Pakistan Vs Nepal play their first match at 2:30 pm in Multan Cricket Stadium. The opening match will be played in Multan, The Nepal team is participating in the Asia Cup for the first time.
The wait for the Asia Cup 2023 is over, Today, the world’s number one Pakistan cricket team will compete against Nepal in the opening match at the Multan Cricket Stadium, Hosting the match. The teams of Pakistan and Nepal are competing for the first time in the One Day International.
Pakistan Vs Nepal Match Time
The team of Nepal is participating in the Asia Cup for the first time. Multan Cricket Stadium is expected to have a great atmosphere on the occasion of this match and a large number of fans will be in the stadium to enjoy this match. There will be an opening ceremony before the match and the match will start at 2:30 PM.
Pakistan ODI record in Multan Stadium
Pakistan cricket team last played an ODI series against West Indies in Multan in June last year which they won by 3-0l.
The Pakistan team has won seven out of ten ODIs at this ground. Captain Babar Azam said that he is happy to play in front of the enthusiastic fans of Multan and we are all very happy to start the Asia Cup from Multan. Congratulating the Nepalese team for qualifying for the cup, he said that their participation in this tournament will help in the promotion of cricket in Nepal.
The competition with the Nepal team will be good. The Pakistan team is starting the Asia Cup at a time when it whitewashed Afghanistan by 3-0 in the past few days and won the first position in the ODI world ranking. The Pakistan team for the second time. Having become the world number one, they have won 22 out of 31 matches in this World Cup cycle. The recent performance of the Pakistan team has been good in all three formats.
He tied the T20I series 2-2 against New Zealand and won the ODI series 4-1. And then won both the Test matches against Sri Lanka and a three-nil ODI series win against Afghanistan. Babar Azam says about the added pressure after becoming world number one, I won’t say that there will be pressure but We will start this tournament with confidence.
This team has achieved the top position through hard work and efforts over the past few years. The process is not over yet, we want to win the Asia Cup and then the World Cup. The coming months are very exciting and competitive and we are determined to do well for our country. Every player wants to win for his country and all the players are ready to show their best even in tough and difficult conditions.
The past few months have been very good and it is time to continue this momentum. Pakistan team will leave for Sri Lanka on 31st August where they will play the second match of Group A against India in Kandy on 2nd September. which will be played between India and Nepal on September 4. In the Pakistan squad, Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafiq, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam Haqq, Muhammad Haris (wicket-keeper), Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Muhammad Wasim Jr., Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Osama Mir. While Tayyab Tahir is included in the traveling reserve.
Pakistan Playing XI Vs Nepal | Pakistan Vs Nepal
Pakistan have already announced their playing XI for today against Pakistan Vs Nepal:
Imam -ul- Haqq
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam ( captain)
Muhammad Rizwan
Salman Agha
Iftikhar Ahmad
Shadab Khan
Muhammad Nawaz
Shaheen Afridi
Naseem Shah
Haris Rauf