Afghanistan v 
Nepal
Each batter against the bowlers he would face, by phase. Colour is always from the batter's side. These are match-ups by type, not by history — nobody here has faced anybody often enough for a head-to-head record to mean anything. A batter appears in a phase only if he actually bats there, and a bowler only where both careers hold at least 30 balls in that exact split. A bowler named in grey was read and came out inside 10% of par — checked, and nothing to say. The not readable count beside him is the bowlers whose pair could not be read at all, which is a different claim entirely. A name marked ° is a weaker reading, from less than the full record: either that bowler has under 30 balls against this hand in these overs and the pair is read from the batter alone, or the batter has under 30 against this type here and is read from what he has, shrunk toward the league rate. Held out on matches from 2025 both kinds sorted outcomes, but they rest on less than a full pair does; the hover text says which it is.
| Team | Batting | Bowling | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 5 1 RK Paudel · 5 players | 11 3 S Lamichhane · 5 players | 16 |
| Afghanistan | 3 2 Karim Janat · 2 players | 3 2 Karim Janat · 2 players | 6 |
Every edge counted twice over, once from each side: a match-up that favours a batter is one his opponents' bowlers are losing. Under each count is the player holding most of them and how many players it is spread across — a total resting on one man is worth less than the same total spread down the order, and it leaves with him. Amber marks a count of five or more where two players hold 70% of it.
Nepal batting v Afghanistan bowling
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 K Bhurtel RHB | Karim Janat Darwish Rasooli | Karim Janat +11% Darwish Rasooli | rarely bats here |
| 4 Kushal Malla LHB | Karim Janat 1 not readable | Karim Janat +15% Darwish Rasooli | Karim Janat 1 not readable |
| 5 Gulsan Jha LHB | Karim Janat 1 not readable | Karim Janat +10% Darwish Rasooli -16% | Karim Janat 1 not readable |
| 6 RK Paudel RHB | Karim Janat 1 not readable | Karim Janat Darwish Rasooli | Karim Janat +14% 1 not readable |
| 7 DS Airee RHB | rarely bats here | Karim Janat Darwish Rasooli | Karim Janat +23% 1 not readable |
| 10 S Lamichhane RHB | rarely bats here | Karim Janat 1 not readable | Karim Janat -13% 1 not readable |
| 11 LN Rajbanshi RHB | rarely bats here | rarely bats here | Karim Janat -11% 1 not readable |
Afghanistan batting v Nepal bowling
| Batter | Powerplay 1-6 | Middle overs 7-16 | Death 17-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Darwish Rasooli RHB | DS Airee -11% Kushal Malla -19% RK Paudel Gulsan Jha LN Rajbanshi S Lamichhane 1 not readable | K Bhurtel -11% DS Airee -13% S Lamichhane -13% Kushal Malla -16% LN Rajbanshi -17% RK Paudel Gulsan Jha | DS Airee +13% RK Paudel K Bhurtel Gulsan Jha 3 not readable |
| 5 Karim Janat RHB | rarely bats here | RK Paudel +22% Gulsan Jha +11% Kushal Malla -12% LN Rajbanshi -13% S Lamichhane -13% K Bhurtel DS Airee | S Lamichhane -12% Gulsan Jha, RK Paudel DS Airee K Bhurtel LN Rajbanshi Kushal Malla |
Talking points
Read off the matrix on this page and nothing else — the same edges, counted from both ends. Direction is always from the batter's side.
- Nepal hold 16 — 5 while they bat, 11 from their bowlers.
- Afghanistan hold 6 — 3 while they bat, 3 from their bowlers.
- Both sides are on a named XI, so that is 10 more for Nepal.
- Darwish Rasooli (Afghanistan) is the one to bowl at — 7 against him, 1 in his favour.
- Karim Janat (Afghanistan) is the one to bowl at — 4 against him, 2 in his favour.
- Kushal Malla (Nepal) holds the most with the ball — 3 in his favour, 0 batters the other way.
- S Lamichhane (Nepal) holds the most with the ball — 3 in his favour, 0 batters the other way.
- DS Airee (Nepal) holds the most with the ball — 2 in his favour, 1 batter the other way.
- The numbers favour Nepal by 10, on 22 match-ups between the sides.