Kathmandu, Oct 27: Nepal will face host US in the match to be held later today under the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League-2 series. The series also includes Scotland.
This is the first match that Nepal
is playing under the series. The match to be held at the Grand Prairie Stadium
in Dallas, Texas is scheduled to start at 9:15 pm NST.
Meanwhile, the Cricket Association
of Nepal (CAN) has announced a 15-member team under the captaincy of Rohit
Kumar Poudel for today's match. Anil Shah, Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh, Bhim
Sarki, Dipendra Singh Airee, Arjun Saud, Aarif Sekh, Kushal Malla, Sompal Kami,
Sandeep Lamichhane, Karan KC, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Gulsan Jha and Rijan
Dhakal are in the playing eleven.
Under the tri-series, Nepal will
play two matches each against the US and Scotland. Nepal will play the second
match against Scotland on Tuesday.
The ICC World Cup League-2 includes Canada,
the USA, the Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) along with Nepal. Nepal is currently ranked seventh in the League-2
points table.
Nepal has collected three points in
eight matches played so far with just one win.
Similarly, Canada leads the points
table followed by the US in the second position. Scotland is fourth in the
table. (RSS)