2025 Men's T20 World Cup Asia–EAP Regional Final

2025 Men's T20 World Cup
Asia-EAP Regional Final
Dates8 – 17 October 2025
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group round-robin and Super 6s
HostOman
Champions   Nepal (1st title)
Runners-up Oman
Participants9
Matches21
Player of the seriesUnited Arab Emirates Alishan Sharafu
Most runsUnited Arab Emirates Alishan Sharafu (283)
Most wicketsQatar Mirza Mohammed Baig (16)

The 2025 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia-PEAP Regional Final was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It was held in Oman from 8 to 17 October 2025.[1]

The top three sides Nepal, Oman and United Arab Emirates joined Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the 2026 T20 World Cup who had already pre-qualified.[2][3] India and Sri Lanka directly qualified for the T20 World Cup as co-hosts,[4] while Afghanistan, Australia and Bangladesh qualified as by finishing among the top eight teams from the previous edition and New Zealand and Pakistan qualified through the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.[5]

Teams and qualification

In this cycle, a total of 14 teams participated in the Asian sub-regional phase and 8 teams were participating in the EAP sub-regional phase. The Asian sub-regional phase was divided into two events of seven teams[6][7] and the EAP sub-regional phase was divided into two events of four teams.[8][9]

The top two sides of each Asia sub-regional qualifier along with the winners of EAP sub-regional qualifiers advanced to a combined regional final, where they will join Nepal, Oman and Papua New Guinea who received a bye after participating in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[10][11]

Method of
qualification		 Date Venue(s) No. of teams Team
2024 T20 World Cup 29 June 2024 United States
West Indies
3
    Nepal
 Oman
 Papua New Guinea
EAP Qualifier A 17–24 August 2024 Samoa
1
  Samoa
Asia Qualifier A 30 August – 9 September 2024 Malaysia
2
  Kuwait
 Malaysia
EAP Qualifier B 28 September – 5 October 2024 South Korea
1
  Japan
Asia Qualifier B 19–28 November 2024 Qatar
2
  Qatar
 United Arab Emirates
Total 9

Squads

 Japan[12]  Kuwait[13]  Malaysia[14]    Nepal[15]  Oman[16]
 Papua New Guinea  Qatar[17]  Samoa[18]  United Arab Emirates[19]

Preparations

Samoa in Malaysia

Samoa toured Malaysia to play two 20-over matches against Malaysia A in September.

26 September 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Samoa 
164/5 (20 overs)
v
Malaysia A
108 (16.1 overs)
Benjamin Mailata 62 (45)
Amir Khan 2/20 (4 overs)
Aiman Zaquan Ridzuan 33 (29)
Solomon Nash 3/12 (3 overs)
Samoa won by 56 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
  • Samoa won the toss and elected to bat.
28 September 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Malaysia A
v
Match abandoned
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
  • No toss.

Kuwait in Oman

Kuwait men's cricket team in Oman in 2025
 
  Oman Kuwait
Dates 29 – 30 September 2025
Captains Jatinder Singh[b] Mohammed Aslam
Twenty20 International series
Results Oman won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Vinayak Shukla (75) Clinto Anto (44)
Most wickets Sufyan Mehmood (5) Muhammad Aqif Farooq (3)

1st T20I

29 September 2025
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kuwait 
142/8 (20 overs)
v
 Oman
143/5 (19.2 overs)
Yasin Patel 27* (18)
Sufyan Mehmood 3/28 (4 overs)
Mohammad Nadeem 36* (38)
Anudeep Chenthamara 2/19 (3.2 overs)
Oman won by 5 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nadeem (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nadeem Khan (Oma) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

30 September 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Kuwait 
107/8 (20 overs)
v
 Oman
111/5 (18.1 overs)
Clinto Anto 19 (21)
Mohammad Nadeem 2/11 (3 overs)
Vinayak Shukla 51* (46)
Muhammad Aqif Farooq 3/24 (4 overs)
Oman won by 5 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Vinayak Shukla (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.
  • Hasnain Ul Wahab (Oma) and Muhammad Aqif Farooq (Kuw) both made their T20I debuts.

