Good evening and welcome to live coverage of the opening T20I between Nepal and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is the first match of a two-game series, with the return fixture set for Tuesday at the same venue.
Quick facts
- Match: Nepal vs UAE — first T20I of a two-match series
- Second T20I: scheduled for Tuesday
- Venue: same ground for both matches
- UAE squad (includes captain and wicketkeeper): Muhammad Waseem (c), Aryansh Sharma (w)
- Nepal squad (includes captain and wicketkeeper): Dipendra Singh Airee (c), Arjun Saud (w)
UAE squad: Aryansh Sharma (w), Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Sohaib Khan, Muhammad Arfan, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Jawadullah, Adeeb Usmani, Akshdeep Nath, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Khuzaima Tanveer, Muhammad Zuhaib, Nilansh Keswani, Jash Giyanani, Ajay Kumar, Muhammad Shahdad.
Nepal squad: Arjun Saud (w), Basir Ahamad, Dipendra Singh Airee (c), Gulsan Jha, Hemant Dhami, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sher Malla, Sundeep Jora, Pratis GC, Lokesh Bam, Santosh Yadav, Narayan Joshi, Rashid Khan, Shahab Alam, Aarif Sheikh.
Stay with us as we bring you ball-by-ball updates and the latest match moments from the first T20I of the series. The second game on Tuesday will follow soon after, keeping the focus on who can carry momentum forward.
