Asia Cup 2023: The fifth match of Asia Cup 2023 is being played today between India and Sri Lanka at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. For your information, let me tell you that India and Pakistan were face to face on this ground, for which no result could be found. This match is on the verge of being canceled due to rain. In this article we will read – This is how India will Qualify for Asia Cup 2023 Top-4, Understand the equation of Asia Cup 2023 points table.
Nepal team, batting first after losing the toss at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, was all out for 230 runs in 48.2 overs. Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Siraj managed to take three wickets respectively for the men in blue team. On behalf of Nepal, Asif Shaikh played the highest half-century innings of 58 runs.
Till the time of publishing this article, the match has been stopped due to rain. Indian team’s score is 17 runs without any loss in 2.1 overs. Rohit Sharma 04 runs while his fellow opener batsman Shubham Gill is unbeaten with the help of three fours.
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Understand the equation of Asia Cup 2023 points table
Because the Nepal team has lost the first match of the league stage of the Asia Cup 2023 against Pakistan, so their net run rate is in minus and there is not a single point in the team’s account. The second and the first match of India’s league stage was played against Pakistan, the result of which could not come due to rain, due to which India and Pakistan were shared one point each.
On winning a match, the team gets 2 points, in the same condition, if the match is canceled due to any reason, 1-1 points are shared between both the teams.
In case the match between India and Nepal is cancelled, the points table may look like this.
Group A Points Table:
| Group A | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Pakistan (Q) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -4.760 |
| India (Q) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.000 |
| Nepal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.760 |
Group B Points Table:
| Group B | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.951 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.373 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.780 |
If the match is cancelled, Nepal team will suffer direct loss as it will be out of Asia Cup 2023. In Group B, no team has yet qualified for the Top 4.
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