Kathmandu. Nepal is playing Malaysia today in the semi-finals of the ACC Men's U19 Premier Cup cricket tournament in the United Arab Emirates UAE. The match will start from 9 am at Ajman ground. Nepal reached the semi-finals as the winners of Group 'A' and Malaysia as winners of Group 'D'. In the group stage match, Nepal secured the trip to the semi-finals by winning two consecutive games.

Nepal defeated Saudi Arabia by eight wickets in its first match and Hong Kong in the second match by a wide margin of 199 runs.
Fourteen teams participated in this tournament and three teams will be selected for the upcoming ACC U-19 Asia Cup. Both the teams that reach the finals of this tournament will directly qualify for the upcoming ACC U19 Asia Cup. The team that loses in the semi-finals will play for the third place. The third place team will also advance to the Asia Cup. The U19 Asia Cup will be held in the UAE in December.