The ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025 was played between the two countries, Nepal and the UAE, in the month of October 2025. Both Nepal and the UAE are emerging as one of the top players in cricket globally. These two countries faced each other to qualify for the ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025. The match winner’s score was almost equivalent to the losing team’s. The winning team enjoyed the victory with so little margin. In this article, you will get to learn about the Nepal Cricket Team vs United Arab Emirates Cricket Team Match Scorecard, player squad, match highlights, and much more.
Match Overview: Nepal National Cricket Team vs United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team Match
The ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025 was played between the two countries, Nepal and the UAE. The Nepal National Cricket Team vs United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team played on 12th October, 2025(Sunday). The match was played in Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf1), Al Amerat, Oman. Masudar Rahman & Rashid Riaz supervised the match. Rahul Asher was the 3rd Umpire, and the match referee was Kent Hannam. The match kicked off at 2:30 PM Local, 10:30 AM GMT. Nepal won the toss and chose to bat first. The Nepal National Cricket Team won the match by 1 run, and the player of the match was Dipendra Singh Airee.
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Match
Nepal vs UAE- Super Six, Match 2 (G1 Q2 v G2 Q2)- ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qulifier 2025
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf1), Al Amerat, Oman
Toss
Nepal won the toss and chose to bat first
Player of the Match
Dipendra Singh Airee
Umpires
Masudar Rahman & Rashid Riaz
3rd Umpire
Rahul Asher
Match Referee
Kent Hannam
Start Time
2:30 PM Local, 10:30 AM GMT
City
Al Amerat, Oman
Ends
Al Amerat End, Pavilion End
Nepal National Cricket Team vs United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team: Player Squad
Nepal National Cricket Team
Player Name
Role
Rohit Paudel
Captain, Allrounder batter
Aashif Sheikh
Wicketkeeper, batter
Kushal Bhurtel
Batter
Sundeep Jora
Batter
Kushal Malla
Allrounder batter
Dipendra Singh Airee
Allrounder batter
Gulsan Jha
Bowler
Sompal Kami
Allrounder batter
Sandeep Lamichhane
Bowler
Nandan Yadav
Allrounder bowler
Lalit Rajbanshi
Bowler
United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team
Player Name
Role
Muhammad Waseem
Captain, batter
Alishan Sharafu
Allrounder batter
Harshit Kaushik
Allrounder bowler
Jonatthan Figy
Batter
Rahul Chopra
Wicketkeeper, batter
Basil Hameed
Allrounder batter
Dhruv Parashar
Allrounder batter
Muhammad Rohid Khan
Bowler
Haider Ali
Bowler
Zahid Ali
Bowler
Junaid Siddique
Bowler
Nepal National Cricket Team vs United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team Match Scorecard
1st Innings- Nepal National Cricket Team Batting
Nepal: 140/6 (20 overs)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Kushal Bhurtel
28
26
2
2
107.69
Aasif Sheikh (wk)
51
47
4
1
108.51
Rohit Paudel (c)
20
19
1
0
105.26
Kushal Malla
10
11
0
0
90.91
Dipendra Singh
1
2
0
0
50
Gulsan Jha
14
5
2
1
280
Sundeep Jora
4
4
0
0
100
Sompal Kami
6
6
0
0
100
Extras
6
Total
140-6 (20 Overs, RR: 7)
Did not bat: Lamichhane, Nandan Yadav, Rajbanshi
1st Innings- United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team Bowling
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Junaid Siddique
4
0
31
1
0
1
7.8
Muhammad Rohid Khan
4
0
28
1
0
0
7
Zahid Ali
4
0
32
1
0
0
8
Haider Ali
4
0
22
1
0
3
5.5
Harshit Kaushik
2
0
15
1
0
0
7.5
Dhruv Parashar
2
0
10
1
0
0
5
Nepal National Cricket Team Fall of Wickets
Batter
Score
Over
Kushal Bhurtel
56-1
7.5
Rohit Paudel
95-2
14.2
Aasif Sheikh
103-3
15.6
Dipendra Singh
111-4
16.5
Gulsan Jha
126-5
17.6
Kushal Malla
128-6
18.2
Team Powerplays
Type
Overs
Runs
Mandatory
0.1 – 6
45
Team Partnership
Batsman 1
Runs 1
Partnership Runs
Batsman 2
Runs 2
Bhurtel
28(0)
56(47)
Aasif Sheikh
27(0)
Rohit Paudel
20(0)
39(39)
Aasif Sheikh
19(0)
Kushal Malla
3(0)
8(10)
Aashif Sheikh
5(0)
Kushal Malla
4(0)
8(5)
Dipendra Singh
1(0)
Kushal Malla
1(0)
15(7)
Gulsan Jha
14(0)
Kushal Malla
2(0)
2(2)
Sundeep Jora
0(0)
Sompal Kami
6(0)
12(10)
Sundeep Jora
4(0)
2nd Innings- United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team Batting
UAE: 139/9 (20 overs)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Jonathan Figy
19
29
1
1
65.52
Muhammad Waseem (c)
1
3
0
0
33.33
Alishan Sharafu
58
40
3
5
145
Rahul Chopra (wk)
7
11
0
0
63.64
Harshit Kaushik
2
5
0
0
40
Dhruv Parashar
32
18
1
3
177.78
Basil Hameed
0
1
0
0
0
Zahid Ali
11
11
0
0
100
Haider Ali
0
1
0