Warm-up matches

Group stage

The group division and the fixtures of the Asia–EAP Regional Final were announced by the International Cricket Council on 10 July 2025.[20][1]

Group A

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 4 0.584 Advanced to the Super 6
2  Qatar 2 1 1 0 2 0.225
3  Malaysia 2 0 2 0 0 −0.873 Eliminated
Source: ESPNcricinfo[21]

Fixtures

8 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Qatar 
118/8 (20 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
119/3 (18.3 overs)
Mirza Mohammed Baig 30 (29)
Muhammad Rohid 2/13 (4 overs)
Alishan Sharafu 51* (42)
Mujeeb-ur-Rehman 2/21 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)
Player of the match: Muhammad Rohid (UAE)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Zubair Ali, Shariq Munir (Qat) and Zahid Ali (UAE) all made their T20I debuts.
9 October 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Malaysia 
123/9 (20 overs)
v
 Qatar
124/2 (17.1 overs)
Virandeep Singh 62* (54)
Mirza Mohammed Baig 4/17 (4 overs)
Zubair Ali 65* (44)
Virandeep Singh 1/22 (3 overs)
Qatar won by 8 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Shawn Craig (Aus)
Player of the match: Zubair Ali (Qat)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
  • Owais Ahmed (Qat) became the first player for Qatar to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.
10 October 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Malaysia 
161/5 (20 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
167/4 (19.2 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 54* (39)
Dhruv Parashar 1/8 (2 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 84 (53)
Syed Aziz 2/20 (3 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Phillip Gillespie (Aus)
Player of the match: Muhammad Waseem (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • Muhammad Arfan (UAE) made his T20I debut.

Group B

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1    Nepal 2 2 0 0 4 1.834 Advanced to the Super 6
2  Japan 2 1 1 0 2 −0.309
3  Kuwait 2 0 2 0 0 −1.576 Eliminated
Source: ESPNcricinfo[21]

Fixtures

8 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Nepal   
141/7 (20 overs)
v
 Kuwait
83 (18.1 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 66 (56)
Anudeep Chenthamara 2/22 (4 overs)
Clinto Anto 26 (23)
Rohit Paudel 2/9 (2 overs)
Nepal won by 58 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
9 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Kuwait 
177/6 (20 overs)
v
 Japan
178/5 (19.3 overs)
Ali Zaheer 41 (31)
Declan Suzuki-McComb 3/22 (2 overs)
Esam Rahman 64 (39)
Shiraz Khan 1/23 (2 overs)
Japan won by 5 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Esam Rahman (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Esam Rahman (Jpn) made his T20I debut.
10 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Japan 
131/8 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
132/5 (18 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 60 (46)
Gulshan Jha 2/20 (4 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 38 (21)
Shoma Sugaya-Slater 2/22 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 5 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Gulshan Jha (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

Group C

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Oman (H) 2 2 0 0 4 1.874 Advanced to the Super 6
2  Samoa 2 1 1 0 2 −0.302
3  Papua New Guinea 2 0 2 0 0 −1.574 Eliminated
Source: ESPNcricinfo[21]
(H) Host

Fixtures

8 October 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Samoa 
92/9 (20 overs)
v
 Oman
96/5 (17 overs)
Fereti Sululoto 22 (16)
Shah Faisal 2/12 (4 overs)
Mohammed Nadeem 21* (22)
Saumani Tiai 2/13 (4 overs)
Oman won by 5 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat
Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Shah Faisal (Oma)
9 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
117 (20 overs)
v
 Samoa
118/4 (18.3 overs)
Assad Vala 38 (38)
Solomon Nash 4/24 (4 overs)
Sean Solia 62 (45)
John Kariko 1/7 (3 overs)
Samoa won by 6 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)
Player of the match: Sean Solia (Sam)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
10 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Oman 
138/7 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
86 (16.4 overs)
Vinayak Shukla 48 (24)
Kabua Morea 2/33 (4 overs)
Sese Bau 35 (34)
Shakeel Ahmed 3/15 (4 overs)
Oman won by 52 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Vinayak Shukla (Oma)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.

