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[Iranus]

There is no doubt that Nepal team is weak. Although they have performed well against teams like UAE, USA and Netherlands, I have not seen Nepal team play well against the big teams. Even a few days ago, Nepal lost badly against Pakistan A team and India A team. I have no doubt that Pakistan will win today's match. And I think if Pakistan bats first, they will beat Nepal by at least 120 runs. Pakistan will be looking to get off to a great start in the Asia Cup opener. On the other hand, this is Nepal's first Asia Cup. The goal of Nepali players is not to win, they will want to perform well and make the match competitive.

They did well to qualify for the Asia Cup. Most of the teams participating in the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup (which acted as a qualifier tournament for Asia Cup) had experienced first class players from India and Pakistan representing them. Nepal did well to qualify, but after that their performance was disastrous. They failed to get in to the super-6 stage of the ODI World Cup qualifiers. And then they performed poorly against the U-23 teams from Asian full members during the 2023 ACC Men's Emerging Cup.

One should not expect too much from Nepal team today. One should not even think that the match will be competitive. Unless a miracle happens, I don't see any chance of this match being competitive. Recently I have watched several matches of Nepal. I have seen the World Cup Qualifier matches in particular. Nepal's performance was not good. And so there is little chance of Nepal performing well against a top tier team like Pakistan. The match will be one-sided and Pakistan will dominate. But if the Nepali players are confident then maybe they will be able to perform a little bit better. But the players of the squad are under pressure when playing against such strong opponents. And their performance further deteriorates. And so I don't expect to see a good performance from Nepal.

[SamReomo]

There is no doubt that Nepal team is weak. Although they have performed well against teams like UAE, USA and Netherlands, I have not seen Nepal team play well against the big teams. Even a few days ago, Nepal lost badly against Pakistan A team and India A team. I have no doubt that Pakistan will win today's match. And I think if Pakistan bats first, they will beat Nepal by at least 120 runs. Pakistan will be looking to get off to a great start in the Asia Cup opener. On the other hand, this is Nepal's first Asia Cup. The goal of Nepali players is not to win, they will want to perform well and make the match competitive.

They did well to qualify for the Asia Cup. Most of the teams participating in the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup (which acted as a qualifier tournament for Asia Cup) had experienced first class players from India and Pakistan representing them. Nepal did well to qualify, but after that their performance was disastrous. They failed to get in to the super-6 stage of the ODI World Cup qualifiers. And then they performed poorly against the U-23 teams from Asian full members during the 2023 ACC Men's Emerging Cup.

One should not expect too much from Nepal team today. One should not even think that the match will be competitive. Unless a miracle happens, I don't see any chance of this match being competitive. Recently I have watched several matches of Nepal. I have seen the World Cup Qualifier matches in particular. Nepal's performance was not good. And so there is little chance of Nepal performing well against a top tier team like Pakistan. The match will be one-sided and Pakistan will dominate. But if the Nepali players are confident then maybe they will be able to perform a little bit better. But the players of the squad are under pressure when playing against such strong opponents. And their performance further deteriorates. And so I don't expect to see a good performance from Nepal.

I agree with your observation and that's a fact that Nepal team can't stand much longer against a top tier team like Pakistan. I know that Nepali players may give their best in this match but their chance of winning this match is below 1% I guess. The Pakistani team is one of the strongest team in the ODI and a team like Nepali team can't stand a chance against them, but still if Nepali team plays in a good manner then they may get some runs in this match otherwise they will lose it without any question. Let's see what will happen in the match because I'm quite sure that Pakistani fans would love to see their team win this match.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

Ending hundreds of speculations, the first match of the Asia Cup Group A phase is going to start in a while. There is only one hour left for the start of the game. In today's match two teams will face Pakistan vs Nepal. I chose Pakistan team as favorite team. I am hopeful that Pakistan team players will win the match easily against Nepal with their great performance. I am ready to watch today's match, are you ready?  I think Pakistan fan gamblers will benefit more from this Asia Cup

Pakistan No.1 Vs Nepal No.15


Today's game is being played between two teams on unequal positions. As Pakistan is at the top position in the points table, many people have imagined how Pakistan's match will be today with Nepal at the 15th position. However, whatever situation may arise in cricket, I hope that Nepal will play well and entertain us.

[Shumyl]

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first. This is a very good idea because on this pitch after 40 to 45 overs the batsman faces difficulties to score so the bowlers can take advantage of this thing. Due to this reason, Pakistan can easily win this match and also Pakistan's team is very good, Nepal is the new team.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first. This is a very good idea because on this pitch after 40 to 45 overs the batsman faces difficulties to score so the bowlers can take advantage of this thing. Due to this reason, Pakistan can easily win this match and also Pakistan's team is very good, Nepal is the new team.

