Toss Pakistan selected to bowl vs Nepal
Pakistan captain Nida Dar gained the toss and opted to bowl first towards Nepal in a must-win recreation for her facet on the Ladies’s Asia Cup 2024.
Dar mentioned that since Pakistan had misplaced batting first towards India, they wished to bowl first right here. They made one change, bringing in allrounder Omaima Sohail for middle-order batter Iram Javed.
Nepal, too, strengthened their batting. They changed Sabnam Rai, who bowls each medium tempo and offspin, with wicketkeeper-batter Roma Thapa. If Nepal win tonight, they – in addition to India – can be by means of to the semi-finals.
The match is being performed on the identical floor the place India beat UAE earlier within the day. Every boundary is round 59 metres out however wind might play a key position. Through the first recreation, it modified route a few instances, one thing each Nepal and Pakistan might want to maintain an in depth eye on.
Nepal: 1 Samjhana Khadka, 2 Sita Rana Magar, 3 Kabita Kunwar, 4 Indu Barma (capt), 5 Rubina Chhetry, 6 Puja Mahato, 7 Kajal Shrestha (wk), 8 Roma Thapa, 9 Kabita Joshi, 10 Bindu Rawal, 11 Kritika Marasini
Pakistan: 1 Gull Feroza, 2 Muneeba Ali (wk), 3 Sidra Amin, 4 Nida Dar (capt), 5 Aliya Riaz, 6 Omaima Sohail, 7 Fatima Sana, 8 Tuba Hassan, 9 Sadia Iqbal, 10 Nashra Sandhu, 11 Syeda Aroob Shah
