NEP vs NED 7th Match ICC T20 World Cup 2024
Nepal has begun its journey in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, playing against the Netherlands. The Nepali cricket team aims to win today’s match to secure a spot in the next stage. The game starts on Tuesday at 9:15 PM local time (10:30 AM in Nepal).The United States and the West Indies are jointly hosting the World Cup. Both teams will play their first match. Before the Premier Cup, there was continuous T20 cricket played in the United States last month. During this period, Nepal had three practice matches against the West Indies.
After returning from the US, Nepal faced the local team Houston Hurricanes in two matches. The venue for Nepal’s World Cup matches was Dallas. In the warm-up game, Nepal lost to Canada. Meanwhile, the Netherlands defeated Sri Lanka. Due to the pandemic, Nepal and the Netherlands couldn’t play a second practice match.
For Nepal in T20I, the Netherlands is a familiar opponent. Both teams played 12 matches from three months before 2015. Nepal won 5 games, while the Netherlands won 6. One match ended without a result. Nepal’s victory included 3 games played at Tribhuvan University Ground in Kirtipur.
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Nepal’s captain Rohit Paudel hopes to make an impact at the Kirtipur ground. The Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas can accommodate around 10,000 spectators, with an expected 80% Nepali audience. Rohit aims to start the World Cup campaign on a positive note.
Netherlands coach Ryan Cook considers the first match against Nepal in the World Cup group stage crucial. In Group D, Nepal and the Netherlands faced South Africa, who defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets today. Another team in the group is Bangladesh. After playing each other, the top 2 teams will advance to Super 8.
Nepal’s captain Rohit Paudel hopes to make an impact at the Kirtipur ground. The Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas can accommodate around 10,000 spectators, with an expected 80% Nepali audience. Rohit aims to start the World Cup campaign on a positive note.
Netherlands coach Ryan Cook considers the first match against Nepal in the World Cup group stage crucial. In Group D, Nepal and the Netherlands faced South Africa, who defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets today. Another team in the group is Bangladesh. After playing each other, the top 2 teams will advance to Super 8.
Nepal vs Netherlands head-to-head record:
- The Netherlands won by 4 wickets on March 5, 2024, in Kirtipur.
- Nepal won by 6 wickets on March 2, 2024, in Kirtipur.
- The Netherlands won by 2 runs on February 28, 2024, in Kirtipur.
- Nepal won by 142 runs on April 21, 2021, in Kirtipur.
- Netherlands won by 3 wickets on April 20, 2021, in Kirtipur.
- Nepal won by 9 wickets on April 17, 2021, in Kirtipur.
- Nepal won by 4 wickets on October 7, 2019, in Al Amerat.
- No result on June 29, 2018, at Lord’s.
- Nepal won by 3 wickets on July 3, 2015, in Rotterdam.
- Netherlands won by 18 runs on July 2, 2015, in Rotterdam.
- Netherlands won by 103 runs on July 1, 2015, in Amstelveen.
- Netherlands won by 18 runs on June 30, 2015, in Amstelveen.
Nepal vs Netherlands Squad
Nepal squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024:
Batters:
- Aasif Sheikh (Wicketkeeper) - Right-hand batter
- Dipendra Singh Airee - Right-hand batter
- Kushal Bhurtel - Right-hand opening batter
- Sundeep Jora - Right-hand middle-order batter
Allrounders:
- Rohit Paudel (Captain) - Right-hand batting allrounder, right-arm offbreak bowler
- Karan KC - Right-hand batting allrounder, right-arm fast bowler
- Kushal Malla - Left-hand batting allrounder, slow left-arm orthodox bowler
- Pratis GC - Right-hand bowling allrounder, left-arm medium bowler
- Anil Sah - Right-hand batting allrounder, right-arm offbreak bowler
- Sompal Kami - Right-hand bowling allrounder, right-arm fast-medium bowler
Bowlers:
- Kamal Airee - Right-arm medium bowler
- Abinash Bohara - Right-arm medium bowler
- Sagar Dhakal - Slow left-arm orthodox bowler
- Gulshan Jha - Left-hand batting, right-arm medium bowler
- Lalit Rajbanshi - Right-hand batting, slow left-arm orthodox bowler
Netherlands squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024:
Batters:
- Scott Edwards (Captain and Wicketkeeper) - Right-hand batter
- Wesley Barresi - Right-hand batter
- Michael Levitt - Top-order batter
- Max O’Dowd - Opening batter
- Vikramjit Singh - Opening batter (Left-hand)
Allrounders:
- Bas de Leede - Batting allrounder
- Sybrand Engelbrecht - Allrounder
- Teja Nidamanuru - Allrounder
- Tim Pringle - Allrounder
- Saqib Zulfiqar - Bowling allrounder
Bowlers:
- Aryan Dutt - Bowler
- Vivian Kingma - Bowler
- Kyle Klein - Bowler
- Logan van Beek - Bowler
- Paul van Meekeren - Bowler