Nepal T20I Records: Most Runs, Wickets, Highest Totals & Head to Head

Nepal T20I records

T20I records here start in 2014, when ball-by-ball data begins; earlier matches are not included.

Highest T20I totals

314/3 (20 ov) v Mongolia, 2023
313/2 (20 ov) v China, 2026
275/7 (20 ov) v Malaysia, 2026

Lowest completed T20I totals

53 (14.3 ov) v Ireland, 2015
64 (11 ov) v Oman, 2019
69 (17.4 ov) v Netherlands, 2015

Biggest wins by runs

273 runs v Mongolia, 2023
221 runs v China, 2026
167 runs v Malaysia, 2026

Biggest wins by wickets

9 wickets v Oman, 2022
9 wickets v Malaysia, 2021
9 wickets v Netherlands, 2021

Highest individual scores

137* Kushal Malla (50 b) v Mongolia, 2023
129 Kushal Bhurtel (43 b) v China, 2026
126 Kushal Bhurtel (54 b) v Malaysia, 2026

Best bowling figures

5/9 Sandeep Lamichhane v Kenya, 2022
5/18 Sandeep Lamichhane v Qatar, 2025
5/21 Karan KC v Papua New Guinea, 2022

Most T20I runs for Nepal

Top 25, every match in our records

#	Batter	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50/100	4s	6s
1	Kushal Bhurtel	78	2294	129	32.31	135.8	15/3	215	110
2	Dipendra Singh Airee	83	2173	110	35.05	140.6	12/1	158	92
3	Aasif Sheikh	74	1800	69	25.35	122.8	11/0	162	75
4	Rohit Paudel	78	1773	69	28.60	121.9	8/0	139	57
5	Kushal Malla	56	1088	137	24.18	136.2	5/1	62	73
6	Gyanendra Malla	34	780	107	23.64	121.9	2/1	63	34
7	Paras Khadka	28	690	106	26.54	131.2	3/1	74	25
8	Gulsan Jha	44	636	54	19.27	137.4	1/0	33	46
9	Aarif Sheikh	37	562	39	18.73	110.6	0/0	54	12
10	Sundeep Jora	34	562	63	20.81	124.9	5/0	32	27
11	Karan KC	48	485	45	15.16	155.0	0/0	21	41
12	Sompal Kami	47	381	40	11.55	112.7	0/0	27	15
13	Binod Bhandari	26	363	58	18.15	121.4	2/0	29	16
14	Lokesh Bam	21	321	52	21.40	157.4	1/0	27	22
15	Sharad Vesawkar	16	266	40	24.18	99.6	0/0	20	7
16	Anil Sah	13	218	41	16.77	119.8	0/0	19	12
17	Basir Ahamad	4	137	80	45.67	135.6	1/0	11	4
18	Mohammad Aadil Alam	11	122	31	12.20	129.8	0/0	8	7
19	Pawan Sarraf	14	107	27	8.92	90.7	0/0	14	4
20	Bibek Yadav	11	91	39	10.11	112.3	0/0	2	8
21	Arjun Saud	4	83	35	20.75	112.2	0/0	10	4
22	Nandan Yadav	8	81	37	20.25	225.0	0/0	4	8
23	Pradeep Airee	10	79	29	7.90	84.0	0/0	9	1
24	Sagar Pun	7	78	20	11.14	89.7	0/0	11	0
25	Sandeep Lamichhane	20	74	16	6.17	90.2	0/0	3	2

