| Nepalese cricket team in Kenya in 2022 | |||
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| 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 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 in charge for Nepal's new head coach Manoj Prabhakar, after Pubudu Dassanayake resigned in July 2022.[3][4] This series was Nepal cricket team's first visit to Kenya.[5] This was also the first international cricket at the Gymkhana Club Ground for 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, former captain Gyanendra Malla top-scoring 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]