Nepal may be new to the Asia Cup but they are not a new team. They had to struggle a lot to qualify for the Asia Cup and they secured the Asia Cup by defeating the UAE as champions. However we will see them perform well today and Pakistan have already started the innings and after 2 overs they have collected team 11 runs. So far, Nepal's bowling action has not been able to create any pressure.

[JSRAW]

Surprise to see Multan stadium is empty for limited overs cricket. I was expecting a packed house in the opening match and Pakistan is hosting only 4 games.

I get it, Nepal is a weaker opponent but Multan has one of the cricket hungry crowds in the subcontinent. Hope stands to get filled as the match progresses. At least there is some support for Nepal.

[cozytrade]

In the opening match of the Asia Cup, Pakistan won the toss and will bat first. I think Pakistan team's decision to bat in the first innings is a very good decision. I am hopeful that the Pakistan team will be able to give a big target to Nepal by batting in the first innings. Nepal is a weaker team than Pakistan team. Now it's just a matter of waiting to see how deadly Nepal can be in the bowling line against the Pakistani batsmen. And to prevent a big score by Pakistan team, how strong can bowlers of Nepal team fight

[Swordsoffreedom]

Surprise to see Multan stadium is empty for limited overs cricket. I was expecting a packed house in the opening match and Pakistan is hosting only 4 games.

I get it, Nepal is a weaker opponent but Multan has one of the cricket hungry crowds in the subcontinent. Hope stands to get filled as the match progresses. At least there is some support for Nepal.

Probably because the opposition is very weak, pakistani audience is not interested in this match. Still I thought that since this is the first match of the Asia Cup, and only 4 matches will be played in pakistan, maybe Pakistani fans will come to the stadium to support their team, however we don't see that. Perhaps Pakistan economic crisis is responsible for this. Perhaps because of the economic crisis, the audience has lost interest in cricket.

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat, and opener Fakhar zaman and imam Ul haque are batting very carefully. Pakistan scored only 21 runs in 5 overs. If they stay at the crease, Pakistan will give a target of 300+ on such a pitch today. However, the team may face problems if they lose wickets quickly.

[CryptoBuds]

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat. And opener Fakhar zaman and imam Ul haque are batting very carefully. Pakistan scored only 21 runs in 5 overs. If they stay at the crease, Pakistan will give a target of 300+ on such a pitch today. However, the team may face problems if they lose wickets quickly.

After winning the toss and batting, Pakistan stumbled in the beginning. I don't think they will start this badly against Nepal. They lost the wicket of Fakhar Zaman in the sixth over. Fakhar Zaman was dismissed by Aasifh Sheikj. And Imam Ul Haque was run out on the first ball of the seventh over and returned to the dressing room. Such a performance was not expected at all from an experienced batsman like Imam Ul Haque. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are batting now. Pakistan team will now depend on the performance of these two players. If these two players fail then Pakistan will not be able to give a target of more than 300. And still it is difficult for Pakistan to score 300 runs. At the end of 8 overs, the team collected only 31 runs. The team could not collect an average of four runs per over.

[MusaPk]

In the opening match of the Asia Cup, Pakistan won the toss and will bat first. I think Pakistan team's decision to bat in the first innings is a very good decision. I am hopeful that the Pakistan team will be able to give a big target to Nepal by batting in the first innings. Nepal is a weaker team than Pakistan team. Now it's just a matter of waiting to see how deadly Nepal can be in the bowling line against the Pakistani batsmen. And to prevent a big score by Pakistan team, how strong can bowlers of Nepal team fight

Good start from Nepal team as they manage to take 2 wikcets in opening 7 overs. Both openers are gone and  Pakistan after 8 overs are 31 for the loss of 2 wickets. Babar Azam and Rizwan are out in the center and they both need to be careful, Pakistan can't afford to lose anymore wicket now. While if Nepal can pick one or two wickets then they can really put Pakistan under pressure.

[Bd officer]

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat. And opener Fakhar zaman and imam Ul haque are batting very carefully. Pakistan scored only 21 runs in 5 overs. If they stay at the crease, Pakistan will give a target of 300+ on such a pitch today. However, the team may face problems if they lose wickets quickly.

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat. So far Pakistan has collected 31 runs in 8 overs losing 2 wickets. Nepal team showed surprise. Pakistan's opening 2 batting outs, Imam-ul-Haq out for 5 runs off 14 balls, Fakhar Zaman out for 14 runs off 20 balls. At the moment, Pakistan is under pressure after losing two important wickets. Karan KC gets 1 wicket. Now Pakistan has to play by holding the wicket, otherwise they will not be able to give the target by more runs. If Pakistan sets a target of 230+ runs, I think Pakistan will win. As Pakistan still have good batting, I think Pakistan can score 280+ runs.

