Nepal at the Men's T20 World Cup

The Nepal national cricket team is one of the associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Nepal qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup in 2014 after finishing 3rd in the 2013 Qualifier, and they made their reappearance after ten years in 2024. The team couldn't make it past the group stage in both the editions, however they managed to win two matches in their first appearance. Nepal also appeared in the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup, where they narrowly missed a win against England by 4 runs and defeated Scotland by 7 wickets.

ICC T20 World Cup record											Qualification record[a]
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ab[b]	Captain		Pld	W	L	T	NR
2007	Did not qualify										Did not participate
2009
2010
2012											15	8	7	0	0
2014	First stage	12/16	3	2	1	0	0	0	Paras Khadka		15	9	6	0	0
2016	Did not qualify										6	1	4	0	0
2021											10	7	2	0	1
2022											5	4	1	0	0
2024	Group stage	17/20	4	0	3	0	0	1	Rohit Paudel		5	3	1	1	0
2026	Group stage	16/20	4	1	3	0	0	0	Rohit Paudel		6	6	0	0	0
Total	0 Titles	3/10	11	3	7	0	0	1	—N/a		57	38	21	1	1

Opponent	M	W	L	T+W	T+L	NR	Ab	Win %	First played
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100	2014
Bangladesh	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	2014
England	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2026
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100	2014
Italy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2026
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2024
Scotland	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100	2026
South Africa	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2024
Sri Lanka	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	—	2024
West Indies	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2026
Total	11	3	7	0	0	0	1	30.00	—
Source:[1] Last Updated: 17 February 2026

Squad and kit

Paras Khadka (c) Gyanendra Malla Anil Mandal Sagar Pun Sharad Vesawkar Pradeep Airee (wk) Binod Bhandari (wk) Subash Khakurel (wk) Naresh Budayair Sompal Kami Amrit Bhattarai Shakti Gauchan Jitendra Mukhiya Basant Regmi Avinash Karn Rahul Vishwakarma Prithu Baskota

2014 kit

Results

First stage (Group A)				Super 10		Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hong Kong W by 80 runs	Bangladesh L by 8 wickets	Afghanistan W by 9 runs	2	Did not advance				First stage
Source: ESPNcricinfo[2]

Scorecards

First stage (Group A)

16 March Scorecard Nepal    149/8 (20 overs) v  Hong Kong 69 (17 overs) Gyanendra Malla 48 (41) Haseeb Amjad 3/25 (4 overs) Babar Hayat 20 (25) Shakti Gauchan 3/9 (4 overs) Nepal won by 80 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 18 March Scorecard Nepal    126/5 (20 overs) v  Bangladesh 132/2 (15.3 overs) Paras Khadka 41 (35) Al-Amin Hossain 2/17 (4 overs) Anamul Haque 42 (33) Basant Regmi 1/14 (3 overs) Bangladesh won by 8 wickets Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 20 March Scorecard Nepal    141/5 (20 overs) v  Afghanistan 132/8 (20 overs) Subash Khakurel 56 (53) Shapoor Zadran 2/19 (4 overs) Asghar Afghan 49 (36) Jitendra Mukhiya 3/18 (4 overs) Nepal won by 9 runs Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

Squad and kit

Rohit Paudel (c) Aasif Sheikh (wk) Anil Kumar Sah (wk) Kushal Bhurtel Kushal Malla Dipendra Singh Airee Sundeep Jora Gulshan Jha Karan KC Sompal Kami Pratis GC Abinash Bohara Sagar Dhakal Kamal Airee Sandeep Lamichhane Lalit Rajbanshi

2024 kit

Results

Group stage (Group D)					Super 8		Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Netherlands L by 6 wickets	Sri Lanka Match abandoned	South Africa L by 1 run	Bangladesh L by 21 runs	5	Did not advance				First stage
Source: ESPNcricinfo[3]

Scorecards

Group stage (Group D)

4 June 2024 (2024-06-04) 10:30 UTC−5 Scorecard Nepal    106 (19.2 overs) v  Netherlands 109/4 (18.4 overs) Rohit Paudel 35 (37) Logan van Beek 3/18 (3.2 overs) Max O'Dowd 54* (48) Dipendra Singh Airee 1/6 (2 overs) Netherlands won by 6 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Tim Pringle (Ned) Netherlands won the toss and elected to field. 11 June 2024 (2024-06-11) 19:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard Nepal    v  Sri Lanka Match abandoned Central Broward Park, Lauderhill Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) No toss. No play was possible due to rain. 14 June 2024 (2024-06-14) 19:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard South Africa  115/7 (20 overs) v    Nepal 114/7 (20 overs) Reeza Hendricks 43 (49) Kushal Bhurtel 4/19 (4 overs) Aasif Sheikh 42 (49) Tabraiz Shamsi 4/19 (4 overs) South Africa won by 1 run Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Tabraiz Shamsi (SA) Nepal won the toss and elected to field. Nepal were eliminated as a result of this match. 16 June 2024 (2024-06-16) 19:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard Bangladesh  106 (19.3 overs) v    Nepal 85 (19.2 overs) Shakib Al Hasan 17 (22) Sompal Kami 2/10 (3 overs) Kushal Malla 27 (40) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 4/7 (4 overs) Bangladesh won by 21 runs Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Umpires: Sam Nogajski (Aus) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Tanzim Hasan Sakib (Ban) Nepal won the toss and elected to field. Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.[4]

