Strengths
Nepal showed in the 2024 WT20 where despite losing all their matches, they fought really hard against South Africa and Bangladesh. Their spinners will be their biggest strength in this coming
tournament.
Weaknesses
Nepal lack power in the middle order batting and the pace department is a bit weak in terms of depth. These are two areas they might struggled in high scoring games.
X Factor
Gulshan Jha is a talented pace bowling all-rounder for Nepal. Just 19 year old but he has the ability to hit the big shots down the order. He has a strike rate of 144 with the bat and can also bowl a few overs of medium pace. Watch out for him in this WC.
Preferred Playing XI
Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Rohit Paudel ©, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sundeep Jora, Aarif Sheikh, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sandeep Lamichhane
Key Players to Watch
Sandeep Lamichhane- The leg-spinner was vital for Nepal in the T20 World Cup qualifiers picking up ten wickets in four matches at an average of 9.4. His best figures in that tournament were 5/18. Sandeep Lamichhane will be key in the middle overs with his leg-spin
Dipender Singh Airee – He is a quality all-rounder and has played 90 T20I matches scoring 1956 runs at a strike rate of 139. He has also picked up 58 wickets and is one of the best fielders going around in world cricket.
T20 World Cup history Snapshot
Nepal played 2024 WT20 but lost all their group stage matches. For the 2026 WT20 event, Nepal qualified from the Asia-Pacific Qualifier. Nepal won all the 5 matches and topped the group to qualify for this main event.
World Cup 2026 Fixtures
8th FEB vs England 12th FEB vs Italy 15th FEB vs West Indies 17th FEB vs Scotland
Nepal Squad
Rohit Paudel (capt), Dipendra Singh Airee, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Sundeep Jora, Aarif Sheikh, Basir Ahamad, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sher Malla, Lokesh Bam.
