Nepalese cricket team in Malaysia in 2019
 
  Malaysia Nepal
Dates 13 – 14 July 2019
Captains Ahmad Faiz Paras Khadka
Twenty20 International series
Results Nepal won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Virandeep Singh (80) Paras Khadka (109)
Most wickets Fitri Sham (4) Karan KC (4)
Sandeep Lamichhane (4)

The Nepal cricket team toured Malaysia in July 2019 to play a two-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series.[1][2] The fixtures were part of both teams' preparation for the Asian Regional Qualifying Finals tournament for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.[1][2] Both matches were played at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur.[1][2] Ahead of the tour, Nepal's captain Paras Khadka named a twenty five-man preliminary squad for the Asian Regional Qualifying Finals,[3][4] which was trimmed down to the final fourteen players.[5] Nepal won the series 2–0, their first ever series whitewash.[6] Malaysia retained the same squad for Asian Regional Qualifying Finals.[7]

Squads

 Malaysia[2]    Nepal[8]

T20I series

1st T20I

13 July 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Malaysia 
128/9 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
129/3 (18.3 overs)
Virandeep Singh 57 (49)
Karan KC 3/27 (4 overs)
Paras Khadka 86* (50)
Anwar Rahman 2/20 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 7 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas)
Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Pavandeep Singh (Mas) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

14 July 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Nepal   
173/6 (20 overs)
v
 Malaysia
167/7 (20 overs)
Binod Bhandari 51* (25)
Fitri Sham 3/26 (3 overs)
Syed Aziz 50 (37)
Sompal Kami 2/25 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 6 runs
Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Binod Bhandari (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Malaysia to host Nepal for Twenty20 bilateral series". Cricketing Nepal. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nepal, Malaysia Gear Up For T20 World Cup Qualifiers In Bilateral Series". Cricket Malaysia. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Nepal name 25-member preliminary squad for Twenty20 World Cup Asia Finals". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Nepal announce 25-member preliminary squad for Twenty20 World Cup Asia Qualifier". Cricketing Nepal. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Nepal's 14-member squad announced for ICC World T20 Asia Finals". Khabarhub. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Nepal complete first ever T20I Series whitewash, edge Malaysia by six runs". Cricketing Nepal. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  7. ^ "FAIZ CONFIDENT OF GOOD SHOWING BY MALAYSIA AT T20 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS". Cricket Malaysia. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Sharad back in the team, Jora, Bhim left out". Cricketing Nepal. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

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