Nepal ODI Records: Most Runs, Wickets, Highest Totals & Head to Head

Nepal ODI records

ODI records here start in 2018, when ball-by-ball data begins; earlier matches are not included.

Highest ODI totals

321 (50 ov) v Scotland, 2025
317/8 (50 ov) v United States of America, 2026
313/9 (50 ov) v United Arab Emirates, 2026

Lowest completed ODI totals

103 (35.1 ov) v United Arab Emirates, 2022
104 (23.4 ov) v Pakistan, 2023
113 (33.5 ov) v United Arab Emirates, 2019

Biggest wins by runs

177 runs v United Arab Emirates, 2023
151 runs v Papua New Guinea, 2021
145 runs v United Arab Emirates, 2019

Biggest wins by wickets

9 wickets v United States of America, 2026
9 wickets v Netherlands, 2024
9 wickets v Canada, 2024

Highest individual scores

126 Rohit Paudel (107 b) v Papua New Guinea, 2022
120* Kushal Bhurtel (118 b) v United States of America, 2026
115 Paras Khadka (109 b) v United Arab Emirates, 2019

Best bowling figures

6/11 Sandeep Lamichhane v Papua New Guinea, 2021
6/16 Sandeep Lamichhane v United States of America, 2020
5/20 Lalit Rajbanshi v United Arab Emirates, 2023

Most ODI runs for Nepal

Top 25, every match in our records

#	Batter	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50/100	4s	6s
1	Rohit Paudel	83	2394	126	31.09	73.6	12/3	166	41
2	Aasif Sheikh	75	2083	110	29.76	74.8	14/2	234	26
3	Dipendra Singh Airee	75	1695	105	24.93	78.4	10/2	131	24
4	Kushal Bhurtel	70	1598	120	23.50	82.1	8/2	177	34
5	Aarif Sheikh	63	1518	84	28.11	66.4	9/0	106	16
6	B Sharki	38	1034	101	29.54	66.8	4/1	101	7
7	Gulsan Jha	44	1034	67	30.41	84.9	6/0	70	52
8	Kushal Malla	34	801	108	25.03	89.9	4/1	65	46
9	Karan KC	55	758	65	17.23	93.2	1/0	49	41
10	Gyanendra Malla	33	753	75	23.53	67.4	5/0	77	15
11	Sompal Kami	52	753	67	20.35	75.4	2/0	55	16
12	Sandeep Lamichhane	48	481	49	13.74	87.1	0/0	40	9
13	D Khanal	13	342	76	26.31	69.1	3/0	25	6
14	Binod Bhandari	16	331	59	20.69	62.7	2/0	32	3
15	Anil Sah	14	322	112	26.83	87.3	3/1	34	12
16	Ishan Pandey	11	252	84	25.20	69.0	2/0	21	3
17	Paras Khadka	8	252	115	36.00	81.8	0/1	33	3
18	Arjun Saud	11	189	51	17.18	48.8	1/0	17	4
19	Arjun Kumal	6	165	48	27.50	57.5	0/0	20	0
20	Basir Ahamad	9	164	47	20.50	58.2	0/0	15	2
21	Subash Prasad Khakurel	5	78	50	15.60	48.8	1/0	3	1
22	Sundeep Jora	7	73	28	10.43	86.9	0/0	6	2
23	Pawan Sarraf	10	72	15	8.00	62.1	0/0	6	2
24	Mohammad Aadil Alam	4	70	36	17.50	90.9	0/0	6	3
25	Sharad Vesawkar	3	62	55	31.00	45.6	1/0	5	0

