Nepal Vs Oman Live Score, ICC T20 WC East Asia Pacific Qualifier: OMN Go Five Down In Pursuit Of 152 Against NEP

Oman are all over the place. Oman need 92 runs in 48 balls at 11.5 rpo but have five wickets intact as they look to chase down 152. Nepal need wickets and few more here, could really put them in a dominating position.

Oman are struggling in their run-chase of 151 against Nepal. They have lost three wickets and need a stable partnership to steady their innings and get back in the game. Rohit Paudel will want his bowlers to strike and deliver the KO blow.

Oman have lost skipper Jatinder Singh (14) in the run-chase of 152 against Nepal early on in their innings. Sompal Kami with the early breakthrough for the Rhinos as they look to make more in-roads in the game.

That's a satisfactory end to the Nepal's national cricket team innings as they end up with 151 in 20 overs. Kushal Bhurtel's innings of 69 was the impactful one however it was Nadeem Khan (4/20) who was the wrecker-in-chief for Oman.

Kushal Bhurtel is key for NEP for as they eye a big finish against Oman despite four down. Bhurtel is 68 off 47 deliveries and will look to go gung-ho in the final overs of the innings.

Nadeem Khan has taken four wickets and NEP do not know what's hit them. Apart from Kushal Bhurtel, the rest of the batters have been below par as they lost four wickets and still not crossed 100-run barrier.

All of a sudden, NEP find themselves two down under 8 overs. Aasif Sheikh (24) and skipper Rohit Paudel (1) were dismissed by the Oman bowler as the latter look to get back in the game.

Kushal Bhurtel (22 not out) and Aasif Sheikh (14 not out) have started well against the Oman bowlers and given a good platform to their side.

Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh are at the crease and have opened the batting for the Rhinos. OMN will eye some quick wickets at the top.

Nepal: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lokesh Bam, Mohammad Aadil Alam, Gulsan Jha, Sompal Kami, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane

Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Aamir Kaleem, Mohammad Nadeem, Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Jiten Ramanandi, Nadeem Khan, Aryan Bisht, Sufyan Mehmood, Shah Faisal, Shakeel Ahmed

Nepal have won the toss and elected to bat first against Oman in this top-of-table clash. The playing XIs coming right up.

Nepal: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Mohammad Aadil Alam, Gulsan Jha, Sundeep Jora, Sompal Kami, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Shahab Alam, Lalit Rajbanshi, Lokesh Bam, Karan KC, Aarif Sheikh

Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Aamir Kaleem, Mohammad Nadeem, Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Jiten Ramanandi, Nadeem Khan, Aryan Bisht, Sufyan Mehmood, Shah Faisal, Shakeel Ahmed, Karan Sonavale, Ashish Odedara, Hassnain Shah, Mohammad Imran, Zikria Islam, Sufyan Yousaf, Samay Shrivastava

The first ball will be bowled at 8:30pm IST, with the toss scheduled at 8pm. The Nepal vs Oman, ICC T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier match 17 will be live streamed on the FanCode app and website in India. It will not be telecast on any TV channel in the country.

Greetings and welcome to everyone joining us this Wednesday. We are back with another cricket blog, as Nepal face Oman in a clash of the titans in Super Six. Watch this space for the build-up, toss, playing XIs and live updates from the ICC T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier encounter.