Most T20I wickets for Nepal

Top 25, every match in our records

#	Bowler	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Avg	Best	Dot %
1	Sandeep Lamichhane	74	281.4	135	6.16	12.86	5/9	51%
2	Karan KC	87	281.1	108	7.75	20.18	5/21	47%
3	Sompal Kami	87	272	85	7.21	23.06	3/20	47%
4	Abinash Bohara	57	194	67	7.36	21.31	4/27	35%
5	Dipendra Singh Airee	71	209.2	59	6.04	21.44	4/18	44%
6	Lalit Rajbanshi	38	122.5	36	6.48	22.11	3/6	45%
7	Kushal Bhurtel	31	71.2	30	7.02	16.70	4/12	40%
8	Gulsan Jha	34	86.2	28	7.32	22.57	3/31	41%
9	Kushal Malla	31	66.1	25	6.18	16.36	4/33	43%
10	Nandan Yadav	19	53.5	22	7.84	19.18	2/18	47%
11	Basanta Regmi	15	51.1	20	6.29	16.10	4/16	39%
12	Kamal Singh Airee	10	34.1	15	6.50	14.80	3/15	48%
13	Rohit Paudel	18	39.5	14	6.55	18.64	2/7	38%
14	Mohammad Aadil Alam	9	22	9	6.86	16.78	4/24	38%
15	Sher Malla	4	13	8	6.77	11.00	4/32	47%
16	Sushan Bhari	8	25	8	7.40	23.13	2/22	39%
17	Pratis GC	10	34	8	8.09	34.38	3/13	33%
18	Paras Khadka	22	47	8	6.34	37.25	2/11	48%
19	Aakash Chand	3	10	7	8.40	12.00	3/27	42%
20	Jitendra Mukhiya	9	22	7	6.82	21.43	3/35	45%
21	Shakti Gauchan	6	23	6	5.48	21.00	3/9	55%
22	R Dhakal	8	26	6	8.08	35.00	2/17	40%
23	Shahab Alam	10	30.4	6	8.25	42.17	1/15	41%
24	Aarif Sheikh	9	16	4	8.25	33.00	1/2	39%
25	Sagar Pun	6	16.3	3	5.76	31.67	2/11	38%

Nepal T20I win percentage by year

Share of T20Is won each year

T20I: win % by year

55%

20142026

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Year	P	W	L	Win %
2026	11	6	4	55%
2025	17	12	4	71%
2024	25	12	12	48%
2023	12	8	4	67%
2022	17	13	4	76%
2021	5	4	1	80%
2020	2	1	1	50%
2019	19	12	7	63%
2018	1	0	0	0%
2015	5	0	5	0%
2014	3	1	2	33%

Nepal best death over bowlers

Overs 16–20 · ranked by wickets, then economy · minimum 10 overs

#	Bowler	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Dot %	Balls per boundary
1	Karan KC	62	75.2	44	9.40	36%	4.8
2	Abinash Bohara	49	87	40	8.11	28%	6.7
3	Sandeep Lamichhane	48	54.4	38	5.76	47%	11.3
4	Dipendra Singh Airee	34	47.4	25	7.83	32%	6.5
5	Sompal Kami	35	41.4	18	9.12	30%	5.2
6	Kushal Bhurtel	17	19.1	13	7.88	40%	7.2
7	Nandan Yadav	12	16.5	11	7.84	36%	6.7
8	Kushal Malla	12	12.2	10	7.54	39%	5.7
9	Lalit Rajbanshi	14	13.5	4	5.71	42%	11.9

Nepal best powerplay bowlers

Overs 1–6 · ranked by wickets, then economy · minimum 10 overs

#	Bowler	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Dot %	Balls per boundary
1	Karan KC	85	165	51	6.90	52%	5.8
2	Sompal Kami	84	175	46	6.97	50%	5.9
3	Sandeep Lamichhane	27	45	20	6.76	59%	6.0
4	Lalit Rajbanshi	24	40	11	7.80	50%	5.3
5	Dipendra Singh Airee	35	52	10	5.27	54%	8.9
6	Kamal Singh Airee	9	20	9	6.25	54%	7.5
7	Abinash Bohara	22	24	8	6.13	49%	8.0
8	Nandan Yadav	17	24	8	7.79	52%	5.1
9	R Dhakal	8	20	6	7.40	43%	7.1
10	Jitendra Mukhiya	7	13	4	6.69	50%	7.1

Nepal best powerplay batsmen

Overs 1–6 · ranked by runs · minimum 60 balls

#	Batter	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Outs
1	Kushal Bhurtel	1324	1009	131.2	153	62	40
2	Aasif Sheikh	1144	897	127.5	126	49	35
3	Gyanendra Malla	435	340	127.9	45	19	10
4	Paras Khadka	345	271	127.3	48	11	15
5	Rohit Paudel	322	335	96.1	33	7	6
6	Kushal Malla	182	167	109.0	23	7	7
7	Anil Sah	169	128	132.0	14	11	8
8	Dipendra Singh Airee	116	124	93.5	16	0	7
9	Aarif Sheikh	105	105	100.0	12	3	3
10	Sagar Pun	78	85	91.8	11	0	3