Most ODI wickets for Nepal

Top 25, every match in our records

#	Bowler	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Avg	Best	Dot %
1	Sandeep Lamichhane	75	697.5	157	4.32	19.18	6/11	59%
2	Karan KC	73	538.4	109	5.01	24.77	5/29	61%
3	Sompal Kami	69	513.3	92	5.39	30.08	5/33	59%
4	Lalit Rajbanshi	48	401.3	62	3.93	25.44	5/20	62%
5	Dipendra Singh Airee	73	456.2	61	4.08	30.51	4/24	56%
6	Gulsan Jha	45	229.3	40	5.94	34.10	5/38	53%
7	Kushal Malla	31	179.2	22	4.29	35.00	2/6	55%
8	Nandan Yadav	12	75.5	17	5.18	23.12	3/12	61%
9	Sushan Bhari	10	66.2	15	3.66	16.20	4/5	64%
10	Rohit Paudel	22	92.4	14	4.21	27.86	4/22	56%
11	Kushal Bhurtel	24	95	13	5.18	37.85	4/20	51%
12	Aarif Sheikh	36	157.5	9	4.67	81.89	1/9	54%
13	Mohammad Aadil Alam	6	44	6	3.77	27.67	3/31	65%
14	Pawan Sarraf	10	53.4	6	4.68	41.83	2/45	54%
15	Bikram Sob	5	21.1	5	5.43	23.00	2/20	60%
16	H Dhami	2	14	4	6.43	22.50	3/49	51%
17	Sagar Dhakal	7	38.1	4	3.88	37.00	2/31	58%
18	Paras Khadka	7	46	4	4.20	48.25	2/23	59%
19	Basir Ahamad	8	30.4	3	4.83	49.33	1/18	53%
20	R Dhakal	3	24	3	6.38	51.00	2/78	51%
21	Sharad Vesawkar	1	6	2	3.50	10.50	2/21	61%
22	Basanta Regmi	2	11	2	4.55	25.00	2/49	55%
23	Kishore Mahato	2	13	2	5.85	38.00	2/55	56%
24	Aakash Chand	2	13	2	6.31	41.00	1/31	38%
25	Kamal Singh Airee	3	19	2	5.74	54.50	2/56	54%

Nepal ODI win percentage by year

Share of ODIs won each year

ODI: win % by year

63%

20182026

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Year	P	W	L	Win %
2026	16	10	6	63%
2025	8	3	5	38%
2024	13	5	7	38%
2023	21	14	7	67%
2022	21	6	13	29%
2021	5	4	1	80%
2020	4	2	2	50%
2019	3	2	1	67%
2018	1	0	1	0%

Nepal best death over bowlers

Overs 41–50 · ranked by wickets, then economy · minimum 10 overs

#	Bowler	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Dot %	Balls per boundary
1	Karan KC	47	99.5	42	7.86	39%	6.7
2	Sompal Kami	38	94.5	35	7.90	34%	6.9
3	Sandeep Lamichhane	51	107.3	23	6.28	44%	8.4
4	Dipendra Singh Airee	34	58.1	17	5.43	45%	14.5
5	Lalit Rajbanshi	18	31.3	10	5.78	40%	13.5
6	Gulsan Jha	14	32.2	7	8.13	35%	6.5
7	Nandan Yadav	5	12.4	6	6.39	43%	10.9
8	Rohit Paudel	9	18	2	5.56	45%	12.0
9	Kushal Malla	7	13.1	1	5.70	37%	15.8

Nepal best powerplay bowlers

Overs 1–10 · ranked by wickets, then economy · minimum 10 overs

#	Bowler	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Dot %	Balls per boundary
1	Karan KC	72	273.4	45	4.14	69%	10.3
2	Sompal Kami	69	268.4	36	4.49	69%	9.1
3	Sandeep Lamichhane	19	37	12	3.76	70%	11.7
4	Lalit Rajbanshi	34	94	11	3.93	66%	12.3
5	Nandan Yadav	12	33	7	4.64	69%	10.4
6	Gulsan Jha	17	31	7	6.39	63%	6.0
7	Dipendra Singh Airee	21	38	5	5.34	61%	7.4
8	Bikram Sob	5	18	4	4.72	64%	12.0
9	H Dhami	2	10	2	5.20	57%	15.0
10	R Dhakal	3	13	2	6.15	63%	5.6

Nepal best powerplay batsmen

Overs 1–10 · ranked by runs · minimum 60 balls

#	Batter	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Outs
1	Aasif Sheikh	1096	1472	74.5	150	12	38
2	Kushal Bhurtel	881	1153	76.4	114	17	42
3	Gyanendra Malla	264	491	53.8	36	0	12
4	B Sharki	187	384	48.7	21	1	6
5	Anil Sah	178	192	92.7	24	7	8
6	Rohit Paudel	171	376	45.5	16	3	11
7	Kushal Malla	114	120	95.0	16	5	2
8	Arjun Saud	94	263	35.7	9	2	7
9	Paras Khadka	94	125	75.2	15	1	2
10	Arjun Kumal	74	145	51.0	11	0	2