[Cheema02]

In the opening match of the Asia Cup, Pakistan won the toss and will bat first. I think Pakistan team's decision to bat in the first innings is a very good decision. I am hopeful that the Pakistan team will be able to give a big target to Nepal by batting in the first innings. Nepal is a weaker team than Pakistan team. Now it's just a matter of waiting to see how deadly Nepal can be in the bowling line against the Pakistani batsmen. And to prevent a big score by Pakistan team, how strong can bowlers of Nepal team fight

Pakistan lost his openers in scoring 25 runs in a loss of 2 wickets. Pakistan is on Deep Trouble but Babar Azam is rescued 12 runs not out score and Muhammad Rizwan is playing at 6 runs. The current score of Pakistan is 43 runs in loss of 2 wickets in 9.3 Overs. Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan's partnership is very important if the partnership is more than 100 runs then Pakistan will set a big target for Nepal. Nepal is bowling and fielding well Run Out of Imam ul Haq by Nepal Captan is very impressive. Karan KC picks Fakhar Zaman wicket by just scoring 14 runs in 20 balls. Nepal will doing a great job let's see the rest of the match.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat. And opener Fakhar zaman and imam Ul haque are batting very carefully. Pakistan scored only 21 runs in 5 overs. If they stay at the crease, Pakistan will give a target of 300+ on such a pitch today. However, the team may face problems if they lose wickets quickly.

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat. So far Pakistan has collected 31 runs in 8 overs losing 2 wickets. Nepal team showed surprise. Pakistan's opening 2 batting outs, Imam-ul-Haq out for 5 runs off 14 balls, Fakhar Zaman out for 14 runs off 20 balls. At the moment, Pakistan is under pressure after losing two important wickets. Karan KC gets 1 wicket. Now Pakistan has to play by holding the wicket, otherwise they will not be able to give the target by more runs. If Pakistan sets a target of 230+ runs, I think Pakistan will win. As Pakistan still have good batting, I think Pakistan can score 280+ runs.

Pakistan lost two wickets very quickly due to mistakes of their own. Imam and Fakhar are two very important batsmen of Pakistan. They can't play well. Even then, Pakistan have the potential to score big. Pakistan can score big only if one of Babar Azam and Rizwan can stay at the crease. Pakistan squad also has talented batsmen like Iftikhar, Agha Salman and Sadab Khan. So I still think [Pakistan will give more than 300 targets today. At the end of 14 overs, Pakistan managed to collect 65 runs. If Babar and Rizwan are set at the crease, Pakistan's run rate will gradually increase.

[noormcs5]

Surprise to see Multan stadium is empty for limited overs cricket. I was expecting a packed house in the opening match and Pakistan is hosting only 4 games.

I get it, Nepal is a weaker opponent but Multan has one of the cricket hungry crowds in the subcontinent. Hope stands to get filled as the match progresses. At least there is some support for Nepal.

The way Nepal started the game, they did not look like a weaker side. Pakistan were 25 for 2 wickets down and Nepal had the upper hand in the match. If Pakistan had faced any other opponent but would have been in deep trouble by now but since Nepal is the weakest team in this Asia Cup, Pakistan recovered well and now are 82 for 2.

Yeah, maybe the crowd wanted to see the India / Pakistan games in their country and as a result, they are disappointed to know only four matches are being hosted by them.

[LDL]

Surprise to see Multan stadium is empty for limited overs cricket. I was expecting a packed house in the opening match and Pakistan is hosting only 4 games.

I get it, Nepal is a weaker opponent but Multan has one of the cricket hungry crowds in the subcontinent. Hope stands to get filled as the match progresses. At least there is some support for Nepal.

The way Nepal started the game, they did not look like a weaker side. Pakistan were 25 for 2 wickets down and Nepal had the upper hand in the match. If Pakistan had faced any other opponent but would have been in deep trouble by now but since Nepal is the weakest team in this Asia Cup, Pakistan recovered well and now are 82 for 2.

Yeah, maybe the crowd wanted to see the India / Pakistan games in their country and as a result, they are disappointed to know only four matches are being hosted by them.

At first glance it seems that Pakistan will probably target more than 350 runs in today's match but Nepal's bowling performance has been so good so far that it is doubtful whether Pakistan will score 260 plus runs. Pakistan have already lost four of their top order batsmen and their total is 133 after 29 overs.
But this is Nepal's first match in the Asia Cup and it won't be surprising if Nepal can set a world record in this match as cricket is such an uncertain game that no one can afford to underestimate any team.

