The National Men's Cricket team welcomes Nepal at the Nairobi Gymkhana Cricket Grounds for the five-match T20 International Series as they hope to bounce back to glory.
This is Nepal's first visit to Kenya even as the International Cricket returns to the East African country after a decade.
The series of Five T20I and three one-day matches will get underway on August 25 and will conclude on September 5.
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Entry to all games at the Nairobi Gymkhana Cricket Ground will be free.
Nairobi's Gymkhana Club is the main cricket venue in the country with a capacity of 7,000 and is also the home to Gymkhana, one of Kenya's oldest and most influential clubs.
In the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the ground hosted two matches as Kenya battled Zimbabwe and South Africa. Kenya was the co-host nation of the cricket world tournament.
However, the team was unable to go past the semis after suffering a loss to India.
Kenya jetted back to the country a week ago from Jersey where they played in the last of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League B fixtures.
The team was successful in the Jersey tourney having defeated Uganda, Italy and Bermuda.
Below are Kenya's and Nepal's squads.
Kenya: Sachin Bhudia, Emmanuel Bundi, Irfan Karim, Shem Ngoche, Alex Obanda, Collins Obuya, Eugene Ochieng, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Nelson Odhiambo, Lucas Oluoch, Elijah Otieno, Rakep Patel, Vraj Patel and Sukhdeep Singh.
Nepal: Mohammad Aadil Alam, Basir Ahamad, Dipendra Airee, Shahab Alam, Md Arif Sheikh, Mahammad Asif Sheikh, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Dev Khanal, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kishore Mahato, Gyanendra Malla, Rohit Paudel, Pawan Sarraf, Arjun Saud and Bibek Yadav.
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Full Schedule
T20I Series:
Thursday, August 25 – 1st T20I – Nepal vs Kenya
Friday, August 26 – 2nd T20I – Nepal vs Kenya
Sunday, August 28 – 3rd T20I – Nepal vs Kenya
Monday, August 29 – 4th T20I – Nepal vs Kenya
Tuesday, August 30 – 5th T20I – Nepal vs Kenya
One Day Series: Time: 10:00 am
Friday, September 2 – 1st One Day – Nepal vs Kenya
Saturday, September 3 – 2nd One Day – Nepal vs Kenya
Monday, September 5 – 3rd One Day – Nepal vs Kenya