Nepal best death over batsmen

Overs 41–50 · ranked by runs · minimum 60 balls

#	Batter	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Outs
1	Karan KC	589	512	115.0	34	37	31
2	Gulsan Jha	425	343	123.9	28	24	18
3	Sompal Kami	405	346	117.1	32	14	15
4	Aarif Sheikh	376	350	107.4	25	11	18
5	Dipendra Singh Airee	368	332	110.8	20	8	15
6	Sandeep Lamichhane	235	270	87.0	17	4	23
7	Rohit Paudel	232	222	104.5	15	4	13
8	B Sharki	96	90	106.7	7	2	5
9	Kushal Malla	86	76	113.2	4	7	4
10	Binod Bhandari	78	103	75.7	7	1	5

Nepal ODI squad

Players who played for Nepal ODI in the last 12 months (since 13 Oct 2025), by role

Batters 8

Rohit Paudel20 matches · 667 runs, SR 73.4Right-hand bat
Aarif Sheikh16 matches · 278 runs, SR 65.6Right-hand bat
Kushal Bhurtel13 matches · 303 runs, SR 81.5Right-hand bat
Ishan Pandey11 matches · 252 runs, SR 69.0Left-hand bat
B Sharki9 matches · 172 runs, SR 59.3
Arjun Kumal6 matches · 165 runs, SR 57.5
Sundeep Jora2 matches · 17 runs, SR 100.0Right-hand bat
D Khanal1 match · 13 runs, SR 68.4

Wicketkeepers 2

Aasif Sheikh19 matches · 613 runs, SR 74.0Right-hand bat
Binod Bhandari3 matches · 66 runs, SR 69.5Right-hand bat

All-rounders 4

Dipendra Singh Airee20 matches · 716 runs, SR 87.9 · 22 wkts, econ 4.18Right-hand bat · Right-arm off-break
Gulsan Jha17 matches · 345 runs, SR 95.3 · 10 wkts, econ 5.63Left-hand bat · Right-arm medium
Basir Ahamad6 matches · 150 runs, SR 61.5 · 1 wkts, econ 6.33Left-hand bat · Slow left-arm orthodox
Kushal Malla1 match · 45 runs, SR 88.2 · 0 wkts, econ 5.05Left-hand bat · Slow left-arm orthodox

Bowlers 7

Sandeep Lamichhane19 matches · 36 wkts, econ 3.88Right-hand bat · Right-arm leg-break
Lalit Rajbanshi17 matches · 17 wkts, econ 4.13Right-hand bat · Slow left-arm orthodox
Karan KC16 matches · 27 wkts, econ 4.47Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium
Nandan Yadav11 matches · 14 wkts, econ 5.30Right-hand bat · Right-arm medium
Sompal Kami11 matches · 15 wkts, econ 5.82Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium
H Dhami1 match · 1 wkts, econ 6.83
Sher Malla1 match · 0 wkts, econ 2.50Left-hand bat · Right-arm off-break

Nepal ODI bowling attack

Share of overs by type of bowler since 13 Oct 2025, ODIs only

Right-arm pace41% of overs · 67 wkts · econ 5.15
Karan KC, Sompal Kami, Nandan Yadav, Gulsan Jha, Aarif Sheikh
Off-spin19% of overs · 26 wkts · econ 4.18
Dipendra Singh Airee, Rohit Paudel, Sher Malla
Leg-spin22% of overs · 36 wkts · econ 4.17
Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel
Left-arm orthodox18% of overs · 18 wkts · econ 4.32
Lalit Rajbanshi, Basir Ahamad, Kushal Malla

Bowling style unknown for 1% of overs.

