Kathmandu – The Nepal national cricket team, preparing for the World Cup, is currently busy with practice sessions. Bowler Sandeep Lamichhane has also arrived in India after winning the Bangladesh Premier League title.
The World Cup will be held from February 7 to March 8 in India and Sri Lanka. This season’s World Cup is being jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. After playing a few practice matches in Sri Lanka, the Nepali team arrived in India. At present, the team is training in Mumbai. Ahead of the World Cup, Nepal will play three T20 practice matches in India against Mumbai’s MCA President’s XI.
After the matches against the Mumbai team, Nepal is scheduled to play warm-up matches against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Canada before the group stage of the World Cup. Nepal will face the UAE on February 3 and Canada on February 5. These matches will be held at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Nepal will begin its World Cup campaign on February 8 with a match against England. In the World Cup, Nepal is placed in Group ‘C’. This group includes Nepal, two-time world champion West Indies, one-time champion England, Scotland, and Italy.
Nepal will play against Italy on February 12, West Indies on February 15, and Scotland on February 17. Nepal will be playing cricket against England and Italy for the first time. All of Nepal’s group-stage matches are scheduled to be played in Mumbai. All tickets for Nepal’s matches have already been sold out.Nepal previously participated in the World Cups of 2014 and 2024. This is Nepal’s third World Cup journey.
Nepal Squad for the World Cup
Rohit Paudel (Captain), Dipendra Singh Airee (Vice-Captain), Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh, Sandeep Jora, Aarif Sheikh, Basir Ahmad, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sher Malla, and Lokesh Bam.
In the 2026 World Cup, Group ‘A’ includes arch-rivals India and Pakistan along with the United States, the Netherlands, and Namibia. Group ‘B’ consists of Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Ireland, and Oman, while Group ‘D’ includes South Africa, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Canada, and the UAE.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Eight stage, which will also be divided into two groups. The top two teams from each Super Eight group will then qualify for the semifinals.Nepal team captain Paudel has stated that Nepal will play the World Cup aiming for a hundred percent results.
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