India and Nepal will play for the first time in an international match on 4 September, Monday at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka as Nepal qualified for the first time for the Asia Cup. Both the teams have already played their first match of the group stage against Pakistan which for India unfortunately ended as a draw and Nepal as a loss.
The India and Pakistan game was held on 2 September at the same ground at Kandy which was abandoned. Pakistan have made their way into the super four stage with three points, and are on the first spot on the points table of group A. Whoever wins between India and Nepal will qualify for the super four stage. As of now, India stands on the second spot on the points table with one point while Nepal stands on the third with zero points.
“We shouldn’t say the Asia Cup is between India and Pakistan”, Rohit Sharma
India vs Nepal, Kandy weather report
As predicted by Google weather, 40% chances of rain are expected at Kandy during the second half of the match. The precipitation levels are expected to be 69% while the temperature is expected to be approximately 27°, again teams will be considering DLS and dew factor at the toss.
India’s Playing XI against Nepal – Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Nepal’s Playing XI against India – Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh(w), Rohit Paudel(c), Bhim Sharki, Sompal Kami, Gulsan Jha, Dipendra Singh Airee, Kushal Malla, Sandeep Lamichhane, Karan KC, Lalit Rajbanshi
