Nepalese cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2018–19

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Nepalese cricket team in the UAE in 2018–19
  Flag of United Arab Emirates.svg Flag of Nepal.svg
  United Arab Emirates Nepal
Dates 25 January – 3 February 2019
Captains Mohammad Naveed Paras Khadka
One Day International series
Results Nepal won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Shaiman Anwar (98) Paras Khadka (156)
Most wickets Imran Haider (7) Sompal Kami (7)
Sandeep Lamichhane (7)
Twenty20 International series
Results Nepal won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Shaiman Anwar (103) Sundeep Jora (82)
Most wickets Mohammad Naveed (5)
Sultan Ahmed (5)
Abinash Bohara (6)
Player of the series Abinash Bohara (Nep)

The Nepal cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in January and February 2019 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, [1] with all the fixtures taking place at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai. [2]

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Nepal played their first ever ODI series against the Netherlands in August 2018, drawing the two-match series 1–1. [3] Nepal and the United Arab Emirates also played an ODI match against each other later the same month, in the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier, with the UAE winning by 78 runs. [4] On 1 January 2019, Nepal's head coach Jagat Tamata and captain Paras Khadka named a twenty-man preliminary squad for the tour. [5] [6]

The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) announced their squad without their regular captain Rohan Mustafa, as he was suspended for breaching the ECB's Player's Code of Conduct. Mohammad Naveed replaced him as the captain of the team for the series. [7] [8]

Nepal won the ODI series 2–1, their first-ever ODI series win. [9] In the third match, Nepal's captain, Paras Khadka, scored the first ODI century by a batsman for Nepal. [10] Nepal also won the T20I series 2–1. [11]

Squads

ODIsT20Is
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates [12] Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal [13] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates [14] Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal [13]

ODI series

1st ODI

25 January 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
113 (33.5 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
116/7 (32.1 overs)
Sompal Kami 30 (47)
Amir Hayat 3/19 (7.5 overs)
Ghulam Shabber 30 (48)
Paras Khadka 2/23 (7 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 3 wickets
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Amir Hayat (UAE)

2nd ODI

26 January 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
242/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
97 (19.3 overs)
Rohit Paudel 55 (58)
Amir Hayat 3/41 (10 overs)
Muhammad Usman 26 (39)
Sompal Kami 5/33 (6.3 overs)
Nepal won by 145 runs
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Sompal Kami (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Chundangapoyil Rizwan (UAE) made his ODI debut.
  • Rohit Paudel (Nep), at the age of 16 years and 146 days, became the youngest male cricketer to score an international half-century. [16]
  • Sompal Kami took the first five-wicket haul by a bowler for Nepal in ODIs. [17]

3rd ODI

28 January 2019
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
254/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
255/6 (44.4 overs)
Shaiman Anwar 87 (70)
Paras Khadka 2/44 (10 overs)
Paras Khadka 115 (109)
Imran Haider 2/50 (10 overs)
Nepal won by 4 wickets
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sundeep Jora (Nep) made his ODI debut.
  • Paras Khadka became the first batsman for Nepal to score a century in an ODI. [18]

T20I series

1st T20I

31 January 2019
13:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
153/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
132/7 (20 overs)
Shaiman Anwar 59 (38)
Basanta Regmi 2/23 (4 overs)
Sundeep Jora 53* (46)
Zahoor Khan 2/17 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 21 runs
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE)
Player of the match: Shaiman Anwar (UAE)

2nd T20I

1 February 2019
13:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
107 (19.2 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
111/6 (19.3 overs)
Chundangapoyil Rizwan 44 (43)
Abinash Bohara 3/20 (4 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 47* (41)
Sultan Ahmed 2/9 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 4 wickets
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Pawan Sarraf (Nep) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

3 February 2019
13:00
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
104/8 (10 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
90/8 (10 overs)
Paras Khadka 29 (14)
Mohammad Naveed 2/6 (2 overs)
Shaiman Anwar 30 (20)
Karan KC 2/13 (2 overs)
Nepal won by 14 runs
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Karan KC (Nep)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.

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