2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
| 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 17–24 April 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nepal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Nepal won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Kushal Bhurtel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 international cricket tournament that took place in April 2021 in Nepal. The participating teams were Nepal, Malaysia and the Netherlands. The matches were all played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. The tournament was played in a double round-robin format, followed by a final between the top two sides.
The penultimate round-robin match, between Malaysia and the Netherlands, ended in a tie. It was a rain-curtailed game with no Super Over taking place due to the lost time. This result meant that the Netherlands and Nepal advanced to the final. Nepal defeated the Netherlands in the final by 142 runs to win the series.
Squads
| Malaysia | Nepal | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell selected a squad missing several English county-based players and New Zealand-based Logan van Beek. Malaysia's coach Bilal Asad named an experienced squad including captain Ahmad Faiz, vice-captain Virandeep Singh and former national captain Anwar Arudin. The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) initially named a preliminary squad of twenty players, with senior players Basant Regmi and Sharad Vesawkar rested. Nepal announced their final squad of fifteen players on 14 April. The day before the tournament, Paras Khadka was ruled out of the series due to a shoulder injury and replaced by Sundeep Jora.
Round robin
Points table
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.507 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | –0.425 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –2.359 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fixtures
Netherlands
136/4 (20 overs) |
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Nepal
141/1 (15 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Shahab Alam, Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (Nep), Julian de Mey and Aryan Dutt (Ned) all made their T20I debuts.
Netherlands
191/2 (20 overs) |
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Malaysia
176/8 (20 overs) |
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
- Max O'Dowd became the first batsman for the Netherlands to score a century in T20Is.
Nepal
206/6 (20 overs) |
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Netherlands
209/7 (19.3 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kushal Bhurtel became the first player to score a half century in each of his first three T20I matches.
Netherlands
107/4 (13 overs) |
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Malaysia
91/4 (10 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
- Malaysia were set a revised target of 92 runs from 10 overs due to rain.
Nepal
217/7 (20 overs) |
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Malaysia
148 (19.1 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
- Kamal Singh Airee (Nep) made his T20I debut.
Final
Nepal
238/3 (20 overs) |
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Netherlands
96 (17.2 overs) |
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
- Kushal Malla became the youngest player to score a half century in a T20I; he already held the record in ODI matches.