IND vs NEP Asia Cup 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: India beat Nepal in rain-married tie to enter Super Four

After being stretched with the ball, India came out to chase 231 in 50 overs versus Nepal in another rain-marred contest in the Asia Cup in Kandy. Their run-chase started with a lengthy rain break as the revised target was 145 in 23 overs.

Rohit Sharma (74*) and Shubman Gill (67*) went bonkers, after seeing off the initial few overs, to close the run-chase in a jiffy and take their side to a stunning ten-wicket win. With this, they enter the Super Four and will face Pakistan on September 10. The venue is likely to be changed from Colombo to Hambantota.

Batting first against India, Nepal posted a healthy total of 230 runs, giving India a target of 231 to win the match. Aasif Sheikh (wk) and Sompal Kami starred with the bat for Nepal, while Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj returned with three wickets each.

Mohammed Shami provided India with a crucial breakthrough, removing well-settled Sompal Kami on 48. Nepal are 228 for eight.

Two sixes in two overs for Sompal Kami has brought him closer to his maiden fifty against India in an ODI. Nepal are 227 for seven in 27 overs.

In their first-ever ODI against India, Nepal crossed the 200-run mark and looks strong to add more to the tally despite losing seven wickets so far.

Hardik Pandya picked his first wicket in Airee, as he trapped him in front on 29. Nepal are 194 for seven.

India's fielding and catching have been sloppy, to say the least. Apart from dropping sitters, the misfielding has caused Nepal to bank on the chance and pile runs. After the rain stopped play, Nepal's scorecard read 178 for six in 37.5 overs.

India have been taking wickets at regular interval but Nepal are on course for 200. If they reach to that mark, it'll be a huge moment for them as they would do it against a world-class bowling attack.

Nepal - 168/6 in 35 overs

Kohli makes up for his first drop as he takes leaping catch to dismiss Aasif Sheikh who scored a brilliant 58. With the wicket, Nepal are now five down in 30 overs.

Nepal - 134/5 in 30 overs

Nepal are four wickets down now and are not able to play Kuldeep Yadav at all who has given away just six runs in his three overs so far.

Nepal - 102/4 in 23 overs

Stem the flow of runs and a wicket comes along - Jadeja did bowl well in his previous over and has been rewarded with a wicket. Bhim Sharki goes for 7 as Nepal lose second wicket.

Spinners have been introduced and first change bowlers have also managed to put brakes on Nepal's scoring.

Nepal - 73/1 in 15 overs

Shardul Thakur strikes for India as Nepal cruise to 65 in 10 overs with  Kushal Bhurtel going back after scoring 38 off 25.

Nepal - 65/1 in 10 overs

Brilliant bowling upfront by Shami and Siraj but three drop catches mean Nepal are still unscathed after 5 overs. The catches were dropped by Kohli, Iyer and Kishan.

Nepal - 23/0 in 5 overs

India's captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and chose to bowl first against Nepal. Currently, the weather does not look promising. 

Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj needs seven wickets to reach a 50-wicket milestone in ODI. In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, Siraj will lead the attack with Mohammed Shami. 

India's star player Virat Kohli is only 98 runs away from scoring 13,000 runs in ODI cricket. He will become the fastest batsman to reach 13,000 runs in ODIs. 

Team India's captain Rohit Sharma needs 152 runs to complete 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. He might get closer to his new achievement in the upcoming match against Nepal. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have batted 85 innings, scoring 4,998 runs. They are only two runs away from scoring 5,000 runs together in ODIs. 

Nepal is excited about its historic encounter with India on Monday. However, according to the weather forecast, the chances of rain washing out the match are high. If that happens, India will take the second spot in Group A and clash with Pakistan in the Super 4 stage. 

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Here are the full squads for India and Nepal. 

India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Prasidh Krishna, Tilak Varma

Nepal Squad: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh(w), Rohit Paudel(c), Aarif Sheikh, Sompal Kami, Gulsan Jha, Dipendra Singh Airee, Kushal Malla, Sandeep Lamichhane, Karan KC, Lalit Rajbanshi, Bhim Sharki, Kishore Mahato, Sundeep Jora, Pratis GC, Arjun Saud, Mousom Dhakal

The rainy weather in Sri Lanka in September has become a cause of concern for Asia Cup 2023. Rain interrupted the big clash between India and Pakistan on Saturday.

The weather for the India vs Nepal match does not look bright either. According to the weather forecast, there will be 80 per cent humidity, and the temperature will be around 27 degrees. The chances of rain are 71 per cent. Humidity might increase to 96 per cent in the evening with 100 per cent cloud cover.