Nepal vs Italy, T20 World Cup 2026 Highlights: Italy beat Nepal by 10 wickets, record first ever win in T20 World Cup

Single off the fourth ball of the 13th and there it is! Anthony Mosca finishes on 62 off 32, Justin Mosca on 60 off 44. They have made this chase look like child's play. Italy have romped to their first ever win in the T20 World Cup. What a moment this is for them.

It was quite the brotherly show for Italy, with Crishan Kaligamage in between and he wins the player of the match award as well for his 3/18. Ben Manenti backed up his brother Harry's decision at the toss to bowl first by choking out the Nepalese batters early on. He finished with astonishing figures of 2/8 in four overs. And then, it was the Mosca show.

He takes a single off the fourth ball of the 11th over and that takes him to 50 off just 37 balls. He gets a big hug from his older brother, who is also just a couple of runs away from his own fifty.

That's the first over of this innings without a single boundary in it. Airee continues for a third over, the first ball is a dot and then singles off the rest.

Italy need 51 to win from 78 balls.

Rajbanshi comes in to bowl the fourth, two runs and a leg bye off the first two balls. Then Justin Mosca smashes the fourth through midwicket for four. The next is sent over deep backward square for a six and then the batters run a single. The over ends with Anthony sending the last ball over deep midwicket for another six.

Anthony on 19 off eight, Justin on 30 off 16. The Moscas are running wild. Good time to check out this feature by Venkata Krishna B on them.

The brothers Mosca have got Italy to exactly the kind of start they would've been looking for here. Anthony Mosca smashes Airee's fifth ball in the second over over short fine leg for a four. He is on 11 off five, Justin Mosca on five off seven.

Well forget 140, Nepal couldn't add a single run to the score they were at the start of the last over. Jaspreet Singh bowls the last over for Italy. Lamichhane tries to smash a leg cutter over midwicket, ends up mishitting it entirely and is caught at covers. Lalit Rajbanshi walks in at No.11, attempts a tap-and-run third ball. Captain Harry Manent swoops in from cover, picks the ball and finds the stumps at the non-striker's end with precision. What a performance this has been from Italy. They have a real chance at recording their first ever win of this T20 World Cup now.

Oh both batters at the same end of the pitch. Nepal are going down quickly. Nandan Yadav pushes the fifth ball of that over to the off side, his partner Karan KC calls and he sets off. But the latter aborts and heads back, Nandan continues and both batters are at the non-striker's end. The wicketkeeper whips off the bails.

Nandan Yadav run out (J Mosca/Meade) 0 (2)

Nepal 102/8 in 16.5 overs

Smuts with a short one for the fourth ball of the 16th over, Aarif tries to help it along its way and ends up hitting the ball straight to deep backward square leg. Italy just picking them apart now.

Sheikh c Campopiano b Smuts 27 (24)

Nepal 100/6 in 15.4 overs

And this time, it is Lokesh Bam who brought Nepal oh so close to victory against England. He gets down on a knee to slog sweep the fourth ball of the 15th. Takes the top edge and Anthony Mosca takes the catch at cow corner tracking back.

Lokesh Bam c AJ Mosca b Ben Manenti 3 (5)

Nepal 96/5 in 14.4 overs

Aarif managed fours off the fourth and fifth deliveries of the 11th over by Stewart. This is followed by Manenti's third of this match in which he gives away just two runs. That is six runs and a wicket in three overs for Manenti. What a day he is having.

Nepal 81/3 in 12 overs

Oh Aasif Sheikh has been stumped and all of a sudden, Nepal have two new batters at the crease. That's fantastic work from wicketkeeper Meade. Ben Manenti draws Aasif all the way forward, beaten in flight and the batter almost fell over. He tries to drag the backfoot back but he is out by millimetres as the replays show.

Sheikh st Gan-Piero Meade b Ben Manenti 20 (20)

Nepal 49/3 in 7.2 overs

It took some time but Nepal seem to have found their feet towards the end of that powerplay. Paudel with another six, this time off the third ball of the sixth over by Grant Stewart. He stepped down the track and pummelled the ball flat over deep square leg.

Paudel on 23 off 11 at the end of the powerplay, Sheikh on 17 off 15.

Nepal 16/1 in 6 overs

Signs of Nepal breaking free at last. Ali Hasan continued for the fourth over after JJ Smuts gave just two in the third. Aasif Sheikh tried to smash the second ball to the boundary, it cleared mid-on but was stopped before it reached the ropes and so just two from it. Hasan then bowled a yorker on the stumps, Aasif somehow jammed it past fine leg for four. The next ball was flicked off the pads for four more. Two singles off the last two balls.

Aasif on 14 off 11, Paudel on three off three.

Nepal 23/1 in 4 overs

Italy start with spin, how about that. Harry tosses the ball to his moustachioed brother Ben for the first over of the match. Kushal Bhurtel is on strike, Aasif Sheikh at the other end.

Harry Manenti: We’ll bowl today. There were some nerves there, of course, like any game of international cricket. I think it just didn’t work out for us on the day. A few things clearly went the wrong way for us. Losing our skipper, Wayne Madsen, was probably a turning point, and then we didn’t manage to get back that momentum in a crucial period of the game. Scotland are a good side, and today we take on another good side in Nepal, so we’re really looking forward to it. He’s played a lot of cricket for Italy, and I’m really looking forward to watching him. We’ll also make another change. Our focus point has been bravery the whole time. We’re playing against teams who are well above us in the world rankings, and from the outside looking in, we’re the outsiders. But within our squad, we believe strongly in our abilities. We’re trying to be brave, take the game on, and hopefully we’ll see that today. We’ve moved on slightly from then, and Italy cricket has moved on a long way since that stage. It’s pretty exciting to be here in Mumbai, playing some really impressive sides - Nepal obviously being one of them. To lead this squad of really good men is a privilege for me.

Rohit Paudel: We would have bowled, to be honest. The toss is something that’s not in our control. We’ll make the most of batting first. It’s the same wicket where the last game was played, and it should spin in the second innings, so we’ll try to use that. I think it’s a great advantage, especially playing in Asian conditions. Playing all our games here at the Wankhede helps, and we’ll try to make the most of it. We felt that’s the area we can improve from the last game, in both departments - batting and bowling. The last three to four overs have been very crucial for us. That’s where we need to hold our nerves, absorb the pressure, and be present in that moment. It’s great to have fans like them; they motivate us a lot. After the England game, we saw many social media posts showing people watching us live back in Nepal. That gives a lot of motivation to all the boys.

Italy have won the toss and will bowl first against Nepal at the Wankhede Stadium.

Sri Lanka are on their way to a huge victory against Oman. Half-centuries from Kusal Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake and captain Dasun Shanaka took them to a score of 225/5 batting first. In reply, Oman are tottering at 100/8 in 14 overs.

All three matches played here thus far have been won by teams batting first. India had defended a score of 161 against the USA, England 185 against Nepal and the West Indies 197 against England. The pitch should provide something similar today, no indications of a big change yet. It is going to be a warm afternoon and dew won't be playing a role with this being an afternoon match.

Italy looked slightly bereft of ideas against Scotland particularly after their captain Wayne Madsen walked out with a dislocated shoulder. Madsen fell awkwardly in the fourth over the Scotland innings in Italy's opening match of the tournament after diving at mid wicket to stop a boundary. He landed on the hard practice pitches and instantly doubled over in pain. It was later confirmed that Madsen would take no further part in the game.

Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh(w), Rohit Paudel(c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Gulsan Jha, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sher Malla, Basir Ahamad, Sundeep Jora, Lalit Rajbanshi, Sompal Kami