The Nepal cricket team would reach Pakistan on Wednesday (tomorrow) for the Asia Cup. The mega event would begin on August 30.

Nepal would play against hosts Pakistan on August 30 in Multan. It would be their first-ever Asia Cup appearance.

According to the schedule, the Nepal team would play its practice match against the Pakistan team on August 24 in the Karachi National Stadium and their training sessions would begin on August 25.

The Nepal team would depart for Multan on August 27 for the first match of the tournament.

Schedule issued by the Asian Cricket Council

Group A – Pakistan (A1), India (A2) and Nepal (Nepal will take the position of the side, which fails to progress to the Super-4 stage)

Group B – Sri Lanka (B1), Bangladesh (B2) and Afghanistan (Afghanistan will take the position of the side, which fails to progress to the Super-4 stage)

Aug 30 - Pakistan vs Nepal in Multan at 2:30pm

Aug 31 - Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka in Kandy at 2:30pm

Sept 2 - Pakistan vs India in Kandy at 2:30 pm

Sept 3 - Bangladesh vs Afghanistan in Lahore at 2:30pm

Sept 4 - India vs Nepal in Kandy at 2:30pm

Sept 5 - Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka in Lahore at 2:30pm

Sept 6 - A1 vs B2 in Lahore at 2:30pm

Sept 9 - B1 vs B2 in Colombo at 2:30pm

Sept 10 - A1 vs A2 in Colombo at 2:30pm

Sept 12 - A2 vs B1 in Colombo at 2:30pm

Sept 14 - A1 vs B1 in Colombo at 2:30pm

Sept 15 - A2 vs B2 in Colombo at 2:30pm

Sept 17 - Final in Colombo at 2:30pm

Squads

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi.

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish GC, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora, Kishore Mahato, Arjun Saud India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna