The match of Nepal vs Qatar in ACC Premier Cup 2023 is scheduled for 27th April. This is the 19th match of the tournament and will be held at TU Cricket Ground, Kritipur. This is the last game for both teams. Also, Nepal is already in Semifinals whereas Qatar is out of the tournament by 3 losses. This match will decide if Nepal enters the semi-final by being at the top of the table or not. This article will look through Nepal and Qatar’s team performance, squads, pitch reports, etc.
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Nepal vs Qatar in ACC Premier Cup 2023 Match Details:
The match between Nepal and Qatar in ACC Men’s Premier Cup will be played at TU Cricket Ground on the 27th of April. The match will start at 9 AM local time.
| Topic: | Nepal vs Qatar in ACC Premier Cup 2023 |
| Match: | Nepal vs Qatar |
| Venue: | TU Cricket Ground, Kathmandu |
| Date & Time: | 27th April 2023, 9 AM |
| Captains: | Rohit Poudel vs Mohammed Rizlan |
Team Performance of Nepal and Qatar
Nepal is currently at number 1 in the points table with 5 points. Nepal have played a total of 3 matches in which they have won 2 matches and 1 match was abandoned due to rain. Nepal is already in the semifinals becoming the first team to qualify in the semi-final. Kushal Malla currently is the key player for Nepal and he also became the player of the match in both the match of Nepal. He is batting excellently in this tournament with a half-century in the first match and a century in the second match. Looking at the bowling side Sandeep Lamichhane seems to be in the form. He took 3 wickets in the recent game against Oman and also completed 100 wickets in ODi. He also breaks the record of Rashid Khan by taking the fastest 100 ODI wickets. Nepal won their 1st match against Malaysia and won their 2nd match against Oman.
On the other hand, Qatar is at the bottom of the points table with 0 points. Qatar have also played 3 matches in which they have lost all three matches. And also Qatar is already out of the tournament. Qatar lost their 1st match against Oman by 4 runs. Then they were defeated by Saudi Arabia in 2nd match and in the 3rd match Malaysia won by 3 wickets.
Looking at the current performance of both teams Nepal seems to have an edge over Qatar in this match.
Pitch Report of TU Ground
TU Ground is also known as Kritipur Cricket Ground. The ground favors the batsman to score the run. The Highest runs scored on this ground is 310 by UAE in CWC League 2 2023. And in the T20, 238 runs were scored by Nepal against the Netherlands.
The ground also favors the spinners. Spinners can get a good spin in TU ground. The highest number of wickets in this ground was taken by Sandeep Lamichanne with 6 wickets giving just 16 runs against the USA in an ODI match. The fast bowler has also taken some advantage of this ground. Karan Kc has taken 5 wickets in a T20I match against PNG.
We have seen big runs in this ACC Premier Cup 2023 on TU grounds so we expect the game in this game also.
Squads
The list of squads of Nepal and Qatar is given below:
Squad of Nepal:
- ROHIT PAUDEL(C)
- GULSHAN JHA
- KUSHAL BHURTEL
- KARAN KC
- AASIF SHEIKH
- SANDEEP LAMICHHANE
- GYANENDRA MALLA
- BHIM SHARKI
- KUSHAL MALLA
- PRATISH GC
- AARIF SHEIKH
- LALIT RAJBANSHI
- SOMPAL KAMI
- DIPENDRA SINGH AIREE
Squad of Qatar:
- Mohammed Rizlan (c, wk)
- Owais Ahmed
- Amir Farooq
- Zaheer Ibrahim
- Ikramullah Khan
- Kamran Khan
- Imal Liyanage (wk)
- Gayan Munaweera
- Muhammad Murad
- Mohammed Nadeem
- Khurram Shahzad
- Muhammad Tanveer
- Valeed Veetil
- Sandun Withanage