Nepal best death over batsmen

Overs 16–20 · ranked by runs · minimum 60 balls

#	Batter	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Outs
1	Dipendra Singh Airee	948	468	202.6	61	68	29
2	Karan KC	429	245	175.1	18	39	25
3	Rohit Paudel	390	221	176.5	31	23	15
4	Gulsan Jha	281	182	154.4	15	22	19
5	Sompal Kami	278	203	136.9	19	14	20
6	Kushal Malla	277	139	199.3	12	23	9
7	Kushal Bhurtel	188	110	170.9	16	8	10
8	Lokesh Bam	159	85	187.1	12	13	7
9	Aarif Sheikh	124	98	126.5	12	4	10
10	Sundeep Jora	123	88	139.8	1	10	10

Nepal T20I squad

Players who played for Nepal T20I in the last 12 months (since 13 Oct 2025), by role

Batters 11

Kushal Bhurtel14 matches · 614 runs, SR 169.6Right-hand bat
Lokesh Bam12 matches · 200 runs, SR 183.5Right-hand bat
Rohit Paudel12 matches · 288 runs, SR 150.8Right-hand bat
Gulsan Jha10 matches · 76 runs, SR 111.8Left-hand bat
Kushal Malla9 matches · 147 runs, SR 126.7Left-hand bat
Aarif Sheikh7 matches · 48 runs, SR 102.1Right-hand bat
Sundeep Jora7 matches · 79 runs, SR 146.3Right-hand bat
Lalit Rajbanshi3 matches · 0 runs, SR 0.0Right-hand bat
Mohammad Aadil Alam2 matches · 18 runs, SR 90.0Right-hand bat
Basir Ahamad1 match · 14 runs, SR 127.3Left-hand bat
Santosh Yadav1 match · 1 runs, SR 25.0

Wicketkeepers 2

Aasif Sheikh12 matches · 276 runs, SR 144.5Right-hand bat
Arjun Saud1 match · 13 runs, SR 118.2Right-hand bat

All-rounders 1

Dipendra Singh Airee14 matches · 345 runs, SR 141.4 · 5 wkts, econ 5.51Right-hand bat · Right-arm off-break

Bowlers 7

Sandeep Lamichhane14 matches · 20 wkts, econ 6.23Right-hand bat · Right-arm leg-break
Nandan Yadav10 matches · 11 wkts, econ 8.04Right-hand bat · Right-arm medium
Sompal Kami9 matches · 10 wkts, econ 7.33Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium
Karan KC7 matches · 7 wkts, econ 7.70Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium
Sher Malla4 matches · 8 wkts, econ 6.77Left-hand bat · Right-arm off-break
Shahab Alam3 matches · 2 wkts, econ 5.91
H Dhami2 matches · 2 wkts, econ 8.00

Nepal T20I bowling attack

Share of overs by type of bowler since 13 Oct 2025, T20Is only

Right-arm pace36% of overs · 31 wkts · econ 7.67
Nandan Yadav, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Gulsan Jha, Mohammad Aadil Alam
Off-spin25% of overs · 15 wkts · econ 5.92
Sher Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Rohit Paudel
Leg-spin27% of overs · 21 wkts · econ 6.75
Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel
Left-arm orthodox4% of overs · 9 wkts · econ 5.61
Kushal Malla, Lalit Rajbanshi

Bowling style unknown for 7% of overs.

T20I: every match since 2014

Type	Overs	Wkts	Econ	Avg
Right-arm pace	47%	354	7.46	21.23
Left-arm pace	0%	2	6.14	21.50
Off-spin	14%	87	6.15	21.55
Leg-spin	16%	165	6.34	13.56
Left-arm orthodox	15%	100	6.44	20.36

Nepal recent T20I results

26 Sept · Group A
Nepal149/4 (15)
Japan
No result
8 Jun · Final
Hong Kong188/7 (20)
Nepal114/2 (11.3)
Nepal won by 19 runs (D/L)
7 Jun · Semi Final
Oman94 (19.4)
Nepal95/2 (9.2)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
4 Jun · Group A
Nepal275/7 (20)
Malaysia108/9 (20)
Nepal won by 167 runs
31 May · Group A
Nepal313/2 (20)
China92 (19.2)
Nepal won by 221 runs
21 Apr
United Arab Emirates128/8 (20)
Nepal129/2 (15.5)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
20 Apr
Nepal122/8 (18.5)
United Arab Emirates78/4 (8.5)
United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets (D/L)
17 Feb · Group C
Scotland170/7 (20)
Nepal171/3 (19.2)
Nepal won by 7 wickets
15 Feb · Group C
Nepal133/8 (20)
West Indies134/1 (15.2)
West Indies won by 9 wickets
12 Feb · Group C
Nepal123 (19.3)
Italy124/0 (12.4)
Italy won by 10 wickets

