Nepal to face India in Asia Cup
Today's game in Kandy is expected to be affected by rain.
KATHMANDU: Nepal is facing India today in the final match of Group A under the Asia Cup.
The match will be played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Kandy in Sri Lanka from 3:15 PM onwards.
This is the first time that Nepal is going to play against India in the ICC senior tournament.
Nepal lost to Pakistan in the first match of this Asia Cup and now needs to defeat India to advance to the Super Four.
Similarly, India would advance to the Super Four even if this match is postponed due to the fact that India shared points with Pakistan when the match was called off due to rain in their first encounter.
Today’s game in Kandy is expected to be affected by rain. On Monday morning, Pallekel could have 60 percent chance of rain.
There is, however, a 22% probability of rain at the time of the toss at 2:45 PM Nepali Time, which will remain until 6 PM. In the second half of the game, there is a 66% probability of rain. In such a case, it is possible that only half of the match may be replayed, as was the case with the India-Pakistan encounter on Saturday.
Team India for Asia Cup : Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain), Shubman Gill, Birat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.
Nepal Team: Rohit Poudel (Captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (Wicket-keeper), Bhim Sarki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratis GC, Shyam Dhakal, Sandeep Jora, Kishor Mahato and Arjun Saud.
