NEP vs NED T20 Tri-Series Preview | Nepal meets Netherlands again after epic super over battle in first duel

‌Nepal and Netherlands will once again lock horns in the fifth match of the T20 Tri-Series 2025 at Titwood in Glasgow on Thursday after their epic super over battle three days ago. Both teams will look to continue their winning momentum having beaten host Scotland in their previous matches. The Netherlands are on top of the points table with four points from back-to-back wins after starting the tournament with a loss to the hosts while Nepal also tasted a win after finishing on the wrong side of a close battle against the Dutch that required three super overs to decide the winner.

The Netherlands will be brimming with confidence after a clinical show against Scotland saw them win a high-scoring game by 17 runs on Wednesday. Michael Levitt was explosive at the top of the order with his 57-ball 90 setting the tone for a huge total batting first while the spin duo of Teja Nidamanuru and Reolof van der Merwe completed an all-round display with five wickets between them. Aryan Dutt and Daniel Doram, the other spinners in the Netherlands lineup, also chipped in with a wicket apiece.

Meanwhile, Nepal had a morale-boosting win after their super over heartbreak beating Scotland by two wickets in a low-scoring thriller. Leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane stole the limelight with an impressive spell of 4/11, including a maiden, in four overs to restrict the home team to a sub-par total before Kushal Bhurtel anchored the chase with a 35-ball 30.

Levitt also leads the batting charts in this tournament with an aggregate of 146 runs from three matches averaging 48.66 and striking at 141.74 with Bhurtel being the top run-getter for Nepal with a tally of 64 runs from two games. Meanwhile, Lamichhane is on the top of the wicket-takers list tallying seven scalps from just two matches with an astonishing average and strike rate of 4.14 and 6.85, respectively. Off-spinner Aryan Dutt and left-arm spinner Daniel Doram, with four wickets from two games, share the honours for most wickets by a Netherlands bowler.

Form Guide

NEP Form: WNRLLW

NED Form: WWLWW

NEP vs NED head-to-head in T20Is

The Netherlands holds a slight advantage over Nepal in their head-to-head meetings in T20Is with seven wins compared to five in 14 meetings and a game being abandoned without a result. However, there was nothing to separate the two sides when they last met three days ago with the match ending in a tie before being decided in the third iteration of the one-over eliminator.

NEP 5 - 7 NED

Pitch and Conditions

The venue made its debut in T20Is with the first match of this tri-series between Scotland and Netherlands on Sunday. After witnessing low-scoring totals during the first phase of the tournament, the venue recorded its highest score in a T20I with Netherlands’ 198/7 in their 17-run win over Scotland. Incidentally, the host’s response of 181/9 in the same match is the second-best aggregate here. Out of the total four matches played here, two have been won by sides batting first and one by the chasing team with one match ending in a tie with super over deciding the winner.

It will be a sunny and pleasant afternoon in Glasgow with temperatures around 25 degrees. The 3 PM start will be ideal with the chances of rain only being at nine percent. As the match progresses, it will become partly cloudy though chances of a shower further reduce to five percent with temperatures cooling down to 15 degrees.

Team News

Netherlands are expected to make one change from their team in the last match by bringing in pacer Paul van Meekeren in place of the injured Vivian Kingma while Nepal are expected to go with the same side that beat Scotland in the last game.

NEP Expected XI

Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Lokesh Bam, Anil Sah (wk), Dipendra Singh Airee, Basir Ahamad, Kiran Thagunna, Rupesh Singh, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi

NED Expected XI

Scott Edwards (c & wk), Michael Levitt, Max O’Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Noah Croes, Ryan Klein, Aryan Dutt, Rolf van der Merwe, Daniel Doram, Paul van Meekeren

Broadcasting Platforms 

The NEP vs NED fifth T20I match will be digitally streamed on the FanCode app and website in India from 7:30 PM IST on Thursday.