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Nepal is taking on Kuwait in their first match of the Asia & East Asia Pacific Qualifiers in Oman on 8th October. Nepal are drawn in group B along with Japan and Kuwait.
The match between Nepal and Kuwait will be played at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1) and will start from 8:45 pm Nepali time.
Nepal played a couple of warm-up matches ahead of this match and Nepal won both the matches and will be looking to continue their winning momentum.
Nepal and Kuwait don’t face each other frequently in T20 Internationals. So far, the two sides have met three times, with the head-to-head record slightly favoring Nepal. However, Kuwait emerged victorious in their most recent encounter.
In those three meetings, Nepal has won twice, while Kuwait secured one win, which came earlier this year in the Quadrangular Series final in Hong Kong, where Nepal fell short by just 3 runs. Interestingly, Nepal’s one victory against Kuwait in that same tournament came during the league stage, when they won by 6 wickets.
Nepal: Aadil Alam, Aarif Sheikh, Aasif Sheikh, Dipendra Airee, Gulshan Jha, Karan Kc, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Lalit Rajbanshi, Lokesh Bam, Nandan Yadav, Rohit Paudel*, Snadeep Lamichhane, Sompal Kami, Sundeep Jora.
Kuwait: Ali Zaheer, Anudeep Chenthamara, Bilal Bilal, Clinto Velookkaran Anto, Meet Bhavsar, Mohamed Aslam Mohamed Nawfar*, Mohamed Shafeeq Manakkadavath, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Aqif Farooq, Naveenraj Thadathil Rajendran, Nimish Lathief, Ravija Sandaruwan De Silva Bodadura, Shiraz Khan Shereef, Usmangani Ibrahim Bapu Patel, Yasin Ishak Patel.