ODI: every match since 2018

Type	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Avg
Right-arm pace	42%	284	5.23	30.14
Off-spin	16%	83	4.14	30.46
Leg-spin	20%	171	4.43	20.60
Left-arm orthodox	19%	108	4.04	27.19

Nepal recent ODI results

13 Oct
Nepal263/8 (50)
Oman150 (40)
Nepal won by 113 runs
11 Oct
Nepal235 (50)
Canada211 (48.4)
Nepal won by 24 runs
12 Sept · Final
Nepal313/9 (50)
United Arab Emirates269 (49.1)
Nepal won by 44 runs
10 Sept · Semi Final
Nepal147 (45.4)
Oman60 (28.1)
Nepal won by 87 runs
29 Jul
Netherlands225/9 (50)
Nepal168 (48)
Netherlands won by 57 runs
27 Jul
Namibia211/7 (50)
Nepal208/6 (50)
Namibia won by 3 runs
23 Jul
Nepal157 (44.4)
Netherlands158/4 (44.1)
Netherlands won by 6 wickets
21 Jul
Nepal157 (46.5)
Namibia159/2 (37.4)
Namibia won by 8 wickets
22 May
Nepal317/8 (50)
United States of America195 (41.2)
Nepal won by 122 runs
18 May
Scotland194 (39.1)
Nepal199/4 (38.1)
Nepal won by 6 wickets

Nepal head to head records

Record against every opponent, most played first

Nepal vs United Arab Emirates12–8 20 played · 60%
Nepal vs Oman6–6 12 played · 50%
Nepal vs Scotland6–5 12 played · 50%
Nepal vs United States of America6–4 11 played · 55%
Nepal vs Namibia2–7 10 played · 20%
Nepal vs Papua New Guinea7–2 9 played · 78%
Nepal vs Netherlands3–4 7 played · 43%
Nepal vs Canada4–2 6 played · 67%
Nepal vs India0–1 1 played · 0%
Nepal vs Ireland0–1 1 played · 0%
Nepal vs Pakistan0–1 1 played · 0%
Nepal vs West Indies0–1 1 played · 0%
Nepal vs Zimbabwe0–1 1 played · 0%

Nepal grounds

Where they have played most often

Ground	P	W	Win %
Tribhuvan University International Cricket GroundKirtipur	34	24	71%
Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)Al Amarat	7	6	86%
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	7	3	43%
ICC AcademyDubai	6	2	33%
ForthillDundee	4	3	75%
Moosa Cricket StadiumPearland	4	1	25%
Sportpark MaarschalkerweerdUtrecht	4	0	0%
Takashinga Sports ClubHarare	4	2	50%
United Cricket Club GroundWindhoek	4	0	0%
Grand Prairie StadiumDallas	3	1	33%
Maple Leaf North-West GroundKing City	3	0	0%
Bayuemas OvalKuala Lumpur	2	2	100%
Cambusdoon New GroundAyr	2	0	0%
Harare Sports ClubHarare	2	0	0%
TitwoodGlasgow	2	1	50%

Nepal season by season (9)

Each season links to its squad, best batsmen, best bowlers and death bowling

Season	P	W	L	Win %
ODI 2026	16	10	6	63%
ODI 2025	8	3	5	38%
ODI 2024	13	5	7	38%
ODI 2023	21	14	7	67%
ODI 2022	21	6	13	29%
ODI 2021	5	4	1	80%
ODI 2020	4	2	2	50%
ODI 2019	3	2	1	67%
ODI 2018	1	0	1	0%

Nepal ODI: quick answers

Who has scored the most ODI runs for Nepal?

Rohit Paudel, with 2,394 runs in 83 innings at a strike rate of 73.6.

Who has taken the most ODI wickets for Nepal?

Sandeep Lamichhane, with 157 wickets at an economy of 4.32.

What is Nepal's highest ODI total?

321 against Scotland in 2025.

What is Nepal's lowest ODI total?

103 against United Arab Emirates in 2022.

What is the highest ODI score for Nepal?

126 by Rohit Paudel against Papua New Guinea in 2022.

What are the best ODI bowling figures for Nepal?

6/11 by Sandeep Lamichhane against Papua New Guinea in 2021.

What is Nepal's biggest ODI win?

By 177 runs against United Arab Emirates in 2023.