Series Name: | Nepalese cricket team in the UAE in 2018–19 |
Team1 Image: | Flag of United Arab Emirates.svg |
Team1 Name: | United Arab Emirates |
Team2 Image: | Flag of Nepal.svg |
Team2 Name: | Nepal |
From Date: | 25 January |
To Date: | 3 February 2019 |
Team1 Captain: | Mohammad Naveed |
Team2 Captain: | Paras Khadka |
No Of Odis: | 3 |
Team1 Odis Won: | 1 |
Team2 Odis Won: | 2 |
Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Shaiman Anwar (98) |
Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Paras Khadka (156) |
Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Imran Haider (7) |
Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Sompal Kami (7) Sandeep Lamichhane (7) |
No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 2 |
Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Shaiman Anwar (103) |
Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Sundeep Jora (82) |
Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Mohammad Naveed (5) Sultan Ahmed (5) |
Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Abinash Bohara (6) |
Player Of Twenty20 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]
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]