Nepal Vs Canada, ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Warm‑Up Match Highlights: Rhinos Beat North Americans By 6 Wickets

Good afternoon, cricket fans! This is the start of our live blog covering Nepal’s warm-up match against Canada. Stay tuned for pre-match and toss updates as they take place.

• Fixture: Canada vs Nepal

• Series: ICC T20 World Cup 2026 warm-up matches

• Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

• Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026

• Time: 1:00 PM IST (1:15 PM NPT)

Canada captain Rohit Paudel won the toss and opted to bat first.

A pretty slow start from Canada, with the opening duo of Samra and Dhaliwal taking their time at the crease. Paudel sticking with the pace attack of Karan and Khatri for now.

The first setback for Canada as Kami gets the wicket of youngster Samra, who is caught by Bhurtel. He departs for just seven, and Kanwarpal Tathgur is the new batter.

With the Canadian innings failing to get going, a big over off Kami was exactly wht they needed. Tathgur hit the medium pacer for a six and four, followed by another maximum from Dhaliwal. 19 runs from the 10th over as we reach the half-way mark of the innings.

Two overs of utter destruction for the Canadian innings, with Nepal taking three crucial wickets. Bhurtel takes the scalp of Tathgur, inducing a top edge that is taken by Bam. Kirton is the next to fall, hitting a four and six but then holes out to Karan. Lamichhane continues the carnage, getting the vital wicket of Dhaliwal. Movva and Thaker are at the crease, trying to rebuild Canada's innings.

With Canada's scoreboard stagnating, Movva took charge at the death, hitting a couple of sixes and a four in the penultimate over off Karan. Jaskaran took up the reigns in the final over, hitting Nandan for back-to-back maximums before losing his wicket. Nevertheless, 56 runs in the last four overs taken Canada's total to 161. Will it be enough, though?

Nepal are in no mood to drag this chase deep. Bhurtel opens his account with a six off Jaskaran and then gets a boundary off Heyliger. Aasif then picks up the reigns, hitting Heyliger for a four and back-to-back sixes.

The wicket of Bhurtel – trapped on the pads by Jaskaran in the third over – has failed to stop the bleeding of runs. Aasif, especially, looks to be on rampage, hitting Heyliger for 22 runs in an over. The opener is just two runs short of his half-century. At the end of the powerplay, the run rate remains just short of 13.

After an 18-ball half-century, Aasif has continued to build up a solid partnership with Jora. The run rate remains above 10-an-over, with Nepal needing just 56 runs in 60 balls to win. It looks like it's going to be a short chase.

After a sensational 29-ball 58, wicket-keeper batter Aasif Sheikh has been retired out to let Gulshan Kumar Jha come in and have a say with his bat. He joins Sundeep Jora at the middle.

That's it. The Rhinos from Nepal have beaten minnows Canada in what was quite an one-sided affair at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The Nepalese side register a 6-wicket victory, thanks to a crucial partnership between Aasif Sheikh and Sundeep Jora, who scored 58 and 44 respectively.