Nepal vs Oman Match Prediction, ICC WC League 2
Nepal host Oman in their first ever home one day international and their first foray into the new ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament. The match takes place at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur, on February 5 and the live action starts at 10:00.
Nepal are yet to feature in the new second-tier ODI competition, which forms part of the pathway to the next World Cup, so this is a first chance for players like Sandeep Lamichhane and Paras Khadka to prove their worth in this tournament.
Oman have won four of the six matches they have played, meanwhile, and will be keen to get back into the top three and stay on track for an automatic place at the 2022 Cricket World Cup qualifier. Aqib Ilyas has scored 308 runs in six innings so far to lead their charge.
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Toss Prediction
Oman lost the toss in their most recent League 2 match, and may be keen to bat first in this first game of this series.
Weather Report
Though a little on the cool side, with temperatures only just rising into double digits in the early morning, Kirtipur is otherwise forecast to be dry and just a little cloudy.
Pitch Condition
Previous matches at the ground have showed it to be one where the bowlers – particularly the spinners – can starve the batsmen of big runs.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Nepal vs Oman ODI, ICC WC League 2.
Nepal Team News & Playing 11
NEP Team News
Gyanendra Malla has been named captain for this ODI series, with Nepal including two potential ODI debutants – all-rounder Kamal Singh Airee and Kushal Malla. Paceman Sompal Kami misses out due to a back injury.
NEP Key Players
Sandeep Lamichhane: Nepal’s first cricket superstar, the teenage spinner was most recently with Melbourne Stars at the Big Bash League, taking 15 wickets, and in List A cricket he has 57 wickets in 27 matches.
Paras Khadka: The former captain scored his first ODI century against the UAE last year and has also taken nine wickets in his six ODI matches for Nepal so far too.
Karan KC: Took 14 wickets in six matches at the Pokhara Premier League in December, while the paceman – who can also swing the bat down the order – has 38 wickets in 30 internationals across the two white-ball formats for Nepal.
NEP Team Form
Nepal have not played any ODI cricket since beating the UAE in January 2019. Paras Khadka starred in their decisive victory in the third and final game of that series, scoring 115 from 109 balls as Nepal chased 255 to win by four wickets. They had previously lost the opening match of the series but bounced back to win the second game comfortably.
Nepal Predicted Playing 11
Gyanendra Malla (c), Binod Bhandari (wk), Paras Khadka, DS Airee, Rohit Paudel, Aarif Sheikh, KS Airee, Karan KC, Lalit Rajbanshi, Abinash Bohara, Sandeep Lamichhane
Oman Team News & Playing 11
OMAN Team News
Oman have stuck with the same squad that hosted the UAE and Namibia, and they may favour consistency when it comes to the starting XI too as they look to bounce back from their defeat to the latter.
OMAN Key Players
Aqib Ilyas: Three half-centuries in six innings in this tournament so far have helped him to 308 runs in total to lead Oman’s batting.
Zeeshan Maqsood: The captain has taken 12 wickets in six matches so far, with an economy rate of 3.37 runs per over and an average of 14.66 to put him top of Oman’s bowling charts.
Bilal Khan: His 4-49 last time out means he now has 11 wickets in five matches and the left-arm paceman has been in excellent form across the formats – he has 17 wickets in his last five internationals.
OMAN Team Form
Oman have won four of their six matches in this tournament so far. They claimed three victories in four matches in Scotland first up and then added another on home soil against the UAE last time out – Zeeshan Maqsood taking 4-15 and Aqib Ilyas scoring 80* in a comfortable win.
They lost their most recent match, however despite Bilal Khan’s 4-49 as Namibia posted 324/7 in Muscat. In reply, Oman were bowled out for 272.
Oman Predicted Playing 11
Khawar Ali, Jatinder Singh, Aqib Ilyas, Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Mohammad Nadeem, Suraj Kumar (wk), Mohammad Sanuth, Sandeep Goud, Naseem Khushi, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan
Nepal vs Oman Head to Head
This will be the first time these two teams have met in ODI cricket.
🏆 Nepal vs Oman Prediction
Oman have made a solid start to this tournament so far and have the quality with players like Zeeshan Maqsood and Aqib Ilyas in form to beat Nepal.
Feb 05, 2020
09:45 IST / 4:15 GMT
Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground - Kathmandu, Nepal
ICC WC League 2 
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