🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: M5: ENG vs NEP on 08/02/26🏏 - Page 2

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The form guide -> England come into the tournament on the back of an impressive series win against Sri Lanka. They had also beaten New Zealand in a rain-affected series back in October, 2025. With plenty of batters holding IPL experience, this is a team to watch out for. Nepal qualified for the tournament by finishing on top of the Asian qualifiers and they made history by beating West Indies in a 3-match T20I series, their first-ever series win against a Test playing nation.

One Player to watch out for - > In a team packed with individual talent, Jacob Bethell flies slightly under the radar. He followed a maiden Test hundred in Sydney with some impressive all-round performances in the white-ball series against Sri Lanka. Is this WC going to herald a new hero for England? In Depndra Singh Airee, Nepal boast of a player who has a 9-ball fifty to his name and has also hit 6 sixes in an over against Qatar. He's yet to kickstart his career against the big boys, but this tournament could spur Aire to new heights.

England have won the toss and have opted to bat

Nepal (Playing XI): Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh(w), Rohit Paudel(c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Gulsan Jha, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sher Malla

England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood

Rohit Paudel - We would have bowled first. Looking at the conditions, chasing is the better option. It's a used wicket, if it turns, it'll help us in the second innings. Playing all the games here is an advantage for us, as a team to play in Asian conditions helps Nepal, that's a big advantage for us.

Harry Brook - We're having a bat first. Think the pitch will be in the best shape in the first innings, we'll look to bowl in the second innings. Little bit of spin and a bit of bounce. We wanted two out and out pacers with the new ball. Playing really well, SL was awesome preparation and we have taken plenty of confidence. Feeling good and I'm hopeful of taking good decisions. Can't take anything for granted, just stay with the situation and adapt to the situation.

England have won the toss and have opted to bat

Leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane is considered the face of Nepal cricket. In an exclusive chat with Cricbuzz, Lamichhane opened up about his team's famous series win over West Indies, how he became a leg-spinner, his preparation process against big hitters and lots more.

Sandeep Lamichhane: It wasn't that difficult but so many people don't even know that I started bowling medium pace before becoming a leg spinner.

Sandeep Lamichhane: Because there was no one in Nepal who bowled leg spin. It was really easy for me to get into the system as a leg spinner, if I bowled really well. I played a lot of gully cricket and in gully cricket it's really hard to get a batter out. You need to use all your tricks. Sometimes I used to bowl left-arm spin, sometimes off-spin, sometimes medium pace, and then when you see there is no way of picking the wickets, there's always one thing left, which is leg spin.

That's how I started leg spin in gully cricket. Later on, when I went to cricket clubs, I started as a medium pacer and then later realized, when I was looking for opportunities to get into the system, that there were no leg spinners in the whole country. I had to tell myself that this was the opportunity and you need to grab it with both hands. There I started bowling leg spin as a professional cricketer, and that's how my journey started in Chitwan.

Rohit Paudel - We would have bowled first. Looking at the conditions, chasing is the better option. It's a used wicket, if it turns, it'll help us in the second innings. Playing all the games here is an advantage for us, as a team to play in Asian conditions helps Nepal, that's a big advantage for us.

Harry Brook - We're having a bat first. Think the pitch will be in the best shape in the first innings, we'll look to bowl in the second innings. Little bit of spin and a bit of bounce. We wanted two out and out pacers with the new ball. Playing really well, SL was awesome preparation and we have taken plenty of confidence. Feeling good and I'm hopeful of taking good decisions. Can't take anything for granted, just stay with the situation and adapt to the situation.

Teams:

Nepal (Playing XI): Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh(w), Rohit Paudel(c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Gulsan Jha, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sher Malla

England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood

England

(2/20 ov) 19/1

Nepal

England chose to bat.

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Current RR: 9.50

Live Forecast:

ENG 210

Yadav to Buttler, OUT

Jos Buttler c †Aasif Sheikh b Yadav 26 (17b 5x4 0x6) SR: 152.94