T20 World Cup 2026: Nepal registers its first win by defeating Scotland

Updated: 17-02-2026, 06.26 PM

What is the news?

In the 33rd match of T-20 World Cup 2026, Nepal cricket team registered its first win by defeating Scotland cricket team by 7 wickets. In the match held at Wankhede Stadium, the Scottish team, batting first, scored 170/7 after the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, Nepal team achieved the target in 19.2 overs. Let’s take a look at the records made in the match.

Statement of account

It was an interesting match like this

George Munsey (27) and Michael Jones (71) added 80 runs for the first wicket. After a good start, Brandon McMullen scored 25 runs. Other batsmen disappointed and the team failed to score runs quickly during the last overs. Sompal Kami took 3 wickets from Nepal. In reply, Kushal Bhurtel (43) and Asif Shaikh (33) made a good start. After this, Deependra Singh Airi (50*) and Gulshan Jha (24*) led to the victory.

Jones scored his second half-century in T-20 International.

Jones showed signs of aggressive batting by hitting a four and a six against Deependra Singh Airy, who came to bowl the third over of the innings. He completed his half-century in 31 balls at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Jones, who appeared to be in good form, was out after scoring 71 runs in 45 balls. He also hit 8 fours and 3 sixes. This was his second half-century of T20 international career.

Sompal Kami

Sompal Kami bowled well

Nepal’s fast bowler Sompal Kami opened his account of wickets by dismissing Jones. He also took the wicket of Brandon McMullen in the same over. This right-arm fast bowler bowled middle-order batsman Tom Bruce (5). He achieved these 3 successes while giving 25 runs in his 4 overs. He now has 84 wickets in 88 T20 International matches at an average of 23.46.

Deependra Singh Airi scored a half century, became player of the match

While chasing the target, when Nepal lost its second wicket at the score of 87 runs, then Deependra came to the crease. He batted at a high run rate in pressure situations and completed his half-century in just 23 balls. He remained unbeaten on 50 with a strike rate of 217.39. Along with Gulshan, he also made an unbroken partnership of 73 runs for the fourth wicket.

Mark sheet

Nepal recorded its first victory

Nepal ended the T20 World Cup 2026 campaign with a win. This edition saw Nepal lose 3 out of their 4 matches. The Nepali team present in Group C stood at the last 5th position in the points table. England and West Indies cricket have entered the Super-8 from this group. Apart from Nepal, the teams of Scotland and Italy could not progress beyond the group stage.