Can Nepal bring any surprises in the T20 Cricket World Cup With a new X-factor?

The 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup is two weeks away, and the tournament schedule has been released and almost all teams have announced their squads. This will be the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup and will be a 20-team event that will take place in the United States and West Indies.

You can explore the complete 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Schedule and other team details by following this link.

You can have team composition and matches with dates, venues, timings, and players to watch in the 2024 T20 World Cup.

In the 2024 Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup Series, we will cover Team Nepal with all the details below.

Nepal made its debut in the ICC World T20 in Bangladesh in 2014. He was in the 12 positions in the group stage.

Can they bring the best out of them and bring surprises in this edition of the Cricket World Cup?

The Cricket Association of Nepal has announced their 15-member young squad with Monty Desai as the coach.

Nepal 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup Squad

Rohit Paudel will be the captain of the Nepal team for the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2024. Dipendra Singh Airee is included in the batting lineup after his explosive performance against Qatar in which he hit six sixes in an over in April 2024 and created history. He is now the third batter to hit six sixes in an over in a men’s T20I. Yuvraj Singh from India did it in T20 World Cup 2007 off Stuart Broad and Kieron Pollard from West Indies did it in 2021 off Akila Dananjaya.

Here is a complete list of players who will represent Nepal in the T20 World Cup.

Nepal Squad is:

Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Karan KC, Kushal Malla, Gulshan Jha, Anil Kumar Sah, Pratis GC, Aasif Sheikh, Sundeep Jora, Abinash Bohara, Sompal Kami, Sagar Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee. 

Reserve Members: No Reserves.

Aarif Sheikh, Bibek Yadav, and Aakash Chand have been left out of the 15-man squad for the World Cup along with Sandeep Lamichhane, Nepal’s best-known T20 cricketer, who is currently serving a jail sentence.

 “All teams are allowed to make changes to their squad till 25 May without getting any approval from anybody, after that they need to get approval from ICC’s event technical committee to make any changes.”

Players to Watch in this World Cup from Nepal:

  • Rohit Paudel, the captain is in great form and hit 54 balls 112 runs against West Indies A team.
  • Dipendra Singh Airee, an all-rounder can break many records after his six sixes show recently. He can be the X-factor for Nepal.
  • Sompal Kami, a fast bowling all-rounder can utilise his experience as he was part of the debut 2014 campaign too.
  • Lalit Rajbanshi, a Left-arm orthodox spinner can create magic with his bowling any day.

Nepal Team Matches:

Nepal is in Group D along with South Africa, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, and Bangladesh.

Nepal will kick off its 2024 ICC T20 World Cup with the Netherlands on June 4 in Dallas, USA.

ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Schedule
Match NumberMATCHESDATETIME (Local)TIME(GMT)VENUE
7NETHERLANDS vs NEPALTue Jun 4, 202411:3015:30Dallas
23SRI LANKA vs NEPALTue Jun 11, 202419:3023:30Florida
31SOUTH AFRICA vs NEPALFri Jun 14, 202419:3023:30St Vincent
37BANGLADESH vs NEPALSun Jun 16, 202419:3023:30St Vincent

What do you think about Nepal’s T20 World Cup team composition?

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