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2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series Date 17–24 April 2021 Location Nepal Result Nepal won the seriesPlayer of the series Kushal Bhurtel ←
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The 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 international cricket tournament that took place in April 2021 in Nepal.[ 1] [ 2] The participating teams were Nepal , Malaysia and the Netherlands .[ 3] The matches were all played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur .[ 4] [ 5] The tournament was played in a double round-robin format, followed by a final between the top two sides.[ 6] [ 7]
The penultimate round-robin match, between Malaysia and the Netherlands, ended in a tie .[ 8] It was a rain-curtailed game with no Super Over taking place due to the lost time.[ 9] This result meant that the Netherlands and Nepal advanced to the final.[ 10] Nepal defeated the Netherlands in the final by 142 runs to win the series.[ 11] [ 12]
Squads
Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell selected a squad missing several English county-based players and the New Zealand-based Logan van Beek .[ 16] Malaysia's coach Bilal Asad named an experienced squad including captain Ahmad Faiz , vice-captain Virandeep Singh and former national captain Anwar Arudin .[ 17] The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) initially named a preliminary squad of twenty players, with senior players Basant Regmi and Sharad Vesawkar rested.[ 18] Nepal announced their final squad of fifteen players on 14 April.[ 19] [ 20] The day before the tournament, Paras Khadka was ruled out of the series due to a shoulder injury and replaced by Sundeep Jora .[ 21]
Round robin
Points table
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fixtures
Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
Max O'Dowd became the first batsman for the Netherlands to score a century in T20Is.[ 22]
Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
Kushal Bhurtel became the first player to score a half century in each of his first three T20I matches.[ 23]
Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
Malaysia were set a revised target of 92 runs from 10 overs due to rain.
Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
Kamal Singh Airee (Nep) made his T20I debut.
Final
Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
Kushal Malla became the youngest player to score a half century in a T20I; he already held the record in ODI matches.[ 24]
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