At the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, the Nepalese U19 cricket team will play Afghanistan U19 in the last group-stage match. For both sides, the game is a must-win since the victor would advance to the super-six stage.

The top three teams from each group will advance to the tournament’s Super-Six. Two sub-groups comprise the Super Six: A and D teams playing against one another, and B and C teams going up against each other.

Afghanistan and Nepal have both lost their past two games, therefore the simple calculation is that whomever prevails in this matchup will advance.

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In the U-19 World Cup, Nepal will play Afghanistan today, the winning team will advance to the Super Six

Today, Nepal is playing against Afghanistan in the 15th edition of the ICC U-19 World Cup in South Africa. The decisive match between Nepal and Afghanistan will be played at Buffalo Park in East London from 1:45 PM.

Nepal also played the previous two matches at this ground. Nepal lost in both the matches. Nepal in group ‘D’ lost to New Zealand by 64 runs in the first match.

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Similarly, Nepal lost by 5 wickets against Pakistan in the second match. On the other hand, Afghanistan was shocked by 181 runs against Pakistan in the first match and by one wicket against New Zealand in the second match. In the last match of the group stage, Nepal and Afghanistan are under pressure to win.

Also, in the event that the match was canceled due to rain on Friday, the equation has become that Nepal will make it to the Super Six. Because the net return rate of Nepal is better than Afghanistan in the score table. Now Nepal is third and Afghanistan is fourth.

Nepal wants to travel to the Super Six with a great performance against Afghanistan. In addition, Nepal is planning to take revenge for the defeat in the U-19 Asia Cup last December. Nepal was defeated by Afghanistan by 73 runs in the Asia Cup. Chasing the target of 262 runs given by Afghanistan in that match, Nepal was bowled out for 188 runs in 40.1 overs. This time, Nepal is betting to win against Afghanistan by playing a full over.

In the ongoing World Cup, Nepal was able to bat up to the scheduled 50 overs against New Zealand and Afghanistan. Especially in this World Cup, even though Nepal’s top order could not play a big innings, the last players are contributing well with batting. As a result, Nepal managed to bat only 50 overs in both the matches.

-ICC Under-19 World Cup 2024 Points Table

There is no record of Nepal and Afghanistan facing each other in the World Cup so far. These two teams want to make a memorable performance in the first meeting of the World Cup.

Nepal is likely to change two players in the playing XI against Afghanistan. On Friday, Nepal is likely to leave out Uttam Ranghu Thapa Magar and Durgesh Gupta and give Vishalvikram KC and Tilakraj Bhandari a chance. Uttam had a disappointing performance against New Zealand and Pakistan. He got out for zero in the first match and could only score 4 runs in the second match.

TEAMS:

Nepal’s: Dev Khanal (c), Dipesh Kandel, Gulshan Jha, Durgesh Gupta, Subash Bhandari, Aakash Tripathi, Arjun Kumal, Deepak Bohara, Uttam Thapa Magar (wk), Dipak Dumre, Aakash Chand, Bishal KC, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Bipin Rawal (wk), Dipak Bohara

Afghanistan’s : Naseer Khan (C), Numan Shah (VC and WK), Hassan Eisakhil, Khalid Taniwal, Jamshid Zadran, Wafiullah Tarakhil, Ali Ahmad Nasar, Sohail Khan Zurmati, Rahimullah Zurmati, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Arab Gul Momand, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Bashir Ahmad Afghan, Khalil Ahmad and Zahid Afghan.