After suffering a heavy defeat in the first match of the tri-series in Canada, Nepal will look to bounce back against the same opponent, Canada to register a win of the series.
Nepal lost to host Canada in the first match of the series by 103 runs. Nepal’s batting collapse has been the main reason of the defeat as they fail to chase down 253 runs and were all out in 150 runs.
In the second match of the series, Nepal went down to Oman by 1 wicket as the match was stretched till the final over of the game.
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The match between Nepal and Canada will start from 8:45 pm Nepali time at Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City.
Nepal currently sits at seventh position in the eight-teams standing with just a win from six matches.
Meanwhile, Canada are at the second place with 6 wins from the ten matches.
Nepal’s squad: Rohit Paudel (captain), Asif Sheikh, Anil Sah, Bhim Sharki, Arif Sheikh, Kushal Malla, Arjun Saud, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Rijan Dhakal, Lalit Rajbanshi, Kushal Bhurtel, Dipendra Singh Airee, Sandeep Lamichhane, and Dev Khanal (traveling reserve).
Canada’s squad: Nicholas Kirton (captain), Aaditya Varadharajan, Aaron Johnson, Dilpreet Bajwa, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Ranvinderpal Singh, Dilon Heyliger, Harsh Thaker, Saad bin Zafar, Shreyas Mova (wicketkeeper), Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Rishiv Joshi