United Arab Emirates (UAE) have qualified for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, after defeating Japan on Thursday by eight wickets in the Asia-EAP Qualifier tournament in Al Amerat.

Haider Ali's 3 for 20 and and an opening partnership of 70 between openers Alishan Sharafu and Muhammad Waseem helped them comfortably chase 117 against Japan. UAE now join Nepal and Oman as the last three teams to secure their World Cup spot in next year's edition.

Apart from hosts India and Sri Lanka , the other teams with automatic qualification into the tournament are the top-seven teams from the 2024 T20 World Cup - Afghanistan , Australia , Bangladesh , England , South Africa , United States of America and West Indies . The three teams that qualified on basis

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