Kevin Howells
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

It's not been the run-chase I was expecting.

I was expecting the Netherlands to be composed and knock them off quickly, but it's not been that at all.

The Dutch batters work Abinash Bohara around the ground for six runs - no boundaries, they've hit just six in the innings, four of them the departed Singh's.

The players will take drinks at the half way stage.

New batter Sybrand Engelbrecht gets off the mark with a push to mid-on.

The Netherlands are pottering along to their total, needing just under a run a ball. They'll still feel relatively comfortable, knowing a couple of big overs would take the match away decisively from Nepal.

How did Nepal not emerge from this Abinash Bohara over with a wicket?

Max O'Dowd is almost run out, charging for a single that shouldn't really be on, but the throw to the bowler's end is mediocre.

Singh then skies the following ball to backward square - it should be caught by a diving Sompal Kami but he spills the chance.

Spin now we're out of the powerplay, with Dipendra Singh Airee coming on to bowl his off spin.

Just the one run conceded from his over.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket writer on BBC Sounds

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Why don't the Dutch wear orange pads? With all the different kits in T20 franchise leagues, surely they can find orange ones.

Max O'Dowd hasn't looked in the greatest touch, he mis-timed a shot in the last over that skewed in the air but landed safely.

Off this one he manages to get four through mid-wicket, doesn't look like it's a particularly clean contact with Karan KC's delivery, but it's enough to reach the ropes.

Nepal stick with pace as Gulshan Jha comes on to bowl the fifth over.

Singh eases him through the covers for four, before a broken bat leads to a bit of a delay.

Jha then absolutely cuts through Max O'Dowd, but it's called a no ball.

Vikram Singh is getting his eye in now.

His strikes a further two fours in this Sompal over, clipping nicely over mid-wicket and then striking down the ground.

Ryan ten Doeschate
Former Netherlands all-rounder on BBC Sounds

I don't understand how the Nepalese think they can get something from this match, even if they emerge from the powerplay with a run advantage, if they don't take wickets.

Taking out the slip was a mistake from the young captain.

Oh dear.

Vikram Singh finally gets off the mark from his seventh ball, driving Karan KC through the covers.

From the following ball he offers up a thick edge at a catchable height - but Nepal had just taken the slip out.

The ball runs away for another four.

Kevin Howells
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

Not the opening two overs I was expecting from the Dutch.

Sompal reels off four dot balls to new batter Vikram Singh to close the over.

No need for the Dutch to be worried just yet, but these two overs will provide succour for the Nepalese.

Circumspect opening over from the Dutch, their batters taking a single apiece off Karan KC.

They can afford that, with a starting required run-rate of under five and a half an over.

The Dutch openers are working their way to the middle - Max O'Dowd and the 20-year-old Michael Levitt, who only made his international debut in February.

Seamer Karan KC will open the bowling for Nepal.

Well, hello there.

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What fun.

BBC Sport has partnered with data analysts CricViz to pick out a key batter and bowler for each side.

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Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan van Beek have picked as the Netherlands' key batter and bowler.

Right-hander Engelbrecht has made an immediate impact since returning to cricket - the South Africa-born player originally retired in 2016 - and joining the Dutch set-up.

After an encouraging 50-over World Cup in India last year, he averages more than 50 at a strike-rate of above 150 in T20s for the Dutch since.

His batting through the middle order will be key to catapulting the Netherlands totals forward.

Right-arm seamer Van Beek has become a real attack leader for the Netherlands over the past few years and has the most wickets of any Dutch bowler in T20s across this World Cup cycle.

He bowls with good pace and can bowl throughout the innings, but he excels at the death with his average down at 15.28 in that phase.

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For Nepal, Dipendra Airee has been identified as their key batter, with Abinash Bohara key with the ball.

While Rohit Paudel takes the bulk of responsibility at the top of the order, Dipendra Airee takes control in the final overs.

With over 500 runs since the last World Cup at an astonishing strike-rate of 191, Airee is a powerful and aggressive batter.

The only batter in the world over recent years to go past his strike-rate is Australia's Glenn Maxwell, which is not bad company to be keeping.

Right-arm seamer Bohara has taken more wickets for Nepal than any other bowler since the last World Cup.

Interestingly, for a player with that record, he bowls very few of his deliveries in the powerplay (9%). The majority of his deliveries (53%) and wickets (76%) have come in the death overs, at an average of just 17.

With an economy of 9.2 runs-per-over in that phase as well, Bohara is a crucial component for Nepal at the back end of the innings.