CWC League 2 : Nepal face USA today

Nepal is facing with the home team USA today in the ICC World Cup League 2 involving Nepal, USA and Oman. The game will start at 9:15 pm Nepali time at Mosa Cricket Ground in Texas.

Both the teams have played one game in the series but had different results. Nepal lost the first match by 13 runs to Oman. The United States beat Oman by a wide margin of 114 runs in the first game.

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While the United States will be aiming to maintain the momentum from the first game, Nepal will be looking for victory. The United States won their first game against Oman by 114 runs, scoring more than 300 runs. Nepal, on the other hand, could not chase the target of 212 runs against Oman.

Nepal needs to show some positive intent as far as the batting department is concerned. Regular opening pair of Aasif Sheikh and Kushal Bhurtel are injured during training in the United States. Sunil Dhamal and Subash Khakurel were seen opening the innings in the first match agains Oman but the duo couldn't trouble the scorers much.

Aarif Sheikh scored 66 runs in first match and apart from him none of the batsmen provided significant contribution. Aasif and Kushal Bhurtel are still in doubt for today's game. It will be really interesting to see what will be the batting approach of the team.

Head to Head

This is the third series between Nepal and USA in League Two. Earlier, these two teams have played four games in League 2. In which Nepal is ahead. Nepal has won 3 games while USA has won 1 game.

Nepal had lost by 6 wickets in the last match of the league series against USA in Oman in September 2021. Steven Taylor scored 92 and Monak Patel scored an unbeaten 38 as USA completed the target of 175 runs set by Nepal in 30 overs. Nine players, including Kushal and Asif, who played that game, are still in the Nepali team that went to the US.

Earlier in the series held in Nepal in 2020, Nepal had defeated the United States in both games. In the second match, Nepal bowled out USA for 35 runs to set a world record. This was the lowest score ever made by a team in a One Day Internationals.