Emirati cricket team in Nepal in 2022–23

Emirati cricket team in Nepal in 2022–23
	Nepal	United Arab Emirates
Dates	14 – 18 November 2022
Captains	Rohit Paudel	Chundangapoyil Rizwan
One Day International series
Results	Nepal won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Aasif Sheikh (106)	Muhammad Waseem (105)
Most wickets	Gulsan Jha (5) Sompal Kami (5)	Aayan Afzal Khan (5)
Player of the series	Aayan Afzal Khan (UAE)

The United Arab Emirates national cricket team toured Nepal in November 2022 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches.[1][2] All the three matches were played in Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground.[3] The series provided Nepal with preparation for a tri-series in Namibia in December 2022, part of Cricket World Cup League 2.[4]

The hosts were outplayed in the first ODI, falling to a defeat by 84 runs.[5] Nepal levelled the series by winning the second ODI by three wickets, with a 62-run stand between Aarif Sheikh and Gulsan Jha for the seventh wicket helping them recover from a top order collapse.[6] Nepal won the third ODI by 6 wickets, Aasif Sheikh scoring 88 not out in the successful chase, to seal their first victory in a home bilateral ODI series.[7]

Squads

Nepal[8]	United Arab Emirates[9]
Rohit Paudel (c) Mohammad Aadil Alam Dipendra Singh Airee Kamal Singh Airee Kushal Bhurtel Sagar Dhakal Gulsan Jha Sompal Kami Karan KC Gyanendra Malla Lalit Rajbanshi Arjun Saud (wk) Harishankar Shah Bhim Sharki Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk)	Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c) Sabir Ali Vriitya Aravind (wk) Hazrat Bilal Basil Hameed Aayan Afzal Khan Zahoor Khan Rohan Mustafa Ahmed Raza Alishan Sharafu Adhitya Shetty Junaid Siddique Vishnu Sukumaran Ashwant Valthapa Muhammad Waseem

ODI series

1st ODI

14 November 2022 09:00 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates  263/7 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 179/9 (50 overs)
Rohan Mustafa 53 (73) Gulsan Jha 2/26 (6 overs)		Dipendra Singh Airee 54 (84) Aayan Afzal Khan 4/14 (10 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 84 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Aayan Afzal Khan (UAE)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
• Arjun Saud, Harishankar Shah (Nep), Hazrat Bilal and Aayan Afzal Khan (UAE) all made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

16 November 2022 09:00 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates  191 (43.2 overs)	v	Nepal 193/7 (47.5 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 50 (46) Sompal Kami 3/35 (7.2 overs)		Gulsan Jha 37 (49) Rohan Mustafa 3/24 (10 overs)

Nepal won by 3 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Gulsan Jha (Nep)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
• Vishnu Sukumaran (UAE) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

18 November 2022 09:00 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates  176/9 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 180/4 (40.1 overs)
Aayan Afzal Khan 54* (63) Dipendra Singh Airee 2/22 (10 overs)		Aasif Sheikh 88* (119) Aayan Afzal Khan 1/27 (10 overs)

Nepal won by 6 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nep)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Nepal to play ODI series against UAE". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
2. "UAE to play three-match ODI series in Nepal this month". The National. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
3. "Nepal Cricket to host UAE men's team for an ODI series in November". Czarsportz. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
4. "UAE series ideal preparation ahead of Namibia tour, captain Paudel says". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
5. "Nepal lose first ODI". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
6. "Nepal win second ODI, level series 1-1". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
7. "Nepal win first bilateral ODI series on home ground, thrash UAE by six wickets in decider". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
8. "Nepal-UAE bilateral ODI series: Arjun Saud, Hari Shankar Shah debut for Nepal". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
9. "ECB announce the team that will represent the UAE at UAE v Nepal ODI series". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo