Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Nepal won by 19 runs
West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl.
Player of the matchRohit Paudel
Nepal (148/8) beat West Indies (129/9) by 19 runs in 1st T20I of Nepal v West Indies T20I Series 2025 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sat 27 Sept 2025. Rohit Paudel top-scored with 38 off 35 balls and was player of the match, and JO Holder took 4/20.
Updated
Live score updates give the score only for this match. Full commentary, ball by ball with an over summary, is added about a day after the final ball.
| Innings | Score | Overs | Run rate | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal1st innings | 148/8 (148 for 8) | 20 | 7.40 | – |
| West Indies2nd innings | 129/9 (129 for 9) | 20 | 6.45 | 149 |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kushal Bhurtelst AA Jangoo b AJ Hosein | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Aasif Sheikhc KU Carty b JO Holder | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Rohit Paudelc AWJ Auguste b N Bidaisee | 38 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 108.57 |
| Kushal Mallac JO Holder b N Bidaisee | 30 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 142.86 |
| Gulshan Jhac KU Carty b N Bidaisee | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 137.50 |
| Dipendra Singh Aireec N Bidaisee b JO Holder | 17 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 89.47 |
| Sundeep Jorac sub (K Gore) b JO Holder | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 |
| Sompal Kaminot out | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120.00 |
| Karan KCc KR Mayers b JO Holder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nandan Yadavnot out | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 350.00 |
| Extras b 0, lb 0, w 10, nb 0 | 10 | ||||
| Total 8 wkts, 20 ov, RR 7.40 | 148 | ||||
Did not bat Lalit Rajbanshi
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dot balls | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Hosein | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| JO Holder | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Simmonds | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 12.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| FA Allen | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| OC McCoy | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| N Bidaisee | 4 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 7.25 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR Mayersrun out (K Bhurtel) | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 |
| AA Jangooc S Jora b LN Rajbanshi | 19 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 86.36 |
| AWJ Augustec DS Airee b NK Yadav | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 214.29 |
| J Andrewc S Jora b RK Paudel | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 |
| KU Cartyrun out (Aasif Sheikh/DS Airee) | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 106.67 |
| N Bidaiseehit wicket b K Bhurtel | 22 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 88.00 |
| JO Holderc RK Paudel b K Bhurtel | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 |
| FA Allenc K Bhurtel b DS Airee | 19 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 135.71 |
| AJ Hoseinc Gulsan Jha b Karan KC | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 200.00 |
| OC McCoynot out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras b 0, lb 0, w 4, nb 1 | 5 | ||||
| Total 9 wkts, 20 ov, RR 6.45 | 129 | ||||
Did not bat Ramon Simmonds
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dot balls | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dipendra Singh Airee | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6.67 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Karan KC | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5.67 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Nandan Yadav | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Sompal Kami | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 10.75 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Lalit Rajbanshi | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohit Paudel | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6.67 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Kushal Bhurtel | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4.25 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
The worm, the Manhattan, the run rate and the partnerships are drawn from the ball-by-ball data. This match has the score only so far, so the graphs are added about a day after the final ball.
Also played this season Mohammad Aadil Alam, Aarif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Shahab Alam
Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet, licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY 1.0). Cricsheet is at cricsheet.org, and the licence is at opendatacommons.org.
