Coming into this iteration of the tournament, although there is not a lot of buzz, England still has a pretty competent batting unit that can blow the teams away on their day. However, the catch is their bowling, and they are heavily reliant on the likes of Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid, who need to perform efficiently in every single game.

As per Nepal, Sandeep Lamichhane has the experience of playing in the Indian Premier League and is quite a seasoned bowler in this format of the game. Apart from him, skipper Rohit is a pretty handy batter with immense potential. Well, the ritual is to have a slip-up of a big team early in the tournament; this fixture promises to be one.

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

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