The Asia Cup 2023 tournament is going to start from tomorrow i.e. 30th August. Before the start of this tournament, a lot of enthusiasm and excitement is being seen among the fans. Asia Cup is also trending very fast on social media, so social media users are also giving their opinion about the first match of this tournament. Meanwhile, many important questions related to this match are also being seen on social media. When, where and how to watch this match for free, some such questions remain in the mind of the fans. So tell that the first match of the tournament will be played between Pakistan and Nepal team. Nepal’s team is participating in the Asia Cup for the first time.
In such a situation, this first match is going to be very exciting. The Pakistan team recently made a clean sweep of the 3-0 series against Afghanistan. Due to which Pakistani players and fans will enter the field with confidence in this match. This match played between the two teams will start at 3 pm Indian time at Multan Cricket Stadium. While the toss will be done half an hour earlier. Before this match, there will be an opening ceremony at Multan Cricket Stadium before 3 pm. In which famous singers AR Rahman and Atif Aslam will be seen performing.
If you want to watch this match played between the two teams for free while sitting at home, then let us tell you that you can watch this match for free as well. The live broadcast of this match will be on Star Sports network in multiple languages. Apart from this, there will be live streaming of the match on Disney Plus Hotstar. Because of which you can enjoy this match very comfortably.
In this match, both the teams will go with their best playing 11. Where the command of Pakistan will be in the hands of Babar Azam. On the other hand, Rohit Paudel will handle the responsibility of the Nepal team. There is more than one player in both the teams. However, Pakistan’s upper hand is much heavier than that of Nepal. Despite this, the Pakistan team would not want to make the mistake of underestimating Pakistan. The reason for this is that the Nepal cricket team will enter the field for the first time to play the Asia Cup. Nepal had qualified for the Asia Cup by defeating UAE in the final of the ACC Premier Cup 2023. In that tournament, Nepal played 4 matches, out of which 3 were won and 1 match was inconclusive.
In such a situation, taking Nepal lightly can prove costly for Pakistan. It has happened many times in the history of cricket when the underdog team broke the dream of winning the cup of the big team. An example of this is the defeat of England at the hands of Ireland in the year 2011 and another example is the defeat of the 2-time winner team West Indies at the hands of the Netherlands in the qualifier match for ODI World this year.
Pakistan vs Nepal possible Playing XI:
Pakistan Playing 11: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmad, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Usama Mir, Naseem Shah/Faheem Ashraf.
Nepal Playing 11: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (WK), Arjun Saud, Rohit Paudel (C), Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Sompal Kami, Sandeep Lamichhane, Karan KC, Pratish GC, Lalit Rajbanshi.
