Nepal and Netherlands will vie for the trophy of Tri-Nation T20I Series in Kathmandu. Nepal headed into the final after 3 convincing victories. However, Nepal lost a match to Netherlands in a thrilling chase by the Dutch side.
In the first match, Nepal conveniently defeated the Dutch side by 9 wickets.
Head to Head Records
We can say, Nepal and Netherlands are very familiar opponents. Having already featured in 3 T20 World Cups, Netherlands have stood themselves as power house among the associate. Nepal has played with Netherlands 10 times (including the last T20Is at TU Ground). Among which, Nepal has won three times, the Dutch side won 6 times and one match was ended with no result.
| Nepal | Netherlands | |
| Matches Played | 10 | 10 |
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| No Result | 1 | 1 |
Nepal played 7 times with the Dutch side after gaining T20 International status in 2014. Before that, Nepal played twice and lost both of them. In T20I status matches, Netherlands are 4-3 ahead. Nepal can level the head to head records on Saturday if they manage to defeat Netherlands in final match.
First time, these two side met was back in 2012 during ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier, where Nepal was defeated by 6 wickets.
T20I Tri-Series 2021, Kathmandu
| Apr 20 | Nepal: 6/206 (20) | v | Netherlands: 7/209 (19.3) | Netherlands won by 3 wickets | |
| Apr 17 | Nepal: 1/141 (15) | v | Netherlands: 4/136 (20) | Nepal won by 9 wickets |