Dipendra Singh Airi may have been the reason for the long drought that prevented Nepali batsmen from playing a big innings in the Twenty20 World Cup, but it could not stop Nepal's losing streak. Nepal lost to West Indies by 9 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

West Indies have entered the 'Super Eight' of the Twenty20 World Cup by defeating Nepal. The target of 134 runs set by Nepal was achieved by West Indies in 15.2 overs. This is Nepal's third consecutive defeat. Nepal had lost to England by 4 runs and Italy by 10 wickets in the first two matches. Nepal, who are at the bottom of Group 'C', will play Scotland on Tuesday.

This is Nepal's 10th match in a total of three World Cups, in which they have won only two matches and lost seven matches. One match was abandoned due to rain. This is Nepal's third consecutive defeat in this World Cup. Nepal had also lost 3 out of 4 matches in the 2024 World Cup. Nepal had their first two wins in the World Cup 12 years ago.

Nepal's batting shone brightly. With the efforts of Dipendra and Sompal Kami, Nepal was able to put up some competition by adding 91 runs in the last 10 overs, due to which Nepal, who were invited to bat after losing the toss, scored 133 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Dipendra scored 58 runs. This is the second half-century and the highest score by a Nepali player in the Twenty20 World Cup.

Subash Khakurel's 56 against Afghanistan in 2014 was the biggest score. Nepal lost a wicket in the first over. West Indies' Akel Hussain bowled Kushal Bhurtel for 1 run in the fifth ball. Captain Rohit Poudel scored only 5 runs in 7 balls and was out lbw by Matthew Ford.

Then Jason Holder dismissed Sheikh Dajubhai Asif and Arif. Asif, who scored 11 runs in 10 balls with two fours, reached the final leg. Arif was also caught at midwicket for 2 runs. Nepal had scored only 22 runs in the first 6 overs of the power play and had already lost 3 wickets. Nepal added 20 runs in the next 4 overs. 

Lokesh Bam scored 13 runs. He hit 2 fours in 15 balls and managed to catch the wicketkeeper when Samar Joseph hit a ball to the leg side. Dipendra and  Gulshan Jha shared a 27-run partnership in 26 balls for the sixth wicket. Gulshan, who hit a six, was bowled by Roston Chase. 

Dipendra and Sompal tied in the last 5 overs to form the biggest partnership of the Nepali innings. Nepal  had added 60 runs in the last 5 overs. Nepal scored 16 runs in the 18th over bowled by Holder. Sompal hit Holder for three consecutive fours in that over. After Dipendra hit 2 sixes, Nepal scored a total of 18 runs in 19 overs. 

Dipendra managed to catch Holder at long-off in the last over. He hit 3 fours and a six in 47 balls. Karan KC was out on the last ball of the innings after scoring 1 run. Holder took 4 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs. Ford took 1 wicket for 10 runs in 4 overs, keeping 1 maiden. Along with Ford, Hussain, Joseph and Chase took 1 wicket each. 

West Indies did not have much difficulty in reaching the target to enter the 'Super Eight' by winning their third consecutive match. Brandon King was dismissed for 22 runs. Kushal Bhurtel caught him at mid-on off Nandan Yadav. King and captain Sai Hope had a 43-run partnership for the first wicket in 6 overs. Then Hope and Simran Hetmyer completed a half-century partnership in 41 balls, in which Hetmyer contributed 37 runs. Then Hope became aggressive. 

The two shared an unbeaten 91-run partnership for the second wicket off 59 balls. Hope scored 61 and Hetmyer scored 46. Hope hit 5 fours and 3 sixes off 44 balls, while Hetmyer hit 4 fours and 2 sixes off 32 balls.

Nepal had historically won the three-match Twenty20 International series against the West Indies in Sharjah, UAE, 2-1 in September. Only two players from that team, Hossain and Holder, are currently in the West Indies team. Hossain led the Caribbean team in Sharjah when the West Indies gave a chance to many new players.