0
0
Junaid Siddique
1*
1
0
0
100
Extras
8
Total
139-9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.95)
Did not bat: Muhammad Rohid Khan
2nd Innings- Nepal National Cricket Team Bowling
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Lalit Rajbanshi
2
1
15
0
0
5
7.5
Sompal Kami
3
0
19
1
0
1
6.3
Dipendra Singh Airee
4
0
22
3
0
0
5.5
Nandan Yadav
3
0
31
0
0
1
10.3
Gulsan Jha
4
0
22
1
0
0
5.5
Sandeep Lamichhane
4
0
29
1
0
0
7.2
United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team Fall of Wickets
Batter
Score
Over
Muhammad Waseem
2-1
1.5
Jonathan Figy
83-2
11.2
Alishan Sharafu
88-3
13.1
Harshit Kaushik
91-4
14.1
Rahul Chopra
96-5
15.2
Basil Hameed
96-6
15.3
Dhruv Parashar
138-7
19.4
Haider Ali
138-8
19.5
Zahid Ali
139-9
20
Team Powerplay
Type
Overs
Runs
Mandatory
0.1 – 6
40
Team Partnership
Batsman 1
Runs 1
Partnership Runs
Batsman 2
Runs 2
Figy
0(8)
2(11)
Muhammad Waseem
1(3)
Figy
19(21)
81(57)
Alishan Sharafu
56(36)
Rahul Chopra
3(7)
5(11)
Alishan Sharafu
2(4)
Rahul Chopra
1(1)
3(6)
Harshit Kaushik
2(5)
Rahul Chopra
3(3)
5(7)
Dhruv Parashar
2(4)
Basil Hameed
0(1)
0(1)
Dhruv Parashar
0(0)
Zahid Ali
11(11)
42(25)
Dhruv Parashar
30(14)
Zahid Ali
0(0)
0(1)
Haider Ali
0(1)
Zahid Ali
0(0)
1(1)
Junaid Siddique
0(1)
Match Highlights: Nepal National Cricket Team vs United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team Match Scorecard
The Nepal National Cricket Team won the toss and chose to bat first. In the first innings, Nepal came on to the field to bat.
Kushal Bhurtel was the opening batsman along with Aasif Sheikh, where they both scored 28(26) and 51(47) respectively.
The partnership score was 56 runs.
Gulshan Jha scored 14 runs in 5 balls, hitting 2 fours and a sixer.
Haider Ali took 1 wicket for 22 runs. In the first innings, the Nepal National Cricket Team scored 140 runs, losing 6 wickets.
In the second innings, Alishan Sharafu scored 50 runs in 40 balls.
Dhruv Parashar scored 32 runs in 18 balls, and Figy scored 19 runs in 29 balls.
The United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team, at the end of the 2nd innings, scored 139 runs, losing 9 wickets.
Finally, the Nepal National Cricket Team won the match by 1 run.
Dipendra Singh became the player of the match, taking 3 wickets for 22 runs.
UAE had players like Alishan Sharafu and Aryansh Sharma, who can be game changers in other upcoming matches.
Match Result: Nepal National Cricket Team vs United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team
The ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025 was played between the Nepal National Cricket Team and the United Arab Emirates on 12th October 2025. It was the qualifier match for the tournament. Nepal won the toss and chose to bat first. In the first innings, Nepal came and batted and scored 140 runs, losing 6 wickets in the 20 overs. Therefore, the United Arab Emirates had to score 141 runs in the 2nd innings to win the match. But, unfortunately, the United Arab Emirates ended up scoring 139 runs, losing 9 wickets in the 20 overs. Nepal won the match by 1 run, and Dipendra Singh Airee became the player of the match for taking 3 wickets for 22 runs.
Match Summary
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Result
Nepal won by 1 run
Nepal National Cricket Team
140/6 (20 overs)
United Arab Emirates National Cricket Team
139/9 (20 overs)
Player of the Match
Dipendra Singh Airee (3/22) (4) & 1 (2)
Player of the Match: Dipendra Singh Airee
Dipendra Singh Airee is a professional Nepal Cricketer who was born on 24th January, 2000 in Mahndranagar and his age as of 2026 is 26 years old. He is a right-hand batter and an off-break bowler who made his professional debut in an ODI against the Netherlands on 5 December 2018. He later played his first T20I match against the UAE on 15 February 2019 and made his first-class debut in 2020 against MCC. As of 2026, he has played over 68 matches in ODIs and scored 1241 runs and taken 42 wickets. He played 94 T20I matches and scored 2,125 runs. In the Asian Games 2023, he made the fastest fifty in a T20I against Mongolia. He also became the third player to hit six consecutive sixes in a T20I, achieving the feat against Qatar in the ACC Premier League Cup 2024.
Conclusion
The match was played on 12th October, 2025, between the Nepal National Cricket Team and the United Arab Emirates for the ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025. The match win was close, where Nepal won the match by 1 run, and Dipendra Singh Ailee became the player of the match. Nepal eventually won the tournament as well. Both teams played well and gave their best on the field. Though Nepal won the match UAE also performed well and gave its best.
