KATHMANDU, June 10: Nepal is playing its fourth and final match of the tri-nation One Day International (ODI) series against the Netherlands today under the ICC World Cup Cricket League 2.
The match will be held at the Forthill Cricket Ground in Dundee, Scotland, starting at 3:45 pm Nepali time. Having won their first two matches of the series, Nepal will be looking for a third win today. In the last game, Nepal narrowly lost to Scotland by two runs. Before that, Nepal had defeated Scotland by one wicket and the Netherlands by five wickets.
Nepal to face Netherlands today in ICC Cricket World Cup League...
Meanwhile, the Netherlands is aiming for their first win of the series. They lost to Scotland by 44 runs. In the league standings, Nepal sits in seventh place with 10 points from 15 matches, while the Netherlands holds second place with 26 points from 22 matches.
WCC League 2, which features eight participating teams, will run until 2027. The top four teams at the end of the league will directly qualify for the Global Qualifier of the World Cup. The bottom four teams will have to compete in the World Cup Qualifier Playoffs.
Nepal's squad includes: Captain Rohit Kumar Paudel, Vice-Captain Dipendra Singh Airee, Aasif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Basir Ahmad, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Kushal Bhurtel, Bhim Sharki, Arif Sheikh, Gulshan Jha, Nandan Yadav, Rijan Dhakal, and Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi.
