Toss Netherlands choose to bowl vs Nepal
Edwards expected the ball to swing early with the heavy overhead conditions in place. Netherlands went in with three fast bowlers in Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma and Logan van Beek, while Tim Pringle will take care of the spinning duties. Bas de Leede and Sybrand Engelbrecht slotted in as allrounders. They have Max O’Dowd and Michael Levitt up top, with Vikramjit Singh likely to come in at No. 3.
Netherlands also have played at the T20 World Cup before, most recently in 2022, where they beat South Africa and denied them a spot in the semi-final.
Nepal: 1 Kushal Bhurtel, 2 Aasif Sheikh (wk), 3 Anil Sah, 4 Kushal Malla, 5 Rohit Paudel (capt), 6 Dipendra Singh Airee, 7 Gulsan Jha, 8 Sompal Kami, 9 Karan KC, 10 Sagar Dhakal, 11 Abinash Bohara
Netherlands: 1 Max O’Dowd, 2 Michael Levitt, 3 Vikramjit Singh, 4 Scott Edwards (capt & wk), 5 Teja Nidamanuru, 6 Bas de Leede, 7 Sybrand Engelbrecht, 8 Logan van Beek, 9 Tim Pringle, 10 Paul van Meekeren, 11 Vivian Kingma