{"id":11106,"date":"2026-05-22T05:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/?p=11106"},"modified":"2026-05-22T05:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:54:56","slug":"league-2-nepal-batting-first-after-losing-toss-against-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/?p=11106","title":{"rendered":"League 2: Nepal Batting First After Losing Toss Against USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Himal Hub \/<\/strong> Nepal are batting first against the United States in the final match of the home series under the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the TU International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, the USA won the toss and elected to field, inviting the home side to take the crease first.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nepal have retained the same playing XI that secured an impressive victory over Scotland in their previous match, showing confidence in the squad that delivered under pressure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both Nepal and the USA head into the contest with momentum after defeating Scotland in their most recent fixtures. The match marks the 28th League 2 appearance for both sides.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The USA currently sit at the top of the League 2 standings with 38 points from 27 matches, while Nepal are placed fifth with 22 points from the same number of games. A victory today would significantly strengthen Nepal\u2019s hopes of breaking into the top four and boosting their qualification ambitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The match also carries emotional significance for the home team, as Nepal aim to conclude their home League 2 campaign on a high note in front of local supporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the tournament cycle, Nepal collected six valuable points by winning three out of four matches in the UAE-Oman tri-series. In the ongoing home series, Nepal have registered two wins and one defeat from three matches so far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With one final opportunity remaining, the Rhinos will now be aiming for a third victory in the series and a memorable finish on home soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himal Hub \/ Nepal are batting first against the United States in the final match of the home series under&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11108,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11106\/revisions\/11108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}