Nepal shocked the West Indies by a document 90 runs and gained their Twenty20 series with a match to spare.
Nepal performed the two-time world champion for the primary time on Saturday (September 27, 2025) and earned an historic win by 19 runs and its first victory over an ICC full member.
Monday’s (September 29, 2025) end result was much more spectacular.
Nepal made 173-6 with career-best 60s from Aasif Sheikh and Sundeep Jora, then West Indies was bowled out for 83 in 17.1 overs.
Medium-pacer Mohammad Aadil Alam took a career-best 4-24 in his ninth T20.
A second-string West Indies debuted a fifth participant within the series, 19-year-old leg-spinner Zishan Motara, and plunged to a brand new low.
In July, the check group was all out for 27 towards Australia in Kingston, the second lowest whole in males’s check historical past.
The 83 on Monday (September 29, 2025) was the bottom whole by a full member facet towards an affiliate group in T20s, 5 lower than England made towards the Netherlands within the 2014 T20 World Cup.
Nepal’s 90-run win was the largest by runs by an affiliate group towards a full member in T20s.
“For us, it’s just about understanding really fast that this is international cricket,” West Indies captain Akeal Hosein stated. “If you try to benchmark yourself here and can’t match the level, then you need to look in the mirror and ask yourself if you’re really international material.”
Hosein’s two wickets helped to scale back Nepal to 43-3, then Sheikh and Jora mixed for 100 runs in 11 overs.
Opening batter Sheikh struck an unbeaten 68 off 47 balls and Jora hit 63 off 39 with 5 sixes.
(*90*) three West Indies gamers acquired into double figures, led by Jason Holder’s 21.
“We are very happy,” Nepal captain Rohit Paudel stated. “It took a lot to win against a test-playing country.
“This was a very important series for us to showcase our cricket and talent to the world. The way we’ve been playing the last two or three years, lots of eyes are on us. The motivation is to complete a clean sweep.”
The third and last T20 is on Tuesday (September 30, 2025).
