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Italy vs Nepal Scorecard, Match 17, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Feb 12 2026, Thu - 03:00 PM (IST)
NEPAL123
ITALY124/0
Italy won by 10 wickets
CRR:9.79
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Feb 12 2026, Thu - 03:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Mumbai |
| Venue: | Wankhede Stadium |
| Toss: | Italy won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Nepal Playing XI: | Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Rohit Paudel (c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi |
| Italy Playing XI: | Anthony Mosca, Justin Mosca, JJ Smuts, Harry Manenti (c), Ben Manenti, Marcus Campopiano, Grant Stewart, Jaspreet Singh, JP Meade (wk), Crishan Kalugamage, Ali Hasan |
- This is set to be the first men’s T20I between Nepal and Italy; Nepal have won five of their last six matches when facing an opponent for the first time in the format (L1 – against England on 8 February 2026), while Italy have won four of their last five such matches (L1 – against Netherlands on 11 July 2025).
- Nepal’s four-run loss to England in their opening game of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 snapped a six-game winning run for them in men’s T20Is; the last time they lost back-to-back games in the format was between April and September in 2024 (6 games).
- Italy have lost four of their last five men’s T20Is (W1), including a 73-run loss to Scotland in their debut game at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (9 February 2026); their sole win in this stretch came against Ireland (by 4 wickets on 26 January 2026).
- Italy have lost their last two men’s T20Is when batting first on the day after winning six such games in succession prior to that; only once before have Italy lost more such games in the format on the bounce – three losses in November 2022.
- Nepal have logged a collective batting strike rate of 150 or higher in each of their last two innings in men’s T20Is, after failing to reach that mark in nine straight innings prior to that; the last time they went on a longer such streak in the format was in April 2024 (3 games).
- Italy have scored over eight runs per over in each of their last three men’s T20Is, including their opening game of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 (8.04 vs Scotland on 9 February 2026); only once before have they gone on a longer such streak in the history of the format (4 games in July 2022).
- Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal) has picked up at least one wicket in each of his last 16 men’s T20I innings (32 wickets); in fact, he has picked 22 wickets at an average of 10.9 in the format since the start of 2025, the best among all Nepal bowlers.
- Harry Manenti (43 boundaries – 34 fours & 9 sixes) is seven away from becoming the fifth player to strike 50+ boundaries for Italy in men’s T20Is; he struck a team-high three boundary sixes in their opening game of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026.
- Kushal Bhurtel has scored 731 runs at an average of 33.2 in men’s T20Is since the conclusion of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the fourth most among batters from associate member teams participating in the current edition behind United Arab Emirates’ trio of Muhammad Waseem (1,325), Alishan Sharafu (1,160) and Asif Khan (758).
- Justin Mosca (Italy) has failed to register a double-digit score in each of his last five innings in men’s T20Is, including a golden duck in Italy’s opening game (vs Scotland) of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026; the last time he registered a double-digit score was on 9 July 2025 (11 vs Scotland).
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