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(IPL). The likes of Rinku Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma have recently had a taste of international cricket are will be raring to go in the race for the gold.
At the same time, the likes of Washington Sundar, Avesh Khan and Arshdeep Singh are comparatively senior figures in the side. It will also be interesting to see who among Jitesh Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh bags the wicketkeeper-batter spot.
On the other hand, Nepal made headlines with their historic feat against Morocco. Nepal became the first men’s team in history to score more than 300 runs in T20 international cricket on Wednesday as they rewrote the record books against Mongolia at the Asian Games.
They bludgeoned 314-3 in their 20 overs in Hangzhou, beating the previous highest of 278-3 by Afghanistan against Ireland in 2019.
Kushal Malla, batting number three, led the way by crashing the fastest T20 international century, off 34 balls. He beat the previous quickest, by South African David Miller in 35 balls against Bangladesh in 2017, and went on to finish on 137 not out off just 50 balls. He smacked 12 sixes and eight fours.
After getting defeated by Rohit Sharma & Co last month in the Asia Cup, Nepal will look to bounce back against a second-string side to level score, no matter what the format is.