Asia Cup, toss every now and then, India vs. Nepal: Both teams will play each other for the first time in cricket history as Pallekele changes

India and Nepal will square off in the fifth Asia Cup game today at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy. Indian time dictates that the action will begin at 3:00. The coin toss will start at 2:30

Pallekele is undergoing changes right now. At the time of the game, there is an 89 percent chance of rain.

India and Nepal will play each other for the first match in cricket history; prior to this, neither country had ever played the other in any format. For both sides, this will be their second game in the 2023 Asia Cup. Rain caused India’s opening match against Pakistan to end in a draw. Nepal also played Pakistan in their inaugural game, which it lost by a score of 238 runs.

India has won seven times, and Nepal made it for the first time.

The most successful team in the Asia Cup is the Indian team. The group has won the Asia Cup seven times, as well as six ODI championships and one T-20 competition. Nepal, however, achieved qualification for the first time.

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Shuben Gill This year’s top scorer for India

Jasprit Bumrah, a fast bowler, will sit out the match against Nepal. He went back to Mumbai for family reasons. The leading run-getter for India in ODI cricket in 2023 has been Shubman Gill. 760 runs were scored by Gill in 12 games. Kuldeep Yadav, who has taken 22 wickets in 11 games, is the leading wicket-taker.

This year’s top scorer for Nepal is Kushal.

Kushal Bhurtel, a top order batsman, has scored the most runs for Nepal this year with 552 in 20 games. Speaking about bowling, Sandeep Lamichhane leads the league with 43 wickets collected in 20 games.

draught report

The Pallekele pitch is suitable for batting. The Pallekele pitch will start out with pace and give fast bowlers some bounce. It will also benefit the spin bowlers as the match goes on.

Even if the game is abandoned, India will advance to the Super-Four.

India will advance to the Super Four even if the match between India and Nepal on Monday is postponed due to rain. Actually, Nepal’s first game versus Pakistan ended in defeat. As a result, Nepal is currently last in its group with no points, whereas the cancelled match between India and Pakistan resulted in a draw of 1-1 points.

Pakistan also leads their group in the point standings with three points. India comes in second position. If the match against Nepal is called off in this case, it will receive 2 points and Nepal would receive 1 point. By coming in second place in the group, India will join Pakistan in making it to the Super-Four.

Possible playing 11 of both the teams…

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav.

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Arjun Soud, Asif Shaikh, Deependra Singh Airey, Bhim Sharqi, Karan KC, Kushal Mala, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi and Gulshan Jha.