KATHMANDU: Nepal is facing the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at its second match under the ICC Asia U-19 World Cup Qualifier held at Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
UAE invited Nepal to bat first after winning the toss. Nepal has made 168 runs at the cost of 5 wickets in 37 overs. Nepal defeated Singapore by 218 runs at its first match on Friday.
Nepal had played friendly matches with U-19 cricket teams in Andhra Pradesh of India prior to this Qualifier. Of the total six friendly matches, Nepal won four matches and lost two matches.
Rohit Kumar Paudel (captain), Pawan Sarraf, Sandeep Jora, Bhim Sarki, Kushal Malla, Hari Bahadur Chauhan, Pratish GC and Abhishek Basnet are in the team. Similarly, Rit Gautam, Kamal Singh Airee, Rashid Khan, Sagar Dhakal and Surya Tamang.
Former captain of National Cricket Team Binod Das is the coach. Nepal had participated in the ICC Asia U-19 World Cup Qualifier for seven times that had started since 1998.
Nepal, which had first participated in U-19 held in Sri Lanka in 2000, has played seven times so far (five times (2000-2008) and two times (2012 and 2016). Nepal will face Malaysia on Monday, with Oman on Tuesday and Kuwait on Thursday.
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