2025 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series (round 15)
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| Part of 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 26 October – 5 November 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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Fixtures
1st ODI
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Shubham Ranjane and Rushil Ugarkar (USA) both made their ODI debuts.
- Harmeet Singh (USA) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[7][8]
2nd ODI
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Harshit Kaushik 53 (54)
Saurabh Netravalkar 3/28 (10 overs) |
- 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
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Rohit Paudel 109 (130)
Zahid Ali 4/41 (6 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zahid Ali (UAE) made his ODI debut.
4th ODI
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
5th ODI
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- Milind Kumar (USA) scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.[9]
- Rushil Ugarkar (USA) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[10]
6th ODI
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Muhammad Shahdad 96 (123)
Karan KC 3/58 (10 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
Notes
- ^ Alishan Sharafu captained United Arab Emirates in their last two matches of the series.
References
- ^ "UAE Cricket to host USA and Nepal for ODI Tri-series in October/November 2025". Czarsportz. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ^ "After qualifying for T20 World Cup, Rhinos aim to do the same in ODI". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ "Eight-team CWC League 2 begins in Nepal on the road to 2027". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rahul Chopra to lead UAE in the ICC CWC League 2 matches against Nepal and USA". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "USA Cricket announces squad and schedule for ICC CWC League 2 series in Dubai". USA Cricket. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
- ^ "16 (6) & 6-27: Former India U19 spinner stars in ODI win for USA with best professional career figures". Wisden. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ "Harmeet Singh demolishes Nepal to give USA massive victory". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ "USA League 2 statement with big win over UAE". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Milind, Mukkamalla, and Ugarkar headline USA's record demolition of UAE". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 4 November 2025.