Nepal are making their Asia Cup debut. They are assembly Pakistan for the primary time in any format. It's an enormous event for them, a day of celebration irrespective of how issues pan out on the sector.
Having solely gained ODI standing in 2018, Nepal are actually ranked a tantalising fifteenth within the format, an indication of how shut they're to attaining even greater desires provided that the subsequent ODI World Cup, in 2027, will characteristic 14 groups.
Pakistan, in the meantime, are enjoying what's prone to be considered one of simply two residence video games in a match they're technically internet hosting. Such are the instances we dwell in. Fans in Multan, then, could be effectively suggested to courageous the temperatures (the forecast is for a most of 38-degrees Celsius) and catch this uncommon glimpse of their heroes.
Pakistan WWWLW (final 5 accomplished ODIs, most up-to-date first)Nepal LWLLW
After years of being overdependent on their high three, Pakistan are starting to place collectively a promising ODI center order, and lots of the credit score for this should go to Agha Salman, who has a 40-plus common and a 100-plus strike fee after his first 14 video games. He has been in a wealthy vein of kind over latest months - he adopted a wonderful residence ODI collection towards New Zealand with aggressive Test knocks of 83 and 132* on the tour of Sri Lanka, and he comes into the Asia Cup on the again of a vital unbeaten 38 to finish an in any other case quiet collection towards Afghanistan on a optimistic notice.
Pakistan have an issue of loads within the allrounder division, and should have to depart out Faheem Ashraf or Mohammad Nawaz - or each - in the event that they wish to slot in Mohammad Wasim, who took a four-wicket haul for Pakistan A against Nepal in the course of the Emerging Cup in July.
Pakistan (possible): 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Babar Azam (capt), 4 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 5 Agha Salman, 6 Iftikhar Ahmed, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Faheem Ashraf/Mohammad Nawaz/Mohammad Wasim, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Naseem Shah, 11 Haris Rauf
Nepal (possible): 1 Kushal Bhurtel, 2 Aasif Sheikh (wk), 3 Bhim Sharki, 4 Rohit Paudel (capt), 5 Kushal Malla, 6 Dipendra Singh Airee, 7 Gulsan Jha, 8 Sompal Kami, 9 Karan KC, 10 Sandeep Lamichhane, 11 Lalit Rajbanshi
Multan hosted all three ODIs throughout West Indies' tour of Pakistan final 12 months. All three matches produced 250-plus first-innings scores, with Pakistan chasing down 306 within the first ODI. The top-three wicket-takers in that collection have been Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan and Akeal Hosein, and if circumstances play equally, spinners can count on to play a major position once more. The climate is predicted to be scorching and dry, with temperatures reaching the excessive 30s (Celsius).
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