[Insanity]

Surprise to see Multan stadium is empty for limited overs cricket. I was expecting a packed house in the opening match and Pakistan is hosting only 4 games.

I get it, Nepal is a weaker opponent but Multan has one of the cricket hungry crowds in the subcontinent. Hope stands to get filled as the match progresses. At least there is some support for Nepal.

The way Nepal started the game, they did not look like a weaker side. Pakistan were 25 for 2 wickets down and Nepal had the upper hand in the match. If Pakistan had faced any other opponent but would have been in deep trouble by now but since Nepal is the weakest team in this Asia Cup, Pakistan recovered well and now are 82 for 2.

Yeah, maybe the crowd wanted to see the India / Pakistan games in their country and as a result, they are disappointed to know only four matches are being hosted by them.

No matter how weak the opposition team is, it is never fair to underestimate them. But that's right, the Nepal team started bowling well as they started the game. It seemed that the players of the Pakistan team would not be able to stay on the field for a long time. After the fall of Pakistan's two openers, Babar Azam and Rezwan turned the match around and took over. But I think if the bowlers of Nepal team can break the pair of Babar Azam and Rezwan. Then Nepal can stop Pakistan team from scoring big

[onecall123]

Surprise to see Multan stadium is empty for limited overs cricket. I was expecting a packed house in the opening match and Pakistan is hosting only 4 games.

I get it, Nepal is a weaker opponent but Multan has one of the cricket hungry crowds in the subcontinent. Hope stands to get filled as the match progresses. At least there is some support for Nepal.

The way Nepal started the game, they did not look like a weaker side. Pakistan were 25 for 2 wickets down and Nepal had the upper hand in the match. If Pakistan had faced any other opponent but would have been in deep trouble by now but since Nepal is the weakest team in this Asia Cup, Pakistan recovered well and now are 82 for 2.

Yeah, maybe the crowd wanted to see the India / Pakistan games in their country and as a result, they are disappointed to know only four matches are being hosted by them.

Pakistan is in a tough position right now, already lost 4 wickets only for 128 runs. This is Nepal's first time appearing in the tournament, and they're showing some excellent bowling skills.

Even though Pakistan's batting hasn't been great, their captain, Babar Azam, is standing out and leading the team. Babar scored a half century in the first match of the Asia Cup. He's definitely looking turn it into a century and help his team make a decent total.

[JSRAW]

Surprise to see Multan stadium is empty for limited overs cricket. I was expecting a packed house in the opening match and Pakistan is hosting only 4 games.

I get it, Nepal is a weaker opponent but Multan has one of the cricket hungry crowds in the subcontinent. Hope stands to get filled as the match progresses. At least there is some support for Nepal.

The way Nepal started the game, they did not look like a weaker side. Pakistan were 25 for 2 wickets down and Nepal had the upper hand in the match. If Pakistan had faced any other opponent but would have been in deep trouble by now but since Nepal is the weakest team in this Asia Cup, Pakistan recovered well and now are 82 for 2.

Yeah, maybe the crowd wanted to see the India / Pakistan games in their country and as a result, they are disappointed to know only four matches are being hosted by them.

Nepal could have been in a better position but they dropped 2 sitters and one of them was Babar. Having said that they also managed to get 2 excellent run outs, which was nice.

Rizwan's brain fade moment was funny lol and the dude is turning this into a habit. This is his second brain fade moment in the last 2 matches.

 

[Sithara007]

Dropped catches are proving costly for Nepal. Pakistan seems to be comfortably cruising towards a score of 350. Nepal bowling imploded after the 35th over and after that their bowlers have been conceding close to 10-12 runs per over. Both Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed have stepped up the scoring rate. Nepal captain looks clueless and he is sticking with the spinners despite them being very expensive towards the depth overs. Nepal is staring at a very heavy defeat in their debut Asia Cup match and only a miracle can save them now.

[MusaPk]

Dropped catches are proving costly for Nepal. Pakistan seems to be comfortably cruising towards a score of 350. Nepal bowling imploded after the 35th over and after that their bowlers have been conceding close to 10-12 runs per over. Both Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed have stepped up the scoring rate. Nepal captain looks clueless and he is sticking with the spinners despite them being very expensive towards the depth overs. Nepal is staring at a very heavy defeat in their debut Asia Cup match and only a miracle can save them now.

Pakistan recovered nicely from the early breakdown. After 49 overs Pakistan score is 331 runs, Babar Azam not out on 151 while Chacha Iftikhar manage to score his first ODI hundred. This is very much expected from a country that is playing its first major ODI. Nepal may not win this game but defiantly they will learn a lot from this game which will help them in improving there game in future.