The 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was a
Twenty20 international
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
tournament that took place in April 2021 in Nepal. The participating teams were
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
and the
Netherlands
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. The matches were all played at the
in
Kirtipur
Kirtipur (Nepal Bhasa: किपू ''Kipoo'') is a Municipality and an ancient city of Nepal. The Newars are the natives of Kipoo (Kirtipur) that is believed to be derived from Kirati King Yalamber. It is located in the Kathmandu Valley 5 km ...
. 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
Netherlands coach
Ryan Campbell
Ryan John Campbell (born 7 February 1972) is an Australian former cricketer who represented both Australia and Hong Kong internationally. He is the current head coach of the Dutch national team, having taken on the role in April 2017.
Campbe ...
selected a squad missing several
English county-based players and New Zealand-based
Logan van Beek
Logan Verjus van Beek (born 7 September 1990) is a New Zealand-Dutch cricketer. He has played for the Netherlands national cricket team since 2012 and represents Wellington in New Zealand domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-ha ...
. Malaysia's coach
Bilal Asad
Bilal Asad (born November 17, 1978 in Jhang) is a former Pakistani cricketer. He played 121 first-class, 75 List A and 9 Twenty20 matches between 1995 and 2006 for various teams.
He has also coached Singapore national cricket team and Malaysia n ...
named an experienced squad including captain
Ahmad Faiz, vice-captain
Virandeep Singh and former national captain
Anwar Arudin
Anwar Arudin (born 9 July 1984) is a Malaysian cricketer. He played in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament. In April 2018, he was named as the captain of Malaysia for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tourn ...
. The
Cricket Association of Nepal
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is the official governing body of cricket in Nepal. It was suspended from 2016 to 13 October 2019 due to governmental interference. The ICC welcomed the elections of the board held in September 2019 and for ...
(CAN) initially named a preliminary squad of twenty players, with senior players
Basant Regmi
Basanta Regmi ( ne, वसन्त रेग्मी) (born 6 April 1986) is a Nepalese professional Cricketer. All-rounder Regmi is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm orthodox spinner. He made his debut for Nepal against Namibia in March 2 ...
and
Sharad Vesawkar
Sharad Vesawkar ( ne, शरद भेषावकर, born 9 October 1988) is a Nepalese professional cricketer. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm off break bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against
UAE in March 2004. ...
rested. Nepal announced their final squad of fifteen players on 14 April. The day before the tournament,
Paras Khadka
Paras Khadka (, ne, पारस खड्का, ; born 24 October 1987) is a Nepalese professional cricketer also known as the god of Nepali cricket. He was the captain of the Nepalese cricket team from 2008 to 2019. All-rounder Khadka is a ...
was ruled out of the series due to a shoulder injury and replaced by
Sundeep Jora
Sundeep Jora ( ne, सन्दीप जोरा; born 20 October 2001) is a Nepalese cricketer. He made his international cricket debut on 28 January 2019 against UAE in third ODI match of the series. He is the youngest player to score a T2 ...
.
Round robin
Points table
Source
ESPN Cricinfo
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Fixtures
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Final
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nepal Tri-Nation Series
2021 in Dutch cricket
Associate international cricket competitions in 2020–21
2021 in Nepalese cricket