It is 21 months since they did it in the last T20 World Cup qualifier in Muscat. Eight months since the Cricket World Cup League 2 at Tribhuvan University.
Six months since the Asia Cup decider in Kirtipur. And a mere seven days since the tri-nations series final. Now here they are, all set to do it again, with absolutely everything riding on one match.
The UAE and Nepal really need to stop meeting like this. The two biggest rivals in Asian cricket beyond the Test elite have one, winner-takes-all encounter left to decide who goes to next year's T20 World Cup.
Forty overs to decide who gets to mix with the best in the United States and the West Indies next June. It feels a scandal that it is going to be one or the other, and not both.
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