It appears that the match will not resume due to constant rain;

Mohammed Siraj plays to Sandeep Lamichhane, good length ball, throwing outside the muñón, Sandeep Lamichhane plays an aggressive front foot drive for 2 runs.

The duel is still on hold because it is still raining in the stadium

The players left because it was raining a lot in the stadium;

Mohammed Siraj bowls to Gulshan Kumar Jha, without a good length ball, playing from the muñón, Gulshan Kumar Jha takes advantage of the width offered and cuts it past backward point to score a boundary.

Kuldeep Yadav plays to Dipendra Singh Airee, Full length ball, plays outside the muñón, Dipendra Singh Airee takes aggressive cover off the front foot for 4 runs.

Ravindra Jadeja bowls to Gulshan Kumar Jha, Full length ball, bowls outside off from the muñón, Gulshan Kumar Jha takes aggressive cover off the front foot and is beaten.

6 and a porthole! End of a quick innings from Kushal Bhurtel!

Shardul Thakur bowls Kushal Bhurtel, on a good length ball, throwing outside off stump, Kushal Bhurtel bowls an aggressive front foot shot for 6 runs

Shardul Thakur plays to Mahamad Asif Sheikh, full length ball, throwing outside the muñón, Mahamad Asif Sheikh plays an aggressive front foot drive for 3 runs.

Mohammad Shami bowls to Kushal Bhurtel, short ball, throwing outside the muñón, Kushal Bhurtel bowls an aggressive front foot shot for a single.

Four more points for India, Kushal Bhurtel plays an aggressive front foot shot for 4 points

Mohammed Siraj bowls Mahamad Asif Sheikh, Longer ball, pitched from the muñón and angling towards the inside, Mahamad Asif Sheikh cuts it off his pads towards deep square leg to score a boundary. Nepal’s first four rounds

Mohammed Siraj bowls to Mahamad Asif Sheikh, he misses a good length ball, plays from off stump, Mahamad Asif Sheikh’s leg looks at him awkwardly, 4 leg breaks add to the extras

Mohammad Shami bowls to Kushal Bhurtel, on a good length ball, throwing wide from offside, Kushal Bhurtel gets an outside edge as he looks to play a cut shot. Shreyas Iyer fails to understand this at first.

Shami to Aasif Sheikh for India to get first innings

India will have the first round;

The main referee will be Javagal Srinath and this will also be his 250th match refereeing in his career;

They won the organized draw and will start playing;

In a few minutes the match between India and Nepal will begin, the preview and minute of the match can be followed here on VAVEL

In a few moments, we will share with you the India vs Nepal preview and latest information from Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Stay tuned to VAVEL’s minute-by-minute live online coverage of the match.

The Asia Cup is an international men’s cricket tournament played between Asian countries in the format of One Day International (50 overs) and Twenty20 International (20 overs) cricket. It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded with the aim of promoting goodwill between Asian countries. It was initially planned to be held every two years. The Asia Cup is the only continental cricket championship and the winning team becomes the Asian champion. It alternates every 2 years between the ODI and T20 formats.

Nepal fell in their first match of the group stage of the Odi Asia Cup when they lost to Pakistan who won by 238 runs. A team that comes to this tournament having played in the ICC World Cup where they finished eighth after losing to Ireland in the fight for the last position. This is the first time in their history that they have participated in this competition;

The first match against Pakistan was finally suspended. Currently, they are second in the group with 1 point and remember that the first two in each group qualify for the winners’ phase. This comes from playing the Twenty20 International with clashes against Ireland and West Indies. India are defending their reign after winning this tournament in the last edition, in 208, where they beat Bangladesh in the final. She also won this title in 2010.

This is the first time the two teams will meet in the Asia Cup Odiacute;n competition;

India and Nepal will meet in the match on the second day of the group stage of the Odi Asia Cup. Both teams belong to Group A, which also includes Pakistan.

My name is Manuel Carmona Hidalgo and I will be your antifrion for this match. We’ll bring you pre-match analysis and news here live on VAVEL.