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
Rohit Paudel: To be honest, we would have bowled first. Looking at the condition, I think chasing is a good option, and yeah, we would have bowled first. (on the pitch) Yeah, mostly we love slow tracks, and it’s a used wicket, so I think it will spin a little bit. And I think if that happens, it will help our team. (team news) Four we have left out is Sandeep Jora, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sompal Kami and….. And forgot one name. (on playing all their games here) Yeah, absolutely. I think playing all the games here will always give an advantage to the team who is playing all the four games here. So I think that’s an advantage for me. And as a team, to play in Asian condition always helps Nepal. So I think it’s an advantage for all of us.
Harry Brook: We’re gonna have a bat first. We feel like the pitch is gonna be in best shape in the first innings, and then hopefully we can bowl well and defend our score in the second innings. (on the conditions) Yeah, it looked like there was a little bit of spin in it and a little bit of bounce, so hopefully we can utilise that in the second innings. (on the side) Yeah, we wanted to go with two out and seamers up top with the new ball, see if we can get it to swing and get a few early wickets in the powerplay, and then pretty much everything else is already settled. Yeah, playing really well. I think that tour to Sri Lanka was awesome preparation for this, and we can take a hell of a lot of confidence going into this one. (on the captaincy) Yeah, feeling good, feeling good with the bat, and hopefully I can make some good decisions as captain as well, on and off the field. (message to the boys) Yeah, definitely. You can’t take any side for granted. We know what can happen in T20 World Cups. There’s a little bit more pressure, but that’s been the main messaging from us, is just to stay in the moment as much as we can and adapt to situations and surfaces.
England have won the toss and have opted to bat
