The Nepal cricket team created history by beating the West Indies in a T20I series with one match left. This is the first instance of the Rohit Paudel-led side playing a bilateral series against a full-member nation. Nepal set multiple world records.
The Nepal Cricket team created history on Monday (September 29) at the Sharjah Cricket Ground by defeating West Indies by 90 runs in the second T20I of a three-match series. The Rohit Paudel-led side took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series to create history. Earlier, the Rohit Paudel-led side had defeated the two-time champions in the series opener on Saturday (September 27) by 19 runs.
The Asian team, which notably failed to qualify for the recently concluded 2025 Asia Cup, which had three associate teams for the first time in history, won the toss and chose to bat first. Despite losing three early wickets, they posted a total of 173 on the board with half-centuries from Asaif Sheikh and Sundeep Jora.
In reply, the West Indies were bowled out for 83, with Mohammad Aadil Alam taking four wickets and Kushal Bhurtel getting three scalps.
Nepal Creates History
The Nepal cricket team won a series over a full-member team for the first time in history across any format. Although, the rising Asian giants have previously played Test-playing teams in multi-national teams in the past, this is the first instance of them playing a bilateral series against them.
Nepal have also become the first associate team in history to win a bilateral series against the West Indies in any format of the game.
Meanwhile, Nepal also set the record for the biggest victory by a non-Test playing team by runs. They beat a record of Afghanistan in 2016 against Zimbabwe by a margin of 81 runs. It is worth noting that Afghanistan only became a Test-playing nation in 2017. Among current associate nations, the previous record was of Namibia, which beat Sri Lanka by 55 runs in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Nepal had last year almost secured a win over South Africa in the 2024 T20 World Cup before they lost a last-over thriller. After the disappointment of missing out on the Asia Cup, they will hope to qualify for the 2026 T20 World Cup. The Asian-EAP qualification will take place from 8-17 October in Oman.
