The

Nepal cricket team The Nepal national cricket team ( ne, नेपाल राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट टीम) nicknamed The Rhinos and Gorkhalis, represents the country of Nepal in International cricket and is governed by the Cricket As ...

toured the United Arab Emirates in January and February 2019 to play three

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s (ODIs) and three

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(T20I) matches, with all the fixtures taking place at the

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. Nepal played their first ever ODI series against the Netherlands in August 2018, drawing the two-match series 1–1. 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. On 1 January 2019, Nepal's head coach Jagat Tamata and captain

Paras Khadka Paras Khadka (, ne, पारस खड्का, ; born 24 October 1987) is a Nepalese professional cricketer also known as the god of Nepali cricket. He was the captain of the Nepalese cricket team from 2008 to 2019. All-rounder Khadka is a ...

named a twenty-man preliminary squad for the tour. The

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(ECB) announced their squad without their regular captain

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, 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. Nepal won the ODI series 2–1, their first-ever ODI series win. In the third match, Nepal's captain, Paras Khadka, scored the first century by a batsman for Nepal in an ODI match. Nepal also won the T20I series 2–1.

Squads

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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