Nepal head to head records

Record against every opponent, most played first

Nepal vs Hong Kong6–5 13 played · 46%
Nepal vs Netherlands5–7 13 played · 38%
Nepal vs United Arab Emirates7–6 13 played · 54%
Nepal vs Malaysia10–0 10 played · 100%
Nepal vs Oman7–3 10 played · 70%
Nepal vs Papua New Guinea4–2 6 played · 67%
Nepal vs Kenya3–1 4 played · 75%
Nepal vs Kuwait3–1 4 played · 75%
Nepal vs Qatar3–1 4 played · 75%
Nepal vs West Indies2–2 4 played · 50%
Nepal vs Canada1–2 3 played · 33%
Nepal vs Ireland0–3 3 played · 0%
Nepal vs Scotland2–1 3 played · 67%
Nepal vs Singapore2–1 3 played · 67%
Nepal vs United States of America3–0 3 played · 100%
Nepal vs Bangladesh0–2 2 played · 0%
Nepal vs Japan1–0 2 played · 50%
Nepal vs Maldives2–0 2 played · 100%
Nepal vs Namibia1–1 2 played · 50%
Nepal vs Zimbabwe0–2 2 played · 0%
Nepal vs Bhutan1–0 1 played · 100%
Nepal vs China1–0 1 played · 100%
Nepal vs England0–1 1 played · 0%
Nepal vs India0–1 1 played · 0%
Nepal vs Italy0–1 1 played · 0%
Nepal vs Mongolia1–0 1 played · 100%
Nepal vs Philippines1–0 1 played · 100%
Nepal vs Samoa1–0 1 played · 100%
Nepal vs Saudi Arabia1–0 1 played · 100%
Nepal vs South Africa0–1 1 played · 0%
Nepal vs Thailand1–0 1 played · 100%

Nepal grounds

Where they have played most often

Ground	P	W	Win %
Tribhuvan University International Cricket GroundKirtipur	25	17	68%
Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1)Al Amarat	21	14	67%
Mission Road GroundMong Kok	8	3	38%
Indian Association GroundSingapore	7	3	43%
Mulpani Cricket GroundKathmandu	5	5	100%
Grand Prairie StadiumDallas	4	3	75%
Gymkhana Club Ground, NairobiNairobi	4	3	75%
Maple Leaf North-West GroundKing City	4	2	50%
Singapore National Cricket GroundSingapore	4	4	100%
TitwoodGlasgow	4	2	50%
Wankhede StadiumMumbai	4	1	25%
Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 2)Al Amarat	3	3	100%
ICC AcademyDubai	3	2	67%
Sharjah Cricket StadiumSharjah	3	2	67%
Arnos Vale GroundKingstown	2	0	0%

Nepal season by season (11)

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

Season	P	W	L	Win %
T20I 2026	11	6	4	55%
T20I 2025	17	12	4	71%
T20I 2024	25	12	12	48%
T20I 2023	12	8	4	67%
T20I 2022	17	13	4	76%
T20I 2021	5	4	1	80%
T20I 2020	2	1	1	50%
T20I 2019	19	12	7	63%
T20I 2018	1	0	0	0%
T20I 2015	5	0	5	0%
T20I 2014	3	1	2	33%

Nepal T20I: quick answers

Who has scored the most T20I runs for Nepal?

Kushal Bhurtel, with 2,294 runs in 78 innings at a strike rate of 135.8.

Who has taken the most T20I wickets for Nepal?

Sandeep Lamichhane, with 135 wickets at an economy of 6.16.

What is Nepal's highest T20I total?

314/3 against Mongolia in 2023.

What is Nepal's lowest T20I total?

53 against Ireland in 2015.

What is the highest T20I score for Nepal?

137* by Kushal Malla against Mongolia in 2023.

What are the best T20I bowling figures for Nepal?

5/9 by Sandeep Lamichhane against Kenya in 2022.

What is Nepal's biggest T20I win?

By 273 runs against Mongolia in 2023.