Oman and Nepal meet again in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. Oman sit 4th in the table with 33 points from 31 matches (15 won, 13 lost), while Nepal are 6th with 28 points from 34 matches (13 won, 19 lost).
Oman come into the match after a defeat by Canada on 15 Oct 2026, when Canada won by 58 runs (Oman 198/10, Canada 256/10). Two days earlier Nepal beat them by 113 runs, although on 9 Oct 2026 Oman had beaten Canada by 41 runs, making 263/10 to Canada's 222/10. Their two results before that, in May 2026, were defeats by Nepal (by 81 runs) and the United Arab Emirates (by 54 runs).
Nepal have won their last two matches: by 24 runs against Canada on 11 Oct 2026 and by 113 runs against Oman on 13 Oct 2026, when they made 263/8 and bowled Oman out for 150. Before that, in July 2026, they lost to the Netherlands by 57 runs, to Namibia by 3 runs and to the Netherlands by 6 wickets with 35 balls remaining.
The most recent meetings between the sides have gone Nepal's way, with wins by 113 runs on 13 Oct 2026 and by 81 runs on 5 May 2026. Oman won the two meetings before that: by 102 runs (DLS method) on 29 Apr 2026 and by 1 wicket with 1 ball remaining on 18 Sept 2024.
Both sides have a bowler among the competition's leading wicket-takers. Oman's Shakeel Ahmed has 55 wickets, level with Namibia's Bernard Scholtz at the top of the list, and Nepal's Sandeep Lamichhane has 50.