West Indian cricket team against Nepal in the UAE in 2025–26

West Indian cricket team against Nepal in the UAE in 2025–26
	Nepal	West Indies
Dates	27 – 30 September 2025
Captains	Rohit Paudel	Akeal Hosein
Twenty20 International series

The West Indies cricket team is touring the United Arab Emirates in September 2025 to play the Nepal cricket team. ^{[1] [2]} The tour consists of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. ^[3] All the matches are being played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. ^[4] It is the first ever bilateral T20I series between the two teams. ^{[5] [6]} In June 2025, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) confirmed the fixtures for the tour. ^[7] The series is played for Unity Cup. ^[8]

Squads

Nepal [9]	West Indies [10]
Rohit Paudel (c) Dipendra Singh Airee (vc) Mohammad Aadil Alam Shahab Alam Lokesh Bam Kushal Bhurtel Gulshan Jha Sundeep Jora Sompal Kami Karan KC Sandeep Lamichhane Kushal Malla Lalit Rajbanshi Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk) Nandan Yadav	Akeal Hosein (c) Fabian Allen Jewel Andrew Ackeem Auguste Navin Bidaisse Jediah Blades Keacy Carty Karima Gore Jason Holder Amir Jangoo (wk) Kyle Mayers Obed McCoy Zishan Motara Ramon Simmonds Shamar Springer

T20I series

1st T20I

27 September 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Nepal     148/8 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 129/9 (20 overs)
Rohit Paudel 38 (35) Jason Holder 4/20 (4 overs)		Navin Bidaisee 22 (25) Kushal Bhurtel 2/17 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 19 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Rohit Paudel (Nep)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• This was the first time West Indies and Nepal faced each other in T20Is.
• Akeal Hosein captained West Indies for the first time in T20Is. ^[11]
• Ackeem Auguste, Navin Bidaisee, Amir Jangoo and Ramon Simmonds (WI) all made their T20I debuts.
• This was the first victory against a Full Member nation for Nepal in T20Is. ^{[12] [13]}

2nd T20I

29 September 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Nepal	v	West Indies

Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

3rd T20I

30 September 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Nepal	v	West Indies

Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

References

1. "Cricket West Indies announces historic T20I series against Emerging Nation, Nepal". Cricket West Indies . Retrieved 12 June 2025.
2. "Nepal and West Indies to play 'historic' first bilateral T20I series in September". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 13 June 2025.
3. "West Indies announces historic T20I series against Nepal: Full schedule, list of matches, dates, venues". Sportstar. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
4. "Historic T20I series between Nepal and West Indies locked in". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 14 June 2025.
5. "West Indies to play first-ever bilateral men's T20I series against Nepal in Sharjah". IANS Live. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
6. "West Indies announce historic T20I series against Nepal in September". India TV. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
7. "Nepal to play historic T20I Series against West Indies in Sharjah". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
8. Paudel, Nayak (26 September 2025). "Unity Cup: Nepal take on West Indies in historic T20I series". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
9. "Nepal recall Mohammad Aadil Alam and Sundeep Jora for West Indies T20Is". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 22 September 2025.
10. "CWI announces squad for historic T20I series against Nepal". Cricket West Indies . Retrieved 18 September 2025.
11. "Five uncapped players in Akeal Hosein-led West Indies T20I squad against Nepal". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
12. "Nepal topple West Indies for their first-ever win against a Full Member". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
13. "Nepal stun West Indies in Sharjah T20 opener". The Kathmandu Post . Retrieved 28 September 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo