- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.5 Hosein draws first blood! Bowls the menacing non-turner ball drifting in with the shiny new ball, Bhurtel moves onto the back foot to negate across the line, goes through the gates and crashes onto the middle stump. The batter stands there for a few seconds, tries to process the whole scenario, then trudges off back to the dug-out. Fourth time Hosein dismissed Bhurtel in T20I cricket. 2/14.1 Finds the deep fine leg fielder! Massive smile on Holder's face and the West Indies players celebrate again. Bowls a wide ball down the leg-side, Sheikh plays the flick shot half-heartedly and doesn't get enough elevation to clear the ropes, finds Hetmyer near the ropes at long leg. Nine times out of ten, that delivery would have been flicked out of the park or found the ropes, but this was the rare occasion where it went straight to the sweeper fielder. 17/33.1 Celebrappeal from Forde and the finger goes up! Bowls a good length ball pitching on middle-off and nips back in sharply, Paudel walks forward and plays across the line, massive gap between the bat-pad and thuds the front pad. The Nepalese skipper sends it upstairs immediately. Pitching is outside off, impact in line and just clipping the top of the leg stump, umpire's call and Paudel has to depart. 17/219.2 Pinpoint silence in the stands, Airee has holed out! Change of angle does the trick for Holder. Fuller length ball angling in on the stumps, plays the slog stroke towards long on, the bat face rotates and does not get quite hold of it, picks out the safe hands of Powell, who had to cover a few yards in to complete the catch. 127/76.3 Holder strikes again! A tad fuller length ball on middle-leg, moves across the line and flicks it away, mistimes the stroke and skies it high to the right of the midwicket ring fielder, plays the shot early. Forde covered his ground, settled underneath and gobbled it up. 23/410.4 Another soft dismissal! Short of a length ball sprayed down the leg-side, walks across the line and tries to swipe it through behind the square, cramped for room and beaten by the extra pace, tickles off the glove and a regulation catch for Hope behind the stumps. 46/514.6 Cleaned him up! Generously flighted length ball on middle-off, Jha gets down on one knee to tonk this out of the park, misses the line and length, disturbs the furniture and Nepal lose their 6th wicket. 73/619.6 Straight up in the air, and taken at long off! Bowls a fuller length ball angling away outside off, throws his bat at it and doesn't get quite hold of it, miscues the stroke and finds the long off fielder. 133/8Extras5 (lb 1, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL133/8 (20 Overs, RR: 6.65)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Kushal Bhurtel, 0.5 ov), 2-17 (Rohit Paudel, 3.1 ov), 3-17 (Aasif Sheikh, 4.1 ov), 4-23 (Aarif Sheikh, 6.3 ov), 5-46 (Lokesh Bam, 10.4 ov), 6-73 (Gulsan Jha, 14.6 ov), 7-127 (Dipendra Singh Airee, 19.2 ov), 8-133 (Karan KC, 19.6 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.3 chips it to mid-on! Short of a length ball pitching outside off, makes room outside leg and swings his bat at it, toe-ends the ball and gifts a regulation catch to Bhurtel in the mid-on area at the edge of the circle. 43/1Extras5 (nb 1, w 4)TOTAL134/1 (15.2 Overs, RR: 8.73)Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Brandon King, 5.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Karan KC 2 0 12 0 6 6 2 0 0 0 Sompal Kami 2 0 23 0 11.5 5 4 0 1 1 NK Yadav 3 0 24 1 8 8 2 1 2 0 S Lamichhane 3 0 38 0 12.66 4 2 3 0 0 DS Airee 3.2 0 19 0 5.7 8 2 0 0 0 K Bhurtel 2 0 18 0 9 3 1 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
West Indies , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11.00 start, First Session 11.00-12.30, Interval 12.30-12.50, Second Session 12.50-14.20
Match days
15 February 2026 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
West Indies 2, Nepal 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 22 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 3.1: Review by Nepal (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - RK Paudel (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Drinks: Nepal - 22/3 in 6.0 overs (DS Airee 3, Aarif Sheikh 2)
- Nepal: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Nepal - 68/5 in 14.0 overs (DS Airee 23, Gulsan Jha 10)
- Nepal: 100 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 3
- DS Airee: 50 off 44 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (DS Airee 31, Sompal Kami 22, Ex 0)
- Over 19.3: Review by Nepal (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - Karan KC (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Nepal - 133/8 in 20.0 overs (Sompal Kami 26)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 1 wicket)
- Drinks: West Indies - 43/1 in 5.3 overs (SD Hope 17)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (40 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (SD Hope 13, SO Hetmyer 37, Ex 1)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (73 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: West Indies - 116/1 in 14.0 overs (SD Hope 44, SO Hetmyer 45)
- SD Hope: 50 off 38 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
Match Coverage
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.259 |
| IND | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.106 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.993 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.415 |
| Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.096 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.39 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.123 |
| SL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.95 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 |
| PAK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.976 |
| USA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.788 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.217 |
| NAM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.108 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ZIM | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.506 |
| SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.741 |
| AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.523 |
| IRE | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.15 |
| OMA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4.845 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.874 |
| ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.201 |
| SCOT | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.184 |
| ITA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.02 |
| NEP | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.349 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.943 |
| NZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.227 |
| AFG | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.889 |
| UAE | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.364 |
| CAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.426 |






