Nepal are in the verge of participating in their third ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers which will be held jointly at Scotland and Ireland from July 9 with the hope of making their way to second consecutive ICC T20 World Cup which will be held in India in 2016.
In the last edition of T20 Qualifiers held at Dubai Nepal defeated Hong Kong to book their ticket to ICC T20 World Cup held in Bangladesh on March 2014.
Nepal finished third in the tournament defeating host country UAE by five wickets in 3rd place play off held at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. This the best performance so far Nepal has produced in T20 Qualifiers.
In the 2012 edition Nepal finished seventh place defeating Papua New Guinea defeating by six wickets in the 7th place play off. Nepal finished 5th position in their group stage and was denied their place for maiden T20 World Cup in their maiden T20 World Cup Qualifiers.
Nepal has so far played 19 matches in T20 World Cup Qualifiers from 2012 edition and 2013 edition. Out of those 19 matches Nepal has won eleven matches while lost eight. In 2012 edition Nepal played nine matches where they won five and lost four matches. Likewise in 2013 edition they played 10 matches where they were able to make six matches in their favor while in four they could not win matches.
Here are the list of matches Nepal has played in T20 World Cup Qualifiers
T20 World Cup Qualifiers – 2012
March 13, 2012
Nepal :- 130 for 6 in 20 Overs
Hong Kong :- 102 for 9 in 20 Overs
Nepal won the match by 28 runs
March 14, 2012
Denmark :- 82 for 10 in 19.1 Overs
Nepal :- 85 for 1 in 12.4 Overs
Nepal won the match by 9 wickets
March 15, 2012
Papua New Guinea :- 137 for 8 in 20 Overs
Nepal :- 102 for 8 in 20 Overs
Nepal lost the match by 35 runs
March 16, 2012
Afghanistan :- 157 for 6 in 20 Overs
Nepal :- 123 for 6 in 20 Overs
Nepal lost the match by 34 runs
March 18, 2012
Nepal :- 151 for 6 in 20 Overs
Bermuda :- 127 for 5 in 20 Overs
Nepal won the match by 24 runs
March 19, 2012
Nepal :- 85 for 7 in 20 Overs
Netherlands :- 86 for 4 in 13.5 Overs
Nepal lost the match by 6 wickets
March 20, 2012
Canada :- 101 for 8 in 20 Overs
Nepal :- 83 for 10 in 18.2 Overs
Nepal lost the match by 18 runs
March 22, 2012
Kenya :- 139 for 4 in 20 Overs
Nepal :- 141 for 5 in 19.4 Overs
Nepal won the match by 5 wickets
March 23, 2012
Papua New Guinea :- 129 for 5 in 20 Overs
Nepal :- 133 for 4 in 19.5 Overs
Nepal won the match by six wickets
T20 World Cup Qualifiers – 2013
November 15, 2013
Denmark :- 79 for 10 in 19.4 Overs
Nepal :- 80 for 5 in 13.1 Overs
Nepal won the match by 5 wickets
November 16, 2013
Kenya :- 182 for 7 in 20 Overs
Nepal :- 186 for 4 in 19.4 Overs
Nepal won the match by 6 wickets
November 18, 2013
Nepal :- 137 for 7 in 20 Overs
Scotland :- 138 for 2 in 19.2 Overs
Nepal lost the match by 8 wickets
November 19, 2013
Papua New Guinea :- 140 for 6 in 20 Overs
Nepal :- 141 for 3 in 18.2 Overs
Nepal won the match by 7 wickets
November 20, 2013
Nepal :- 107 for 6 in 20 Overs
Netherlands :- 110 for 5 in 16.2 Overs
Nepal lost the match by 5 wickets
November 22, 2013
Nepal :- 73 for 3 in 7 Overs
Afghanistan: – 78 for 1 in 6.2 Overs
Nepal lost the match by 9 wickets (Match was reduced to 7 overs per side because of rain.)
November 23, 2013
Nepal :- 148 for 8 in 20 Overs
Bermuda :- 127 for 10 in 19.2 Overs
Nepal won the match by 21 runs
November 27, 2013
Hong Kong :- 143 for 8 in 20 Overs
Nepal :- 144 for 5 in 20 Overs
Nepal won the match by 5 wickets
November 29. 2013
Nepal :- 90 for 8 in 20 Overs
Afghanistan :- 96 for 3 in 14.2 Overs
Afghanistan won the match by 7 wickets
November 30, 2013
UAE :- 131 for 5 in 20 Overs
Nepal :- 133 for 5 in 19.2 Overs
Nepal won the match by 5 wickets
