The 2021–22 Nepal T20I Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Nepal from 28 March to 4 April 2022.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Nepal along with Malaysia and Papua New Guinea.[2] The matches were played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.[1] On 12 March 2022, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) confirmed all the fixtures.[3]

Before the tri-nation series, Nepal played two One Day International (ODI) matches against Papua New Guinea.[4] Papua New Guinea won both of the matches, winning by six runs in the first ODI and three wickets in the second ODI.[5] In the tri-nation series, Nepal became the first team to qualify for the final, after they won their first three matches.[6] Papua New Guinea joined Nepal in the final of the tri-series, after Malaysia lost heavily to Nepal in the final round-robin match.[7] Nepal defeated Papua New Guinea in the final by 50 runs to win the tournament with a 100% winning record.[8] Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee, who was named player of match in the final after an all-round display in which he scored a half-century and took 4 wickets, was also named player of the series.[9]

ODI series

Papua New Guinea cricket team in Nepal in 2021–22
 
  Nepal Papua New Guinea
Dates 25 – 26 March 2022
Captains Sandeep Lamichhane Assad Vala
One Day International series
Results Papua New Guinea won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Rohit Paudel (161) Charles Amini (112)
Most wickets Sompal Kami (5) Norman Vanua (5)
Player of the series Charles Amini (PNG)

Squads

   Nepal[10]  Papua New Guinea[11]

1st ODI

25 March 2022
09:00
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
292/8 (50 overs)
v
   Nepal
286/8 (50 overs)
Charles Amini 77 (103)
Dipendra Singh Airee 2/30 (10 overs)
Rohit Paudel 126 (107)
Norman Vanua 3/62 (10 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 6 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Durga Subedi (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Charles Amini (PNG)

2nd ODI

26 March 2022
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal   
278/8 (50 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
283/7 (48.4 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 105 (140)
Alei Nao 3/48 (9 overs)
Lega Siaka 90 (102)
Sompal Kami 3/38 (9 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 3 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Lega Siaka (PNG)

T20I tri-nation series

2021–22 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
Date28 March – 4 April 2022
LocationNepal
Result   Nepal won the tournament
Player of the seriesNepal Dipendra Singh Airee
Teams
 Malaysia    Nepal  Papua New Guinea
Captains
Ahmad Faiz Sandeep Lamichhane Assad Vala
Most runs
Ahmad Faiz (176) Dipendra Singh Airee (255) Tony Ura (190)
Most wickets
Pavandeep Singh (6) Karan KC (13) Kabua Morea (8)

Squads

 Malaysia[14]    Nepal[10]  Papua New Guinea[11]

Nepal added Rohit Paudel to their T20I squad on 28 March 2022.[15]

Round-robin

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1    Nepal 4 4 0 0 8 2.530
2  Papua New Guinea 4 1 3 0 2 −0.467
3  Malaysia 4 1 3 0 2 −2.094
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[16]
28 March 2022
12:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
183/9 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
168 (19.2 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 43 (35)
Chad Soper 2/24 (4 overs)
Norman Vanua 52 (29)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/22 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 15 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.

29 March 2022
12:30
Scorecard
Malaysia 
180/3 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
172 (19.3 overs)
Virandeep Singh 59* (52)
Norman Vanua 2/31 (4 overs)
Tony Ura 56 (35)
Sharvin Muniandy 4/32 (3.3 overs)
Malaysia won by 8 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Sharvin Muniandy (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ammar Zuhdi Hazalan and Vijay Unni (Mas) both made their T20I debuts.

30 March 2022
12:30
Scorecard
Malaysia 
114/8 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
117/4 (13.4 overs)
Zubaidi Zulkifle 32 (15)
Karan KC 2/16 (3 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 57 (38)
Pavandeep Singh 2/23 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 6 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nep)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Dilip Nath (Nep) made his T20I debut.

31 March 2022
12:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
203/7 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
166 (19.4 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 66 (33)
Kabua Morea 3/29 (4 overs)
Charles Amini 62 (47)
Karan KC 5/21 (3.4 overs)
Nepal won by 37 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Karan KC (Nep)

1 April 2022
12:30
Scorecard
Malaysia 
196/6 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
199/2 (17.5 overs)
Syed Aziz 64 (35)
Kabua Morea 4/29 (3 overs)
Tony Ura 86* (34)
Syazrul Idrus 1/34 (4 overs)
Muhammad Wafiq 1/34 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 8 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Tony Ura (PNG)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
  • Semo Kamea (PNG) made his T20I debut.

2 April 2022
12:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
223/5 (20 overs)
v
 Malaysia
138 (19.5 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 110* (57)
Pavandeep Singh 1/34 (4 overs)
Virandeep Singh 47 (26)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/19 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 85 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep)

Final

4 April 2022
12:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
168/6 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
118 (16.1 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 54* (38)
Semo Kamea 3/28 (4 overs)
Sese Bau 59 (38)
Dipendra Singh Airee 4/18 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 50 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.

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