2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
International cricket tournament
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The 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 international cricket tournament that took place in April 2021 in Nepal.[1][2] The participating teams were Nepal, Malaysia and the Netherlands.[3] The matches were all played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.[4][5] The tournament was played in a double round-robin format, followed by a final between the top two sides.[6][7]
| 2020–21 Nepal Tri-Nation Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 17–24 April 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nepal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Nepal won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Kushal Bhurtel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The penultimate round-robin match, between Malaysia and the Netherlands, ended in a tie.[8] It was a rain-curtailed game with no Super Over taking place due to the lost time.[9] This result meant that the Netherlands and Nepal advanced to the final.[10] Nepal defeated the Netherlands in the final by 142 runs to win the series.[11][12]
Squads
Netherlands coach Ryan Campbell selected a squad missing several English county-based players and the New Zealand-based Logan van Beek.[16] Malaysia's coach Bilal Asad named an experienced squad including captain Ahmad Faiz, vice-captain Virandeep Singh and former national captain Anwar Arudin.[17] The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) initially named a preliminary squad of twenty players, with senior players Basant Regmi and Sharad Vesawkar rested.[18] Nepal announced their final squad of fifteen players on 14 April.[19][20] The day before the tournament, Paras Khadka was ruled out of the series due to a shoulder injury and replaced by Sundeep Jora.[21]
Round robin
Points table
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Nepal |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.507 |
 Netherlands |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | –0.425 |
 Malaysia |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –2.359 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fixtures
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Shahab Alam, Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (Nep), Julian de Mey and Aryan Dutt (Ned) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
- Max O'Dowd became the first batsman for the Netherlands to score a century in T20Is.[22]
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kushal Bhurtel became the first player to score a half century in each of his first three T20I matches.[23]
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
- Malaysia were set a revised target of 92 runs from 10 overs due to rain.
Final
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
- Kushal Malla became the youngest player to score a half century in a T20I; he already held the record in ODI matches.[24]