Match overview
West Indies Cricket beat Nepal Cricket by 9 wickets at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on 15 February 2026. Nepal batted first after losing the toss and were restricted to 133/8, a total that proved wholly inadequate. West Indies' response was efficient and largely stress-free: 44 runs from the powerplay, 89 more in the middle overs without dropping a wicket, and the match done inside 18.3 overs. JO Holder was named Player of the Match. Nepal never found any scoring momentum after losing three wickets inside the first six overs for only 22 runs, and though the lower order added 60 in the death, the target was always going to be too small on this surface.
The margin tells most of the story. West Indies lost just one wicket in the entire chase, and their middle-overs phase was particularly clinical: 89 runs from overs seven to fifteen without a single dismissal effectively ended Nepal's any remaining hope. For context, West Indies' powerplay total of 44/1 almost matched Nepal's entire six-over return of 22/3.
Venue and conditions
Wankhede Stadium is one of the faster-scoring T20 venues on the subcontinent. Across 196 matches played here, the average first-innings score sits at 186, with the average second-innings score at 171. The average powerplay produces 45 runs; Nepal's 22 in that phase was almost exactly half the venue norm, which goes a long way to explaining the lopsided outcome.
Chasing sides win roughly 55 per cent of the time at Wankhede, and teams elect to field first in 71 per cent of matches when they win the toss. West Indies followed that pattern precisely, and the conditions rewarded them. The average death-overs return at the venue is 43 runs; Nepal managed 60 in that phase, which was a genuine bright spot but came far too late to matter. Teams posting fewer than 150 at Wankhede face extremely long odds of defending any total, and 133 was always going to test those limits.
How to watch
International T20 cricket involving West Indies is typically broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports Cricket, with live and on-demand streaming through Sky Go and NOW TV. Subscribers with a cricket package will find most ICC-sanctioned fixtures available. For fans without a subscription, the BBC Sport website and app often carry live scorecard updates and radio commentary on selected international fixtures. Check Sky Sports' published schedule for confirmed UK broadcast times, as this fixture in Mumbai would have kicked off in the late afternoon local time, meaning an early evening UK window.
Recent form
West Indies Cricket arrived at this fixture in reasonable shape. Their 2026 record showed three wins from five matches, including victories over England Cricket, Scotland Cricket, and South Africa Cricket, though the South Africa sequence produced two consecutive defeats. Against an associate nation in Nepal, West Indies were always expected to be comfortable, and their recent wins suggest the squad is cohesive going into this period.
Nepal's form coming into the match was a concern. Their five most recent results before this fixture were all defeats, against Italy, England Cricket, UAE Cricket, USA Cricket, and UAE Cricket again. That run covered losses to both Tier 1 nations and lower-ranked sides, and the pattern of conceding in the powerplay was repeated here. Nepal's batting unit will need structural work if the team is to compete in future fixtures against sides of West Indies' calibre. Their next assignment and whether any of those powerplay issues can be addressed before then is the key question for Nepali cricket.
