T20 worldwide: Nepal stuns West Indies for maiden win towards a full ICC member

Nepal etched their title in historical past books, defeating two-time world champions West Indies by 19 runs within the opening T20 International right here for his or her first-ever victory towards a Full ICC Member nation.

Nepal had earlier overwhelmed Afghanistan in 2014, however the latter have been nonetheless an Associate Member at the moment.

Saturday’s (September 27, 2025) end result, due to this fact, marked Nepal’s largest win but on the worldwide stage, and got here of their maiden T20I conflict towards the Caribbean facet and first bilateral collection towards a Full Member.

Sent in to bat, Nepal posted 148 for 8 after which returned to limit West Indies to 129 for 9.

West Indies decreased Nepal to 12 for two within the fourth over after Akeal Hosein and Jason Holder struck early. But Nepal skipper Rohit Paudel (38) and Kushal Malla (30) steadied the innings with a 58-run stand earlier than debutant Navin Bidaisee dismissed each in fast succession.

Malla offered the early impetus with two sixes, whereas Dipendra Singh Airee (24) and Gulsan Jha chipped in to maintain the scoreboard transferring.

Holder dented Nepal with three wickets within the nineteenth over, however some inconsistent catching from West Indies allowed Nepal to publish a aggressive 148 for 8.

In reply, West Indies’ chase started poorly as Kyle Mayers was run out by a pointy direct hit from Bhurtel. Debutant Ackeem Auguste (15) briefly counterattacked with two sixes, however the Nepal spinners quickly utilized the brakes.

Lalit Rajbanshi and Paudel bowled tight center overs to depart West Indies reeling.

Airee then caught Keacy Carty in need of his crease in a superb fielding effort, and with Holder (5) falling cheaply to Bhurtel, the Caribbean facet’s hopes light.

Hosein and Fabian Allen struck just a few blows later, however Karan KC dismissed Hosein within the nineteenth over to all however seal the end result.