NEP vs USA Match Prediction & Betting Tips - Jun 20, 2023
Nepal will be looking to register its first points of the tournament as it faces the USA in a Group A fixture on Tuesday in Harare.
Nepal vs USA head-to-head record
Nepal and USA have faced each other in 6 ODIs till now. Nepal won 3 of those while the USA won 2. 1 match ended in a tie.
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NEP vs USA Team Previews
Nepal
Nepal expectedly lost their opening fixture of the tournament where they faced the hosts Zimbabwe. However, they will be looking to take the positives from that match.
The opening pair of Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh was excellent in that game. They put up a brilliant show against a relatively strong Zimbabwe bowling attack and put up 171 runs for the opening wicket. Bhurtel was unlucky to depart on 99, while Sheikh followed him soon after, scoring 66 runs.
Kushal Malla and Rohit Paudel stitched another good partnership and at one stage, Nepal looked set to cross the 300-run mark quite easily. However, the batsmen lower down struggled to get going and squandered away a good opportunity. The team will be looking for more runs from Bhim Sharki, Gulsan Jha, and Aarif Sheikh. The bowling was a big letdown for the visitors and there is plenty of scope for improvement there.
Seamers Sompal Kami and Gulsan Jha were the only two who were able to pick wickets, while the other bowlers struggled to bowl a good line and length. Sandeep Lamichhane, who is Nepal’s prime spinner, was wicketless and went for close to 8 runs an over.
Similarly, Karan KC and Dipendra Singh Airee weren’t able to cause much trouble for the opposition.
Nepal Playing 11
Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Rohit Kumar Paudel, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulsan Jha, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi.
USA
USA had a good run in the Qualifier Playoffs, where they finished at the top of the points table. However, their campaign here wasn’t off to the best of starts as they lost their opening fixture, played against the West Indier.
Steven Taylor and Sushant Modani will once again open the batting here for the USA.
Both got a decent start in the last match but were unable to capitalize on that. The team will expect skipper Monank Patel and Saiteja Mukkamalla to play better here and stabilize the innings during the middle overs. Gajanand Singh scored a brilliant century under pressure in the last match and was well-supported by Shayan Jahangir.
The bowlers will once again play an important role here. Kyle Phillip and Saurabh Netravalkar struck early blows in the match against West Indies in the last match and ended the match with 3 wickets each. Steven Taylor was a bit expensive but he too picked up 3 wickets, while left-armer Nosthush Kenjige was very economical.
If the top order clicks here for the USA, they can cause a lot of trouble for Nepal here.
USA Playing 11
Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Aaron Jones, Gajanand Singh, Shayan Jahangir, Nisarg Patel, Jessy Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Kyle Phillip.
NEP vs USA Toss Prediction
The team winning the toss will likely opt to bat first here.
Read our guide on toss predictions to learn how we analyze and come up with our tips.
Pitch and Conditions
The pitch at the Takashinga Sports Club in Harare is very flat and hard and is a good surface to bat on. The boundaries are on the shorter side and we can expect plenty of boundaries. The seam bowlers will enjoy the pace and bounce on offer, but there is little help for the spinners here.
The weather is expected to remain clear and pleasant.
NEP vs USA Betting Tips
Both the teams haven’t been off to the best of starts and have struggled under pressure. However, looking at the form of both in the build-up to this tournament, we feel that Nepal has a slight edge here. They have a stronger batting line-up and also a lot of depth in their batting.
Bet on Nepal to win.
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Both the openers of Nepal are in good form and scored individual half-centuries in the opo fixture. As they play on a flat batting surface, we can expect them to score runs at a brisk pace.
Bhurtel played a brilliant knock of 99 in the opening match. He has an average of 22.94 in ODIs and has scored over 22.5 runs in 7 of his last 10 innings, including a century and a half-century in his last two outings.
There are quite a few in-form batsmen in both teams. The pitch at Harare is good to bat on and the bowling attacks aren’t the strongest ones around. We can therefore expect a couple of big individual scores here.
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- Highest opening partnership - India W (1.55) and 1 more BANW vs INDW betting tip
- Total runs in the highest scoring over of the match - Over 22.5 (1.95) and 2 more MI vs SRH betting tips
- Nazmul Hossain Shanto to become the top batter. - 4.10 and 3 more BAN vs ZIM betting tips
- Delhi Capitals to win the toss - 1.90 and 4 more DC vs RR betting tips
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