Italy stun Nepal as India and Sri Lanka also win

Men’s T20 World Cup, Group C, Mumbai

Nepal 123 all out (19.3 overs): Aarif 27 (24); Kalugamage 3-18

Italy 124-0 (12.4 overs): A. Mosca 62 (32), J Mosca 60* (44)

Italy won by 10 wickets

Italy dominated with both bat and ball as they claimed their first-ever T20 World Cup victory with a stunning 10-wicket win over Nepal.

Italy were overpowered by Scotland in their tournament opener, losing by 73 runs, but looked a completely different side at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

After a slow and conservative Nepal limped to 123 all out, brothers Justin Mosca and Anthony Mosca wasted no time making inroads into Italy’s chase.

It was just the second time in T20 World Cup history that siblings had opened an innings together, after they both did so against Scotland, and they smashed 68 runs off their first six overs and racked up 97 after 10.

Nepal’s bowlers struggled to contain Italy’s opening partnership with both Mosca brothers hitting their way to unbeaten half-centuries as Italy reached their target with 7.2 overs to spare, which significantly boosts their net run-rate and lifts them above England in Group C.

Nepal struggled from the off with Italy leg-spinner Crishan Kalugamage taking 3-18 and only three batters able to pass 20.

Men’s T20 World Cup, Group A, Delhi

India 209-9 (20 overs): Kishan 61 (24); Erasmus 4-20

Namibia 116 (18.2 overs): Steenkamp 29 (20); Chakravarthy 3-7

India won by 93 runs

Defending champions India made it two wins from two matches at the T20 World Cup with a 93-run victory against Namibia in Delhi.

India were stifled by the Namibia bowlers through the middle overs and at the death but they still managed to put 209-9 on board, thanks to a blistering 61 from 24 balls from opener Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya’s half-century.

In their reply, Namibia were 86-2 in the 10th over when Varun Chakravarthy, who registered figures of 3-7 from two overs, dismissed Nicol Loftie-Eaton and JJ Smit and they failed to recover as they were bundled out for 116 in 18.2 overs.

India had made a fast start through an eight-ball 22 from Sanju Samson, who came into the starting line-up in the absence of the explosive Abhishek Sharma.

But it was Kishan who hogged the limelight with a quickfire half-century, which included him smashing four consecutive sixes in the fifth over from Smit, to help India surge to 86-1 after six overs – their highest powerplay score at a T20 World Cup.

The wicketkeeper-batter brought up his fifty from just 20 balls before departing at the start of the eighth over leaving India at 104-2.

But Namibia’s finger spinners Gerhard Erasmus and Bernard Scholtz slowed down the home side’s innings dramatically, conceding just 30 and picking up three wickets in six overs, with captain Erasmus standing out with figures of 4-20.

Pandya’s 28-ball 52 helped India regain control but they were unable to capitalise at the death, losing five wickets for just four runs in the final 11 balls as their charge towards a much bigger total was stalled.

Openers Louren Steenkamp, who hit 29 from 20 balls, and Jan Frylinck, who hit a 15-ball 22, gave Namibia a good start but they were no match for India’s strong bowling line-up, with Pandya also recording 2-21 with the ball.

Men’s T20 World Cup, Group B, Kandy

Sri Lanka 225-5 (20 overs): Kusal Mendis 61 (45); Ramanandi 2-41

Oman 120-9 (20 overs): Nadeem 53* (56); Theekshana 2-11

Sri Lanka won by 105 runs

Co‑hosts Sri Lanka also made it two consecutive wins with a massive 105‑run victory against Oman in Kandy.

Rapid half-centuries from Pavan Rathnayake, Kusal Mendis and captain Dasun Shanaka helped Sri Lanka post a formidable 225 – the highest total at the 2026 tournament so far.

Associate nation Oman mustered little response with the bat as they huffed and puffed to 120-9.

Walking in with Sri Lanka at 136-3 in the 14th over, Shanaka, under pressure after recent poor form, unleashed a sensational late surge, smashing two fours and five sixes on his way to a19-ball 50.

It was the fastest fifty by a Sri Lankan in T20 internationals, surpassing his own previous mark of 20 balls against India in Pune in 2023.

Earlier, after losing openers Pathum Nissanka and Kamil Mishara inside the powerplay, Rathnayake’s 28-ball 60 and Kusal Mendis’ composed 61 off 45 had set the perfect platform for Shanaka’s onslaught as he took them to 225-5, the second‑highest total for Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup history.

Already staring at a huge defeat at the halfway stage, only two batters reached double figures for Oman – Muhammad Nadeem and Wasim Ali.

While 40-year-old Nadeem needed 52 runs to reach his half-century and remained unbeaten on 53, Wasim departed for a 20-ball 27 as Oman fell well short of the target.