NEP vs UAE Match Prediction & Betting Tips - Jul 02, 2023
Nepal and UAE will play against each other on Sunday for the second semifinal of the 7th-place playoffs. The match will be played at the Takashinga Sports Club in Harare. The winner of this match will play against Ireland on Tuesday, while the loser will play against the USA in the 9th-place playoff.
Nepal vs UAE head-to-head record
Both teams have played against each other in 14 ODIs to date. Nepal has won 8 of those matches, while UAE has won 6.
Nepal vs UAE Live-streaming and Broadcast
This match can be live-streamed on the Disney+ Hotstar App or can be watched live on the Star Sports Network.
NEP vs UAE Team Previews
Nepal
Nepal scripted a stunning turnaround during the League 2 stage and booked a ticket to Zimbabwe to get a shot at making it to the marquee event. However, the team was unable to maintain its winning momentum and failed to cut. Nepal will now look to focus on the job at hand and give its best here.
Kushal Burtel has been the mainstay of Nepal’s batting and will look to play another good inning here. He will partner with Aasif Sheikh at the top of the order. The middle order consists of some good batsmen like skipper Rohit Paudel and Bhim Sharki, both of whom have got some good starts but have failed to play consistently.
Nepal has a lot of depth in its batting, thanks to all-rounders Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh, and Aarif Sheikh, and will be banking on them to give the team a strong finish. The biggest letdown for Nepal has been the performance of its star spinner, Sandeep Lamichhane, who has picked up just 3 wickets in 4 matches.
He will look to turn things around as he partners with Lalit Rajbanshi. Gulsan Jha and Karan KC have done a decent job with the pace attack and will once again start with the new ball here.
Nepal Playing 11
Kushal Bhurtel, Arjun Saud, Gyanendra Malla, Rohit Kumar Paudel, Bhim Sharki, Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Gulsan Jha, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Pratish G C.
United Arab Emirates
UAE has endured a terrible run so far and is yet to register a win after playing 4 matches. The team finished at the bottom of the Group B points table, facing heavy defeats in all its matches.
Muhammad Waseem and Vriitya Aravind will be the key players for UAE in this match. They are among the most experienced batsmen on the team and will need to play a big inning here. The performance of Rohan Mustafa, Asif Sheikh, and Aryansh Sharma hasn’t been up to the mark so far, and that has been a big reason for UAE’s poor show.
All-rounders Basil Hameed and Ali Naseer have put up some resistance lower down the order but that hasn’t had any impact on the team’s fortunes. Junaid Siddiqui and Ali Naseer are the leading wicket-takers for UAE with 5 wickets each and will once again lead the pace attack along with Jawadullah and Sanchit Sharma.
The spin department is a bit lacking though as Aayan Khan and Karthik Meiyappan are both out of form.
United Arab Emirates Playing 11
Asif Khan, Aryansh Sharma, Vriitya Aravind, Rameez Shahzad, Rohan Mustafa, Basil Hameed, Ali Naseer, Sanchit Sharma, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Jawadullah.
NEP vs UAE Toss Prediction
The team winning the toss will likely opt to bowl first here.
Read our guide on toss predictions to learn how we analyze and come up with our tips.
Pitch and Conditions
The pitch at the Takashinga Sports Club in Harare isn’t the easiest to bat on. The average first-inning score here is around 240. The seam bowlers can expect some movement early on and the batsmen will find themselves jabbing at the deliveries. However, the surface foes get a bit easy to bat as the match progresses.
The weather in Harare will remain clear with temperatures between 19-22 degrees Celsius.
NEP vs UAE Betting Tips
Both the teams haven’t been in the best of forms and have struggled to gain positive results. We will give Nepal a slight edge here as its batting looks stronger when compared to that of the UAE. The seamers for Nepal have bowled well.
Bet on Nepal to win.
Bonus Cricket Bets
Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh have played well for Nepal and are among the top scorers for the team. On the other hand, UAE had struggled to find a consistent opening pair and we expect their problems to continue.
Kushal Bhurtel is averaging 42.50 in this tournament and has scored over 21.5 runs in 3 of his 4 innings here. As he faces a mediocre bowling line-up, we expect him to play another good inning here.
The pitch at the Takashinga Sports Club isn’t the easiest to bat on and the batsmen from both sides will struggle to play a long inning here. Out of all the players in both teams, there has been only 1 score of over 86.5 so far. We are therefore recommending an `Under´ bet here.
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- Highest opening partnership - India W (1.55) and 1 more BANW vs INDW betting tip
- Total runs in the highest scoring over of the match - Over 22.5 (1.95) and 2 more MI vs SRH betting tips
- Nazmul Hossain Shanto to become the top batter. - 4.10 and 3 more BAN vs ZIM betting tips
- Delhi Capitals to win the toss - 1.90 and 4 more DC vs RR betting tips
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