# 2021–22 Nepal T20I Tri-Nation Series

The 2021–22 Nepal T20I Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Nepal from 28 March to 4 April 2022. The participating teams were the hosts Nepal along with Malaysia and Papua New Guinea. The matches were played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. On 12 March 2022, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) confirmed all the fixtures.
Before the tri-nation series, Nepal played two One Day International (ODI) matches against Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea won both of the matches, winning by six runs in the first ODI and by three wickets in the second one. In the tri-nation series, Nepal became the first team to qualify for the final, after winning their first three matches. Papua New Guinea joined Nepal in the final of the tri-series, after Malaysia lost heavily to Nepal in the final round-robin match. Nepal defeated Papua New Guinea in the final by 50 runs to win the tournament with a 100% winning record. Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee, who was named player of match in the final for an all-round display in which he scored a half-century and took 4 wickets, was also named player of the series.

## ODI series
### Squads

| Nepal | Papua New Guinea |
| Sandeep Lamichhane (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Kamal Singh Airee Sushan Bhari Kushal Bhurtel Sagar Dhakal Gulsan Jha Sompal Kami Dev Khanal Rohit Paudel Anil Sah (wk) Pawan Sarraf Bhim Sharki Aarif Sheikh Bikram Sob | Assad Vala (c) Charles Amini Simon Atai (wk) Dogodo Bau (wk) Sese Bau Riley Hekure Hiri Hiri Semo Kamea Jason Kila Kabua Morea Alei Nao Nosaina Pokana Lega Siaka Chad Soper Tony Ura Norman Vanua |

### 1st ODI

* 25 March 2022 09:00 Scorecard
| Papua New Guinea 292/8 (50 overs) | v | Nepal 286/8 (50 overs) |
| Charles Amini 77 (103) Dipendra Singh Airee 2/30 (10 overs) | | Rohit Paudel 126 (107) Norman Vanua 3/62 (10 overs) |
* Papua New Guinea won by 6 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Durga Subedi (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Charles Amini (PNG)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* Dev Khanal (Nep) and Semo Kamea (PNG) both made their ODI debuts.
* Rohit Paudel (Nep) scored his first century in ODIs.

### 2nd ODI

* 26 March 2022 09:00 Scorecard
| Nepal 278/8 (50 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 283/7 (48.4 overs) |
| Dipendra Singh Airee 105 (140) Alei Nao 3/48 (9 overs) | | Lega Siaka 90 (102) Sompal Kami 3/38 (9 overs) |
* Papua New Guinea won by 3 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Lega Siaka (PNG)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep) scored his first century in ODIs.

## T20I tri-nation series
### Squads

| Malaysia | Nepal | Papua New Guinea |
| Ahmad Faiz (c) Muhammad Amir Syed Aziz Ainool Hafizs Ammar Zuhdi Hazalan (wk) Syazrul Idrus Sharvin Muniandy Nazril Rahman Pavandeep Singh Virandeep Singh Muhamad Syahadat Vijay Unni Muhammad Wafiq Zubaidi Zulkifle | Sandeep Lamichhane (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Kamal Singh Airee Mohammad Aadil Alam Lokesh Bam Kushal Bhurtel Abinash Bohara Sagar Dhakal Sompal Kami Karan KC Kushal Malla Dilip Nath Rohit Paudel Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk) Bibek Yadav | Assad Vala (c) Charles Amini Simon Atai (wk) Dogodo Bau Sese Bau Riley Hekure Hiri Hiri Semo Kamea Jason Kila Kabua Morea Alei Nao Nosaina Pokana Lega Siaka Chad Soper Tony Ura Norman Vanua |
Nepal added Rohit Paudel to their T20I squad on 28 March 2022.

### Round-robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Nepal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.530 |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −0.467 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −2.094 |
* 28 March 2022 12:30 Scorecard
| Nepal 183/9 (20 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 168 (19.2 overs) |
| Aasif Sheikh 43 (35) Chad Soper 2/24 (4 overs) | | Norman Vanua 52 (29) Sandeep Lamichhane 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Nepal won by 15 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
* 29 March 2022 12:30 Scorecard
| Malaysia 180/3 (20 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 172 (19.3 overs) |
| Virandeep Singh 59* (52) Norman Vanua 2/31 (4 overs) | | Tony Ura 56 (35) Sharvin Muniandy 4/32 (3.3 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 8 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Sharvin Muniandy (Mas)
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ammar Zuhdi Hazalan and Vijay Unni (Mas) both made their T20I debuts.
* 30 March 2022 12:30 Scorecard
| Malaysia 114/8 (20 overs) | v | Nepal 117/4 (13.4 overs) |
| Zubaidi Zulkifle 32 (15) Karan KC 2/16 (3 overs) | | Aasif Sheikh 57 (38) Pavandeep Singh 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Nepal won by 6 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nep)
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dilip Nath (Nep) made his T20I debut.
* 31 March 2022 12:30 Scorecard
| Nepal 203/7 (20 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 166 (19.4 overs) |
| Dipendra Singh Airee 66 (33) Kabua Morea 3/29 (4 overs) | | Charles Amini 62 (47) Karan KC 5/21 (3.4 overs) |
* Nepal won by 37 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Karan KC (Nep)
* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohammad Aadil Alam (Nep) made his T20I debut.
* Karan KC became the first bowler for Nepal to take a hat-trick in T20Is and take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.
* 1 April 2022 12:30 Scorecard
| Malaysia 196/6 (20 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 199/2 (17.5 overs) |
| Syed Aziz 64 (35) Kabua Morea 4/29 (3 overs) | | Tony Ura 86* (34) Syazrul Idrus 1/34 (4 overs) Muhammad Wafiq 1/34 (4 overs) |
* Papua New Guinea won by 8 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Tony Ura (PNG)
* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
* Semo Kamea (PNG) made his T20I debut.
* 2 April 2022 12:30 Scorecard
| Nepal 223/5 (20 overs) | v | Malaysia 138 (19.5 overs) |
| Dipendra Singh Airee 110* (57) Pavandeep Singh 1/34 (4 overs) | | Virandeep Singh 47 (26) Sandeep Lamichhane 3/19 (4 overs) |
* Nepal won by 85 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep)
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
* Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep) scored his first century in T20Is.

### Final

* 4 April 2022 12:30 Scorecard
| Nepal 168/6 (20 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 118 (16.1 overs) |
| Dipendra Singh Airee 54* (38) Semo Kamea 3/28 (4 overs) | | Sese Bau 59 (38) Dipendra Singh Airee 4/18 (4 overs) |
* Nepal won by 50 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep)
* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.