Visakhapatnam
Toss Nepal chose to bowl against Bangladesh
At the venue where their spinners dominated South Africa, Nepal won the toss and elected to field first against Bangladesh. Nepal made one alteration to their lineup from the previous game, bringing in batsman Sundeep Jora in place of fast bowling allrounder Karan KC. Bangladesh retained the same XI from their victory over Netherlands in Kingstown.
Nepal captain Rohit Paudel expressed the team’s strategy of giving their bowlers the best possible conditions, anticipating dew in the latter half of the match.
According to Samuel Badree’s pitch assessment, there could be variable bounce similar to the Nepal-South Africa game, indicating that spinners might once again play a crucial role.
A win for Bangladesh will secure their spot in the Super Eight stage, while a victory for Nepal could potentially allow Netherlands to advance ahead of Bangladesh if they defeat Sri Lanka in Gros Islet, in a match scheduled to start an hour after this one.
Bangladesh: 1 Tanzid Hasan, 2 Najmul Hosain Shanto (capt), 3 Litton Das (wk), 4 Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Towhid Hridoy, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Jaker Ali, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Tanzim Hasan, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman.
Nepal: 1 Kushal Bhurtel, 2 Aasif Sheikh (wk), 3 Rohit Paudel (capt), 4 Anil Sah, 5 Dipendra Singh Airee, 6 Kushal Malla, 7 Gulsan Jha, 8 Sompal Kami, 9 Sundeep Jora, 10 Sandeep Lamichhane, 11 Abinash Bohara.
