13th Falgun, Kathmandu: Today, in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, Nepal will play against the Netherlands in the final match of the first series at the domestic ground. The match will commence at 9:30 AM at Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.
In this triangular series of the new cycle of League 2, Namibia is also participating along with Nepal and the Netherlands. Namibia has played four matches, winning three and losing one.
Nepal and the Netherlands have each won one match out of the three they have played. Nepal previously won the first match against the Netherlands by 9 wickets.
Against Namibia, Nepal suffered defeats in both matches they played. Similarly, in the matches against the Netherlands and Namibia, both teams won one match each.
In their recent matches, both Nepal and the Netherlands were defeated by Namibia. Nepal was defeated by Namibia by 2 wickets in their last match. Similarly, Namibia defeated the Netherlands by 24 runs in their subsequent match.
Therefore, both Nepal and the Netherlands are planning to win the final match in a convincing manner in order to secure a positive series outcome.
So far, there have been four ODIs between Nepal and the Netherlands. Both teams have won 2 matches each.
In the recent match held in Kirtipur, Nepal defeated the Netherlands by 137 runs, with Nepal scoring 208 runs and having 9 wickets remaining.
The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, which serves as the preliminary stage for the 2027 ODI World Cup, will see a total of 8 teams competing. The Netherlands, having previously played in the Super League alongside 12 Test nations, will now participate in League 2 matches.
Nepal Team:
Rohit Kumar Paudel (Captain), Aasif Sheikh, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Pawan Sarraf, Bhim Sarki, Anil Kumar Sah, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Lalit Rajbanshi, Surya Tamang, Dev Khanal
Netherlands Team:
Max O'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Noah Croes, Shariz Ahmad, Aryan Dutt, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (Captain), Michael Lees, Vivian Kingma, Wesley Barresi, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Rolof van der Merwe, Bas de Leede, Kyle Kelaart, Olivier Elenbaas