Sri Lanka Cricket Team
T20 World Cup is being organized in America and West Indies. So far 21 matches have been played in the tournament. Where fans have got to see many exciting matches. Apart from this, there have been some upsets as well. Now fans are going to see a historic match as well. Where a match will be played for the first time between two Asian teams. Not a single cricket match has been played between these two teams till now. This will be the first time in the T20 World Cup when both the teams will play a match against each other. These two teams are none other than the teams of Sri Lanka and Nepal. The Sri Lankan team has been the world champion. At the same time, the Nepal team is participating in the T20 World Cup for the first time.
Both teams have a huge fan base
Even though the teams of Nepal and Sri Lanka are playing each other for the first time, the fan base of both the teams is quite large. The fan base of the Sri Lankan team is quite old. Sri Lanka has also won two World Cups. Whereas the Nepal team has qualified for a tournament like the World Cup for the first time, but Nepal’s fan base is also very strong. The craze of cricket is increasing rapidly in Nepal. Nepal played its last match against the Netherlands. Where the entire stadium was filled with spectators. This is the only match in this World Cup where the entire stadium was filled with fans. The Nepal cricket team will play the match against Sri Lanka at Central Broward Park in Florida.
Do or die match for Sri Lanka
T20 World Cup 2014 champion team Sri Lanka is waiting to open its account in the points table after the crushing defeats against South Africa and Bangladesh. In such a situation, the match to be played against Nepal is a do or die match for Sri Lanka. If they lose the match against Nepal, then their team will not be able to qualify for the Super 8 even if they want to. In such a situation, they will try to bring their campaign back on track by defeating Nepal. On the other hand, the Nepal team had to face defeat against Netherlands in their first match.
World Cup Squad of both teams
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (captain), Asif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Shah, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratis GC, Sandeep Jora, Avinash Bohra, Sagar Dhakal and Kamal Singh Airee.
Sri Lanka: Wanindu Hasaranga (captain), Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Welalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Mathisha Pathirana and Dilshan Madushanka.
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