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Akshdeep Nath inspired by Ireland beating India as UAE look to arrest ODI slump

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Akshdeep Nath says the struggling UAE side should take inspiration from Ireland’s shock series win over India as they bid to turn around their fortunes. The national team will face Scotland and Canada in a Cricket World Cup League Two (CWCL2) tri-series in Dundee, starting on Monday. Nath is one of a number of new recruits who were fast-tracked into the UAE team earlier this year after being granted UAE citizenship. The new players have their work cut out turning around the fortunes of the UAE. The national team are the lowest ranked ODI side in the world, and are bottom of the CWCL2 table. Furthermore, they have never won an ODI away against Scotland, and were soundly beaten by Canada the last time the sides met, too. Nath, though, says there were signs of promise in their most recent series in Nepal in April and May, and that many in the squad in the UK are not carrying baggage from their past troubles. And he said Ireland’s T20 series win against world champions India earlier this s

First report: Aryansh Sharma shines as UAE build momentum before World Cup League Two test — thenationalnews.com, 12d