Super 6

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1    Nepal 5 5 0 0 10 1.849 Qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup
2  Oman 5 4 1 0 8 0.456
3  United Arab Emirates 5 3 2 0 6 1.493
4  Qatar 5 2 3 0 4 −0.114 Eliminated
5  Japan 5 1 4 0 2 −1.033
6  Samoa 5 0 5 0 0 −2.809
Source: ESPNcricinfo[21]

Fixtures

12 October 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Oman 
172/6 (20 overs)
v
 Qatar
138/9 (20 overs)
Jatinder Singh 66 (40)
Mirza Mohammed Baig 4/28 (4 overs)
Shariq Munir 34 (25)
Jitenkumar Ramanandi 3/22 (3 overs)
Oman won by 34 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)
Player of the match: Jatinder Singh (Oma)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
12 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
140/6 (20 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
139/9 (20 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 51 (47)
Dhruv Parashar 1/10 (2 overs)
Alishan Sharafu 58 (40)
Dipendra Singh Airee 3/22 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 1 run
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jonathan Figy (UAE) made his T20I debut.
12 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Japan 
162/6 (20 overs)
v
 Samoa
158/7 (20 overs)
Abhishek Anand 55 (42)
Darius Visser 3/39 (4 overs)
Sean Solia 41 (23)
Declan Suzuki-McComb 3/29 (3.3 overs)
Japan won by 4 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Ibrahim Takahashi (Jpn)
  • Samoa won the toss and elected to field.
13 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
112/7 (20 overs)
v
 Oman
113/5 (19.4 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 22 (35)
Shakeel Ahmed 1/13 (3 overs)
Jatinder Singh 33 (23)
Dhruv Parashar 1/4 (2 overs)
Oman won by 5 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Nadeem Khan (Oma)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
13 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Nepal   
147/9 (20 overs)
v
 Qatar
142 (19.5 overs)
Rohit Paudel 58 (42)
Daniel Louis 3/22 (3 overs)
Imal Liyanage 56 (35)
Sandeep Lamichhane 5/18 (3.5 overs)
Nepal won by 5 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
15 October 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Japan 
139/4 (20 overs)
v
 Qatar
140/7 (19.4 overs)
Esam Rahman 60* (47)
Mirza Mohammed Baig 2/24 (4 overs)
Shariq Munir 41 (29)
Benjamin Ito-Davis 3/28 (4 overs)
Qatar won by 3 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat
Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Shariq Munir (Qat)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
15 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
225/4 (20 overs)
v
 Samoa
148/8 (20 overs)
Alishan Sharafu 86 (51)
Solomon Nash 2/42 (4 overs)
Caleb Jasmat 41* (24)
Muhammad Farooq 4/35 (4 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 77 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Phillip Gillespie (Aus)
Player of the match: Muhammad Farooq (UAE)
15 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Nepal   
151/9 (20 overs)
v
 Oman
113/9 (20 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 69 (51)
Nadeem Khan 4/20 (4 overs)
Vinayak Shukla 32 (19)
Gulshan Jha 3/31 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 38 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kushal Malla (Nep) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[26]
16 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Japan 
116/9 (20 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
118/2 (12.1 overs)
Wataru Miyauchi 45* (32)
Haider Ali 3/20 (4 overs)
Alishan Sharafu 46 (27)
Declan Suzuki-McComb 1/14 (1.1 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 8 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Haider Ali (UAE)
16 October 2025
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Samoa 
126/9 (20 overs)
v
 Qatar
128/2 (15.1 overs)
Benjamin Mailata 35 (38)
Daniel Louis 2/21 (3 overs)
Zubair Ali 55* (46)
Kurtis Hynam-Nyberg 1/15 (2 overs)
Qatar won by 8 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)
Player of the match: Muhammad Asim (Qat)
  • Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
17 October 2025
10:00
Scorecard
Japan 
103 (18.2 overs)
v
 Oman
107/1 (17 overs)
Ibrahim Takahashi 29 (20)
Sufyan Mehmood 3/26 (4 overs)
Hammad Mirza 50* (55)
Charles Hinze 1/18 (2 overs)
Oman won by 9 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Sufyan Mehmood (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.
17 October 2025
14:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
211/4 (20 overs)
v
 Samoa
87/7 (20 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 69 (41)
Daniel Burgess 1/28 (4 overs)
Sean Solia 40 (37)
Lalit Rajbanshi 3/13 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 124 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nep)
  • Samoa won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

  1. ^ Aamir Kaleem captained Oman in the first and last match of the qualifier.
  2. ^ Mohammad Nadeem captained Oman in the second T20I.

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