Squad and kit

Rohit Paudel (c) Dipendra Singh Airee (vc) Aasif Sheikh (wk) Aarif Sheikh Kushal Bhurtel Sher Malla Basir Ahamad Gulshan Jha Karan KC Sompal Kami Lokesh Bam Nandan Yadav Sandeep Lamichhane Lalit Rajbanshi

2026 kit

Results

Group stage (Group C)					Super 8		Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
England L by 4 runs	Italy L by 10 wickets	West Indies L by 9 wickets	Scotland W by 7 wickets	4	Did not advance				Group stage
Source: ESPNcricinfo[5]

Scorecards

Group stage (Group C)

Match 5 8 February 2026 (2026-02-08) 15:00 UTC+5:30 (D/N) Scorecard England  184/7 (20 overs) v    Nepal 180/6 (20 overs) Jacob Bethell 55 (35) Dipendra Singh Airee 2/23 (3 overs) Dipendra Singh Airee 44 (29) Liam Dawson 2/21 (4 overs) England won by 4 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Attendance: 19,369[6] Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Will Jacks (Eng) England won the toss and elected to bat. This was the first time England and Nepal faced each other in T20Is.[7] Sher Malla (Nep) made his T20I debut. He became the second Nepali player and the 30th player overall to take a wicket with his first ball in T20Is.[8] Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep) became the first Nepali cricketer to score 2,000 runs in T20Is.[9] This was Nepal's highest-ever innings total in the T20 World Cup (180).[10] Match 17 12 February 2026 (2026-02-12) 15:00 UTC+5:30 (D/N) Scorecard Nepal    123 (19.3 overs) v  Italy 124/0 (12.4 overs) Aarif Sheikh 27 (24) Crishan Kalugamage 3/18 (4 overs) Anthony Mosca 62* (32) Italy won by 10 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Attendance: TBC[6] Umpires: Donovan Koch (Aus) and Sam Nogajski (Aus) Player of the match: Crishan Kalugamage (Ita) Italy won the toss and elected to field. This was the first time Italy and Nepal faced each other in T20Is.[11] This was the first World Cup match victory for Italy across all formats.[12] This was Italy's first 10-wicket win in T20Is and the eighth overall in T20 World Cups.[13] Match 25 15 February 2026 (2026-02-15) 11:00 UTC+5:30 Scorecard Nepal    133/8 (20 overs) v  West Indies 134/1 (15.2 overs) Dipendra Singh Airee 58 (47) Jason Holder 4/27 (4 overs) Shai Hope 61* (44) Nandan Yadav 1/24 (3 overs) West Indies won by 9 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Attendance: 19,225[6] Umpires: Gazi Sohel (Ban) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Jason Holder (WI) West Indies won the toss and elected to field. West Indies qualified for the Super 8 while Nepal were eliminated as a result of this match.[14][15] Match 33 17 February 2026 (2026-02-17) 19:00 UTC+5:30 (N) Scorecard Scotland  170/7 (20 overs) v    Nepal 171/3 (19.2 overs) Michael Jones 71 (45) Sompal Kami 3/25 (4 overs) Dipendra Singh Airee 50* (23) Michael Leask 3/30 (4 overs) Nepal won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Attendance: 18,920[6] Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep) Nepal won the toss and elected to field. Nepal recorded their first victory at the Men's T20 World Cup in 12 years.[16]

Highest innings totals

Score	Opponent	Venue	Result	Season
180/6 (20 overs)	England	Mumbai	Lost	2026
171/3 (19.2 overs)	Scotland	Mumbai	Won	2026
149/8 (20 overs)	Hong Kong	Chittagong	Won	2014
141/5 (20 overs)	Afghanistan	Chittagong	Won	2014
133/8 (20 overs)	West Indies	Mumbai	Lost	2026
Last updated: 17 February 2026[17]

Most runs

Highest partnerships

Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
85 (4th wicket)	Sharad Vesawkar (39) & Paras Khadka (40)	v  Bangladesh	Chittagong	2014
82 (3rd wicket)	Rohit Paudel (37) & Dipendra Singh Airee (44)	v  England	Mumbai	2026
80 (3rd wicket)	Gyanendra Malla (30) & Paras Khadka (41)	v  Hong Kong	Chittagong	2014
76 (4th wicket)	Sharad Vesawkar (33) & Subash Khakurel (37)	v  Afghanistan	Chittagong	2014
74 (1st wicket)	Kushal Bhurtel (43) & Aasif Sheikh (28)	v  Scotland	Mumbai	2026
Last updated: 17 February 2026[19]

Most wickets