A large number of spectators have come to the stadium in support of Nepal.
What you should know
Nepal will field first against England in the Twenty20 World Cup. England captain Harry Brook won the toss and elected to bat first at the Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai.
Under the captaincy of Rohit Poudel, Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airi, Arif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Sher Malla, Nandan Yadav and Sandeep Lamichhane are playing from Nepal.
Similarly, from England, along with Brook, Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid and Luke Wood are playing.
The previous day, India had to struggle a lot to defeat another associate nation, the United States, on the same Wankhede pitch. India was able to win the match against the United States by 29 runs only after captain Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 84 runs off 49 balls. England and Nepal are going to play on the same pitch.
The Nepali team arrived in Chennai on Friday after defeating the UAE and Canada in two official warm-up matches for the World Cup in Chennai. Nepal and England are competing in the World Cup for the first time. Nepal is competing in the Twenty20 World Cup for the third time.
Nepal had previously faced Test nations four times, including Bangladesh in the 2014 World Cup and Sri Lanka, South Africa and Bangladesh in 2024. The match with Sri Lanka was abandoned due to rain and they lost all the other matches.
Nepal qualified for the World Cup by winning all the matches in the Asia and Asia Pacific region held in Oman in October, while England has been performing well under the captaincy of Harry Brook in the past year.
A large number of spectators have come to the stadium in support of Nepal.
