UAE vs Nepal 3rd T20 Prediction

UAE Team News

The UAE stuck with the same team that won the first T20 game last time out, with Mohammad Naveed captain in place of the suspended Rohan Mustafa. Opener Ashfaq Ahmed and wicket-keeper Ghulam Shabber have both been out cheaply in both games, however, and could be options for changes. Chirag Suri is an option to bring in, but he really struggled in the ODI series and does not tend to score quickly enough for the shorter formats.

UAE Key Players

Shaiman Anwar cemented his place as the UAE's leading T20 run-scorer when he scored 59 from 38 balls as they won the opening game. He also scored 41 against Australia in October and signed off from the ODI series with 87 from 70 balls in the final game.

Mohammad Boota also scored a half-century in that game and followed it up with middle-order runs in the first game of the T20 series too. Chundangapoyil Rizwan top-scored with 44 last time, having hit 22 in the opening game and 45 in the final ODI. 

Mohammad Naveed leads the bowling attack. He took 2-19 in the first game and followed that up with 1-18 in the second. Naveed has also played in the Afghanistan Premier League and Global Canada T20 League previously, as well as taking plenty of wickets in the T10 League too.

Sultan Ahmed took 2-26 in the first match of this series and 2-9 from his four overs in the second, while Amir Hayat, Zahoor Khan and Imran Haider have chipped in with the ball too.

UAE Team Form

The UAE stormed to the top of the table in the ICC World Twenty20 Asian Qualifier Western Sub Region, winning all five group games before Zahoor Khan's 3-16 and Ghulam Shabber's 63 from 46 balls led them to a nine-wicket win in the final against Qatar.

A first ever game against Australia followed, in which they posted 117/6 and lost by seven wickets, before an unofficial match against New Zealand which saw them lose by 37 runs in reply to 161/4.

This series followed and, after scoring a century in their most recent bilateral T20i series against Papua New Guinea, Shaiman Anwar's half-century led them to victory in the first game. Dismissed for 107 last time out, however, the UAE are looking to bounce back from a four-wicket defeat in this decisive third game.