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
Results	Nepal won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Sundeep Jora (86)	Amir Jangoo (109)
Most wickets	Kushal Bhurtel (5)	Jason Holder (5)
Player of the series	Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)

The West Indies cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in September 2025 to play against Nepal cricket team. ^{[1] [2]} The tour consisted of three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. ^[3] All the matches were played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. ^[4] It was 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 was officially branded as the 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 Bidaisee Jediah Blades Keacy Carty Karima Gore Jason Holder Amir Jangoo (wk) Kyle Mayers Obed McCoy Zishan Motara Ramon Simmonds Shamar Springer

On 27 September, Sandeep Lamichhane withdrew himself from the 1st T20I. But later Cricket Association of Nepal suspended him from last two T20Is. ^[11]

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.
• Akeal Hosein captained West Indies in men's T20Is for the first time. ^[12]
• Ackeem Auguste, Navin Bidaisee, Amir Jangoo and Ramon Simmonds (WI) all made their T20I debuts.
• This was Nepal's first victory against a full member in men's T20Is. ^{[13] [14]}

2nd T20I

29 September 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Nepal     173/6 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 83 (17.1 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 68* (47) Akeal Hosein 2/21 (4 overs)		Jason Holder 21 (15) Mohammad Aadil Alam 4/24 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 90 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nep)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
• Zishan Motara (WI) made his T20I debut.
• This was Nepal's first series victory against a full member in men's T20Is. ^{[15] [16]}

3rd T20I

30 September 2025 18:30 (N) Scorecard

Nepal     122 (19.5 overs)	v	West Indies 123/0 (12.2 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 39 (29) Ramon Simmonds 4/15 (3 overs)		Amir Jangoo 74* (45)

West Indies won by 10 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Ramon Simmonds (WI)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• Karima Gore played in his first T20I for West Indies after having previously played 8 T20Is for United States, becoming the 21st cricketer to represent two international teams in men's T20Is.

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". The 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. "Sandeep Lamichhane suspended from two T20Is against West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
12. "Five uncapped players in Akeal Hosein-led West Indies T20I squad against Nepal". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
13. "Nepal topple West Indies for their first-ever win against a Full Member". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
14. "Nepal stun West Indies in Sharjah T20 opener". The Kathmandu Post . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
15. "Nepal crush West Indies to claim historic series win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
16. "Records fall as Nepal create history against West Indies". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo