2025 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series (round 15)

2025 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2
Date26 October – 5 November 2025
LocationUnited Arab Emirates
Teams
   Nepal  United Arab Emirates  United States
Captains
Rohit Paudel Rahul Chopra[a] Monank Patel
Most runs
Dipendra Singh Airee (175) Muhammad Shahdad (131)
Muhammad Waseem (131)
Milind Kumar (334)
Most wickets
Sandeep Lamichhane (8) Junaid Siddique (10) Harmeet Singh (9)

The 2025 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series was the fifteenth round of the 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament which took place in the United Arab Emirates in October and November 2025.[1] It was a tri-nation series contested by the men's national teams of the United Arab Emirates, Nepal and United States.[2] The matches were played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[3]

Squads

   Nepal[4]  United Arab Emirates[5]  United States[6]

Fixtures

1st ODI

26 October 2025
09:30
Scorecard
United States 
262/6 (50 overs)
v
   Nepal
156 (39.1 overs)
Smit Patel 75 (100)
Sandeep Lamichhane 2/56 (10 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 40 (60)
Harmeet Singh 6/27 (8.1 overs)
United States won by 106 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Harmeet Singh (USA)

2nd ODI

28 October 2025
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
211/9 (50 overs)
v
 United States
213/6 (49.1 overs)
Harshit Kaushik 53 (54)
Saurabh Netravalkar 3/28 (10 overs)
Milind Kumar 71 (81)
Junaid Siddique 3/44 (10 overs)
United States won by 4 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubham Ranjane (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.
  • Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Sohaib Khan, Muhammmad Rohid and Muhammad Shahdad (UAE) all made their ODI debuts.

3rd ODI

30 October 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
233 (50 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
237/5 (43.3 overs)
Rohit Paudel 109 (130)
Zahid Ali 4/41 (6 overs)
Aryansh Sharma 98 (98)
Sandeep Lamichhane 2/34 (10 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Aryansh Sharma (UAE)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Zahid Ali (UAE) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI

1 November 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
271 (49.5 overs)
v
 United States
273/6 (49 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 75 (67)
Harmeet Singh 3/33 (10 overs)
Saiteja Mukkamalla 75 (101)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/53 (10 overs)
United States won by 4 wickets
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Milind Kumar (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

3 November 2025
09:30
Scorecard
United States 
292/3 (50 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
49 (22.1 overs)
Saiteja Mukkamalla 137* (149)
Junaid Siddique 2/60 (10 overs)
Junaid Siddique 10 (9)
Rushil Ugarkar 5/22 (8.1 overs)
United States won by 243 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Saiteja Mukkamalla (USA)

6th ODI

5 November 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
239/9 (50 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
243/6 (49.1 overs)
Bhim Sharki 48 (68)
Dhruv Parashar 2/28 (10 overs)
Muhammad Shahdad 96 (123)
Karan KC 3/58 (10 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 4 wickets
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Muhammad Shahdad (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

  1. ^ Alishan Sharafu captained United Arab Emirates in their last two matches of the series.

References

  1. ^ "UAE Cricket to host USA and Nepal for ODI Tri-series in October/November 2025". Czarsportz. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  2. ^ "After qualifying for T20 World Cup, Rhinos aim to do the same in ODI". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Eight-team CWC League 2 begins in Nepal on the road to 2027". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  4. ^ "लिग-२ सिरिजका लागि नेपालको टोली घोषणा, अनिल र भीम फर्किए" [Nepal's team announced for League-2 series, Anil and Bhim return]. Nepal Khabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Rahul Chopra to lead UAE in the ICC CWC League 2 matches against Nepal and USA". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  6. ^ "USA Cricket announces squad and schedule for ICC CWC League 2 series in Dubai". USA Cricket. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  7. ^ "16 (6) & 6-27: Former India U19 spinner stars in ODI win for USA with best professional career figures". Wisden. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Harmeet Singh demolishes Nepal to give USA massive victory". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  9. ^ "USA League 2 statement with big win over UAE". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Milind, Mukkamalla, and Ugarkar headline USA's record demolition of UAE". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 4 November 2025.