, Nepal team has also defeated Scotland and Netherlands. Nepal has won one out of three matches against Netherlands. Along with this, in the match against Scotland, he has won 3 out of 6 matches. Nepal team has also defeated teams like Namibia, UAE and US. In such a situation, India will need to be wary of the Nepalese team.
Nepal Squad for Asia Cup 2023: Rohit Paudel (capt), Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh, Bhim Sharkey, Kushal Malla, Arif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Aray, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mausam Dhakal, Sandeep Jora, Kishore . Mahto, Arjun Saeed
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Tags: Asia Cup, Nepal, Team India
First published: August 25, 2023, 15:03 IST