{"id":435845,"date":"2026-09-12T07:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T02:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=435845"},"modified":"2026-09-12T12:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T06:40:48","slug":"acc-premier-cup-final-nepal-elects-to-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/09\/12\/435845.html","title":{"rendered":"ACC Premier Cup Final: Nepal elects to bat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kathmandu: Nepal has elected to bat first after winning the toss against the United Arab Emirates in the final of the ACC Premier Cup at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match is underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Nepal and the UAE are aiming to win the ACC Premier Cup for the second time and secure a place in the upcoming Asia Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nepal won the inaugural edition in 2023, defeating the UAE by seven wickets, while the UAE won the 2024 edition by beating hosts Oman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nepal reached the final with four wins from five matches, while the UAE remained unbeaten throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two sides have met 19 times in One-Day Internationals, with Nepal winning 11 matches and the UAE eight. Nepal has also won three of its last five encounters, including two victories over the UAE in the ICC World Cup League Two in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: Nepal has elected to bat first after winning the toss against the United Arab Emirates in the final of the ACC Premier Cup at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The match is underway. Both Nepal and the UAE are aiming to win the ACC Premier Cup for the second time and secure &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":435846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,74,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-435845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news","category-sports","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435847,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435845\/revisions\/435847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435845"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=435845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}