Nepal Vs UAE Live Score, 1st T20I: Rhinos Stutter In Powerplay | NEP 47/3 (8)

Nepal lose their way a bit in the powerplay, with Sundeep Jora falling for a 6-ball 6 to Haider Ali and Kushal Bhurtel (16 off 9) run out by Harpreet Singh. Captain Dipendra Singh Airee is now at the crease alongside a circumspect Kushal Malla for the Rhinos.

NEP: 40/3 (6)

Arjun Saud and Kushal Bhurtel stride out to open the batting for Nepal and Junaid Siddique has the ball in hand for UAE. Bhurtel and Saud crack a boundary apiece to take 10 runs off the first over. But the right-arm seamer responds in his next over, castling Saud for an 11-ball 13.

United Arab Emirates: Adeeb Usmani (wk), Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Sohaib Khan, Haider Ali, Khuzaima Tanveer, Muhammad Arfan, Junaid Siddique, Akshdeep Nath, Muhammad Zuhaib

Nepal: Arjun Saud (wk), Basir Ahamad, Dipendra Singh Airee (c), Gulsan Jha, Hemant Dhami, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sher Malla, Sundeep Jora

Nepal have won the toss and elected to bat first against UAE. Team news coming your way shortly.

Here is Nepal's full squad for the two-match series as well as the CWC League 2 games against UAE and Oman:

The first ball is scheduled to be bowled at 4:45pm IST, with the toss at 4:15pm. The Nepal vs UAE, 1st T20I will be broadcast live on Kantipur TV Max in Nepal, while fans in India and the rest of the world can stream the match on the MSM Video app.

The app requires subscription, however, and a pretty expensive one at that. A monthly purchase is pegged at 9.99 US dollars, or roughly INR 929. That's more than what a full family's one-month Netflix subscription costs. It's hard to imagine anyone shelling out that kind of money to watch a couple of games.

Nepal have a big following outside the country as well, and even more so after a spirited T20 World Cup campaign. Paywalling games of emerging teams could hinder the sport's growth across geographies as well as the outfits' rise.

Good afternoon and welcome, folks! We are building up to the start of the first-ever floodlit match in Nepal. Stick around for match facts, toss, playing XIs and live updates.