Nepal vs United Arab Emirates, ICCCWCLT, Today Match Prediction

NEP vs UAE Match Prediction & Analysis

The Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 continues to deliver some excellent games, narratives and contests as the race to qualify for the 2027 Cricket World Cup heats up!

USA, Scotland, the Netherlands and Oman remain in the top four positions in the table with Canada, Namibia, Nepal and UAE making up the final four, the latter two in this game and adrift at the bottom of the ladder.

UAE are bottom with only four wins from 19 games, only one win fewer than their opponents in this match.

Getting into the top four looks unlikely for both teams but a win in this game could be the beginning of their journey to the 2027 Cricket World Cup.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Nepal Preview

It was one of their worst results in recent times when United Arab Emirates hosted United States of America on Monday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Junaid Siddique was the only player to come out of the game with any credit for UAE after he took two of the three wickets during USA's innings and then went on to be the only batter to make double-figures as his team were dismissed for just 49 from 22.1 overs!

Haider Ali went wicketless on Monday but will be dangerous in this game as will Harshit Kaushik and Dhruv Parashar.

With the bat, expect skipper Alishan Sharafu and keeper-batter Aryansh Sharma to be key at the top of the order.

Nepal Predicted Playing XI:

Alishan Sharafu (c), Aryansh Sharma (wk), Muhammad Shahdad, Shoaib Khan, Muhammad Waseem, Harshit Kaushik, Dhruv Parashar, Zahid Ali, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Rohid

United Arab Emirates Preview

Nepal were also beaten by the USA in their last game in this competition although they were far more competitive than the UAE, going down by only four wickets with six balls remaining!

There are runs in this Nepalese side, Kushal Bhurtel, Karan KC and Bhim Sharki will both be looking to hit scores of 40+ for the second successive game while skipper Rohit Paudel and Dipendra Singh Airee are consistent run-scorers at this level.

With the ball, Sandeep Lamichhane  continues to be one of the best spinners in associate cricket and he will be backed up by Karan KC, Gulsan Jha and Nandan Yadav in this match.

Nepal have talent and should be stronger than UAE in this fixture.

United Arab Emirates Predicted Playing XI:

Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Bhim Sharki, Rohit Paudel (c), Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulsan Jha, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi

Weather Conditions

It will be another glorious day in Dubai on Wednesday with the temperature expected to be in the mid-low thirties throughout this match between UAE and Nepal.

NEP vs UAE Pitch Report

The ICC Academy is one of the best pitches in Dubai and both teams should have no problem with batting on this surface. A par total will be in the region of 280.

Toss: To Bowl

With both sides struggling to post competitive totals with the bat, we predict that both captains will want to bowl first in this match and then chase later in the day.