Both the teams have defeated Hong Kong comfortably and were defeated by relatively stronger Bangladesh. However, Nepal have better run rate than Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is an emerging nation in both T20s and ODIs in past few years. Nepal has been doing better in T20s in past two years. So, the match is going to be an interesting one.
Nepal will be playing Afghanistan in Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chitaggong at 15:45 NPT on Thursday.
But if we look past records Afghanistan have dominated Nepal winning all the six matches against their opposition.
Pitch
The match against Bangladesh was affected a lot by dew. However, in this game dew factor will not be important because most of the part of the match will be finished by the time dew comes in play. Nepali players can hold their nerves while chasing. So, it will be better if they field first if they win the toss
SquadsNepal: Paras Khadka (captain), Pradeep Airee, Prithu Baskota, Binod Bhandari, Naresh Budhaayer, Shakti Gauchan, Sompal Kami, Avinash Karn, Subash Khakurel, Gyanendra Malla, Jitendra Mukhiya, Sagar Pun, Basant Regmi, Sharad Vesawkar, Rahul VishwakarmaAfghanistan: Mohammad Nabi (captain), Asghar Stanikzai, Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamid Hassan, Hamza Hotak, Karim Sadiq, Mirwais Ashraf, Najibullah Taraki, Najibullah Zadran, Nawroz Mangal, Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Shahzad, Shafiqullah, Shapoor Zadran
Key Players
Paras Khadka missed out half century by few runs in both of the games. He will be looking to better his performance in this game.
Mohammad Shahzad is one of the most consistent player for Afghanistan. If Nepal want to win against Afghanistan, his wicket in the early overs is the most.
