Squads –
Nepal –
Gyanendra Malla (C), Dipendra Singh Airee, Paras Khadka, Binod Bhandari (WK), Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Abinash Bohara, Aarif Sheikh, Aasif Sheikh (WK), Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Shahab Alam, Kamal Singh Airee, Sushan Bhari.
Netherlands –
Pieter Seelaar (C), Tobias Visee (WK), Ben Cooper, Max O’Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikramjit Singh, Scott Edwards (WK), Aryan Dutt, Philippe Boissevain, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma, Tonny Staal, Sebastiaan Braat, Julian de Mey
Team News –
Nepal –
– Nepal played their last international matche at the ACC Eastern Regional T20 in Bangkok in March 2020.
– Paras Khadka, Gyanendra Malla and Sandeep Lamichhane are some of the team’s important players who will feature in the series.
– Sandeep Lammichhane will also feature in the tri-series who was unsold at the IPL 2021 Auction.
– Gyanendra Malla and Kushal Malla will likely be Nepal’s openers. Gyanendra Malla is a experienced guy being team’s wnd highest scorer.
– Paras Khadka will bat at 1 down. Paras is Nepal’s highest run getter and will also contribute through bowl also.
– Dipendra Singh Airee will bat at 2 down followed by Binod Bhandari. Bhandari has a godd experience of 40+ t20 games and will also keep the Wickets.
– Nepal has a good Top order but has a weak middle order.
– Sandeep Lammichhane and Sushan Bhari will lead the spin attack.
– Sompal Kami, Paras Khadka and KC Karan along with Abhinash Bohara will be holding the pace attack. KC karan will also be contributing through bat.
Netherlands –
– The Netherlands team have not played any international cricket since winning the T20 World Cup Qualifier in November 2019.
– Netherlands team will be lead by Allrounder Pieter Seelaar.
– Max O’Dowd and Tobais Visee will be likely openers. Both are extremely attacking Batsman and attacks from word go. Both are among top 10 run getters in t20s for Netherlands.
– Ben Cooper will bat at 1 down. Cooper is an experienced guy with 1300+ t20 runs with a healthy strike rate of 136.
– Captain Seelaar will bat at 2 down followed by Bas de Leede and Scott Edwards. Seelaar will contribute through both bat and bowl.
– Seelaar and Phillipe Boissevain will lead the spin attack. Max O’Dowd can assist them.
– Vivian Kingma, Paul van Meekeran and Sebastian Braat will lead the pace attack.
Probable XI –
Nepal –
Gyanendra Malla, Kushal Malla, Paras Khadka, Dipendra Singh Airee, Binod Bhandari(wk), Aarif Sheikh, Sompal Kami, KC Karan, Sandeep Lammichhane, Abhinash Bohara, Sushan Bhari
Netherlands –
Tobais Visee(wk), Max O’Dowd, Ben Cooper, Pieter Seelar(c), Scott Edwards, Vikramjeet Singh, Bas de Leede, Paul van Meerekan, Vivian Kingma, Philippe Boissevain, Sebastian Braat
Pitch Report –
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Just 4 International t20 games have been played on this ground so far. Pitch generally is onnthe slower side and will help the spinners and bowlers with good variations.
Average Score – 125
Team Blueprint –
WK –
S Edwards( Middle order, RHB, carrer SR of 145, will not be much useful in small leagues)
B Bhandari( 3/4 down, RHB + wk, very attacking, 484 runs in 41 innings for Nepal)
T Visee( Open, RHB + wk, very attacking Batsman with a SR of 158, weak record against Nepal of just 24 in 4 games)
BAT –
Ben Cooper( Open/1 down, 2nd highest scorer for Netherlands, 94 runs in 5 games against Nepal)
M O’Dowd( Open/1 down, RHB, very attacking, 917 t20 runs at a SR of 130, Must have)
G Malla( Open, RHB, very experienced, 2nd Highest scorer for Nepal in t20s, 147 runs in 6 innings against Netherlands)
D Singh Airee( 2 down, RHB, 289 runs in 17 innings for Nepal, decent option)
Aarif Sheikh(RHB, middle order, 177 runs in 11 t20 innings, SR under 100 in t20s )
ALL –
Paras Khadka( Open/1 down, RHB + medium pacer, very experienced, 1303 runs + 26 Wickets in t20s , 176 runs in 7 innings against Netherlands)
P Seelaar( 2 down, RHB + slow left arm, teams experienced player, 553 runs + 60 Wickets in t20s, Must have)
KC Karan( Right Arm Fast medium + good hitter of ball, 42 t20 Wickets + 207 runs for Nepal, 9 Wickets in 6 games against Netherlands, Must have)
Kushal Malla( Open/2 down + Slow left arm bowl, very young, 62 runs + 12 in 5 games )
Aryan Dutt( Opener, RHB + off spin, 88 runs + 3 Wickets in u15, less chances of playing)
V Singh( Open, medium pacer, highest score of 85 against Denmark in 2019)
BOWL –
P van Meekeren( Right Arm medium, experienced, 52 t20 Wickets in 53 innings, 3 Wickets in 5 games against Nepal)
Sandeep Lammichhane( Leggie, 2nd Highest Wicket taker for Nepal with 58 Wickets, Must have)
Vivian Kingma( Right Arm medium pacer, known for his variations, 8 Wickets in 5 t20 games)
Sompal Kami( Right Arm medium fast, very experienced, 32 t20 Wickets for Nepal, 4 Wickets in 6 games against Netherlands)
Sushan Bhari( Slow left arm, 3 Wickets in 5 t20 games, young talent)
P Boissevain( Leg spinner, very good domestic record, 8 Wickets in 5 u15 games)
S Braat( Right Arm medium fast, 4 Wickets in 3 innings)
A Bohara( Medium pacer, known for his death bowling, 20 t20 Wickets for Nepal, Must )
C/VC –
Nepal –
Sandeep Lammichhane
Paras Khadka
KC Karan
Netherlands –
Peiter Seelaar
Ben Cooper
Max O’Dowd
