Thursday 12th September 2024
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Region Final is being held at the Indian Association Cricket Ground in Singapore.
All the five Asian countries – Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Qatar and Singapore have played two matches each.
The below ranks table shows the team’s ranking position and their performance as of July 28, 2019.
Singapore, Qatar tops the chart with 7, 4 points, followed by Nepal and Kuwait.
| ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Region Final 2019 | |||||||||
| TEAM | M | W | L | T | N/R | PT | NRR | AGAINST | |
| Singapore | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2.969 | 354/60.0 | |
| Qatar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.378 | 649/80.0 | |
| Nepal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.682 | 348/48.2 | |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1.179 | 492/25.5 | |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.39 | 206/28.0 | |
| GLOSSARY:- | |||||||||
| M: The number of matches played. W: The number of matches won. L: The number of matches lost. | |||||||||
| T: The number of matches tied. N/R: The number of matches abandoned. PT: Number of points awarded. | |||||||||
Nepal’s performance in the next two ICC World T20 Asia Finals matches against Kuwait and Singapore will decide its qualification for the ICC World T20 Qualifiers.
Singapore remains the top team on the ICC World T20 Asia Finals ranks table. Nepal’s path to qualification will become simpler if it first beats Kuwait on July 27, 2019 and then goes on to defeat Singapore on July 28, 2019.
Likewise, Malaysia will have to defeat Singapore on July 26th, 2019 and Qatar on July 27, 2019 to clear Nepal’s path.
Other issues that concern Nepal’s qualification include Captain Paras Khadka’s fitness and the weather conditions on July 28, 2019 when Nepal will play Kuwait. Also, a washout for the Nepal-Kuwait will obstruct Nepal’s chances of winning the Asia Qualifier.
There is also a likelihood that Nepal, Qatar and Singapore may have a tie on the rankings chart by the end of the qualifiers. In that case, Net Run Rate will decide the winner for which Nepal will have to win its matches with very high margins.
