ENG vs NEP Prediction, ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Match 5, Match Winner, Team, Playing XI and Pitch Report

England will lock horns with Nepal in the fifth affair of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday, February 8.

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England, led by Harry Brook, stunned Sri Lanka with a 3-0 T20I series win away from home earlier this month. On the other hand, the Rohit Paudel-led Nepal emerged as winners in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia & EAP Qualifier 2025 campaign in October 2025.

ENG vs NEP, ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Match 5 Details

Match: ENG vs NEP, ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Match 5

Time & Date: 3:00 PM IST, Sunday, February 8

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

ENG vs NEP, ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Match 5 Pitch Report

The average first-innings score at this venue in the last three T20Is was 216. On that note, we can expect batters to come out all guns blazing from the outset. Bowlers need to toil hard to scalp timely wickets.

ENG vs NEP, ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Match 5 Probable XIs

England

Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood.

Nepal

Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Rohit Paudel (c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Sundeep Jora, Aarif Sheikh, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sher Malla, Sandeep Lamichhane.

ENG vs NEP, ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Match 5 Winner Prediction

Match Winner: England.

With England having a better idea of the subcontinent conditions, thanks to their recent dominating Sri Lankan T20I series, we can expect them to continue their domination over the Nepal team, starting the campaign on a thumping note.

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