Nepalese cricket team in Kenya in 2022

Nepalese cricket team in Kenya in 2022
	Kenya	Nepal
Dates	25 August – 5 September 2022
Captains	Shem Ngoche	Sandeep Lamichhane
Twenty20 International series
Results	Nepal won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs	Irfan Karim (139)	Rohit Paudel (156)
Most wickets	Vraj Patel (10)	Sandeep Lamichhane (12)
Player of the series	Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)

The Nepal national men's cricket team toured Kenya in August and September 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches and three 50-over matches. ^{[1] [2]} This was the first series led by Nepal's new head coach Manoj Prabhakar, after Pubudu Dassanayake resigned in July 2022. ^{[3] [4]} This series was the Nepal cricket team's first visit to Kenya. ^[5] This was also the first international cricket series hosted at the Gymkhana Club Ground in 10 years. ^[6]

Nepal won the opening fixture of the T20I series by five wickets, ^{[7] [8]} before the hosts levelled the series with an 18-run victory in the second match. ^[9] Nepal regained the series lead with a narrow win with former captain Gyanendra Malla top-scoring performance with 46 in a successful run chase. ^[10] Kenya again levelled the series, defending a score of just 101 to win the fourth match by 7 runs, ^[11] despite Nepal's captain Sandeep Lamichhane earlier taking his first five-wicket haul in T20Is. ^[12] Nepal won the final game by 31 runs to claim a 3–2 series victory. ^{[13] [14]} Sandeep Lamichhane was named player of the series after taking 12 wickets. ^[15] This tournament marked the return of international cricket to Kenya after more than a decade. Mumbai based firm Sports and Media Works (SMW) were the commercial partners & producers of the event. ^[16]

Squads

Kenya [17]	Nepal [18]
Shem Ngoche (c) Sachin Bhudia Emmanuel Bundi Irfan Karim (wk) Alex Obanda Collins Obuya Eugene Ochieng Nehemiah Odhiambo Nelson Odhiambo Lucas Oluoch Elijah Otieno Rakep Patel Vraj Patel Sukhdeep Singh	Sandeep Lamichhane (c) Rohit Paudel (vc) Basir Ahamad Dipendra Singh Airee Mohammad Aadil Alam Shahab Alam Sompal Kami Karan KC Dev Khanal Kishore Mahato Gyanendra Malla Pawan Sarraf Arjun Saud (wk) Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk) Bibek Yadav

Nepal also named Pratis GC, Jitendra Mukhiya, Harishankar Shah and Bhim Sharki as reserves. ^[19]

T20I series

1st T20I

25 August 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Kenya   130/8 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 133/5 (19.2 overs)
Irfan Karim 34 (44) Sompal Kami 3/22 (4 overs)		Dipendra Singh Airee 33 (24) Vraj Patel 2/19 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 5 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Charles Kariuki (Ken) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Sompal Kami (Nep)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

26 August 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Kenya   132/9 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 114 (19 overs)
Rakep Patel 35 (25) Dipendra Singh Airee 3/16 (3 overs)		Aarif Sheikh 25 (21) Vraj Patel 2/16 (3 overs)

Kenya won by 18 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Charles Kariuki (Ken) and Nicholas Otieno (Ken) Player of the match: Rakep Patel (Ken)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
• Basir Ahamad (Nep) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

28 August 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Kenya   156/2 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 160/6 (19.3 overs)
Rakep Patel 73* (43) Mohammad Aadil Alam 1/4 (1 over)		Gyanendra Malla 46 (41) Vraj Patel 2/22 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 4 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match: Gyanendra Malla (Nep)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Arjun Saud (Nep) made his T20I debut.

4th T20I

29 August 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Kenya   101 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 94/9 (20 overs)
Lucas Oluoch 29 (18) Sandeep Lamichhane 5/9 (4 overs)		Rohit Paudel 47 (55) Rakep Patel 3/19 (4 overs)

Kenya won by 7 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Joseph Karuri (Ken) and Shantilal Patel (Ken) Player of the match: Shem Ngoche (Ken)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is. ^[20]

5th T20I

30 August 2022 13:00 Scorecard

Nepal     175/7 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 144/7 (20 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 59 (44) Nehemiah Odhiambo 2/19 (2 overs)		Nehemiah Odhiambo 37 (22) Sandeep Lamichhane 2/26 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 31 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Nicholas Otieno (Ken) Player of the match: Gyanendra Malla (Nep)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.

50-over series

1st 50-over match

2 September 2022 09:30 Scorecard

Kenya   218 (48.1 overs)	v	Nepal 220/3 (47.2 overs)
Rakep Patel 67 (75) Sompal Kami 3/29 (10 overs)		Aasif Sheikh 110 (120) Collins Obuya 1/20 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 7 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Asgarali Kassam (Ken) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nep)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd 50-over match

3 September 2022 09:30 Scorecard

Nepal     230 (49.2 overs)	v	Kenya 213 (46.3 overs)
Rohit Paudel 78 (95) Vraj Patel 2/32 (10 overs)		Rakep Patel 81 (98) Dipendra Singh Airee 4/12 (5.3 overs)

Nepal won by 17 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Charles Kariuki (Ken) Player of the match: Rohit Paudel (Nep)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd 50-over match

5 September 2022 09:30 Scorecard

Kenya   255/9 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 258/4 (47.1 overs)
Collins Obuya 84 (111) Sompal Kami 2/36 (10 overs)		Arjun Saud 58 (90) Vraj Patel 2/47 (10 overs)

Nepal won by 6 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Nicholas Otieno (Ken) and Shantilal Patel (Ken) Player of the match: Collins Obuya (Ken)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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11. "Impressive Kenya beat Nepal to level series". Nation. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
12. "Flop batting inflicts Nepal second defeat". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
13. "Kenya picks positives as Nepal wins T20 cricket series title in Nairobi". Capital Sports. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
14. "Nepal hit hosts Kenya to lift T20 trophy". The Standard. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
15. "Nepal win decisive match to lift Kenya series". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
16. "How A Mumbai-Based Company 'Sports & Media Works' Brought International Cricket Back To Kenyan Shores". CricFit. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
17. "International cricket returns to Kenya after a decade as entry fee waived". Capital Sports. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
18. "Former captain Gyanendra Malla recalled to national cricket squad". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
19. "CAN announced the team for Kenya Tour, Malla marks a comeback". Hamro Khelkud. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
20. "सन्दीपको कीर्तिमानी पाँच विकेटमा नेपाललाई सामान्य लक्ष्य" [Sandeep's record five wickets give Nepal a small target]. Hamro Khelkud (in Nepali). Retrieved 29 August 2022.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo