JPN vs NEP Match 5 Highlights - Nisshin (26 September 2026)

Flighted up around off, tentatively kept out by Jha.

Tossed up, full and drifted into the stumps. Jha clears the front leg for the slog but heaves it along the turf to deep mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Streaky, but they all count the same. The attempted arm-ball, wide of the off stump. Jora throws his hands at it, edging it fine of short third for a boundary.

FOUR! That's begging to be hit. Another one that's fired in, a bit short and well wide outside off. Sundeep Jora waits back before slapping it past point for another boundary.

Flatter and attacking the stumps, tucked away into the vacant space at mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Japan keep chipping away with another wicket. Nicely flighted, much slower through the air and on middle. Gulshan Jha sets up for the slog-sweep again but mistimes it off the top edge. The ball lobs up around mid-wicket. Charlie Hara-Hinze at square leg, moves to his weaker right side and slips a bit, before holding on to a fine catch.

Turn and bounce! Hammered into the pitch and wide outside off, the ball hits a crack and darts back in. Jora rides the bounce, nudging it down to short third for one, but he has taken a hefty blow on the right thumb, it seems.

Nagging length, bowled straighter at the stumps. Lokesh Bam blocks it off.

Nice and full around off, Bam gets forward and defends it to covers.

FOUR! Top shot! Full again, in and around off. Lokesh Bam lunges across and nails the sweep just behind square leg and gets off the mark with a boundary.

That's a beauty! Floated up outside off, this one hits a crack and turns away sharply. Bam ends up playing well inside the line.

Slowed up a bit, on a nagging length and on off. Bam defends it with soft hands to the off side and gets across for a quick single. Nepal are 90/4 with 4 overs left in the innings.

Yorker-length delivery, around the fourth stump line. Bam looks to jam it out but gets an inside edge through backward square leg for a single.

WIDE! That's wayward from Suzuki. Full-length ball, wide outside off and shaping further away.

Slower delivery, floated up on the pads. Jora clips it uppishly through mid-wicket for a run. Jora moves to 49 now.

SIX! BANG! Fuller in length, sliding into the swinging arc. Lokesh Bam picks it up and drags the heave across to deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

SIX! The wheels are coming off for Japan, and the 100 is up for Nepal. A low full toss on the pads, Bam flicks it with ease and sends it sailing over fine leg for another biggie. 15 off the over already.

Suzuki comes around the wicket and gets it in the blockhole just outside off. Bam gets side on and digs it down the ground for a single.

Beaten! Good-length delivery, just outside off, and the ball holds its line. Sundeep Jora's feet go nowhere as he looks to push at it and gets beaten on the outside edge.

Floated up outside off, Bam goes for the reverse sweep, but gets it off the arm and past the keeper for a leg bye.

DROPPED AND FOUR! Sundeep Jora's heart would have been in his mouth, and he really should have been out. However, he gets a deserved slice of luck, and brings up his FIFTY in 28 balls. Floated up on the stumps, slogged away off the top edge of the bat down to deep mid-wicket, where the fielder tries to reverse cup it but falls over and fumbles it onto the ropes.

Short and outside off, this is punched off the back foot behind cover-point for a single.

Dragged short around off, Bam stands tall and slaps it flat on the bounce to sweeper cover for a single.

Shorter in length again, pulled away off the back foot in front of square leg for a single.

WIDE! The bowler is livid with the umpire's decision. A close call. Bam sets up for the reverse sweep and Ito-Davis smartly fires it wide of the off stump, flirting with the tramline. Bam misses and a wide is called.

Tossed up on off, pushed down to long off for a single.

A bit shorter, darted back into the right-hander. Bam backs away and stabs it behind point for a run.

Flat and into the pitch, outside off. Jora rocks back and swings too hard at it, mistiming it badly down to long on for a run more.

SIX! That's well struck. Tossed up outside off, Lokesh Bam extends the arms out and gets to the pitch of the ball, whacking it over long off for a biggie.

Good work behind the stumps. Fired in just outside off, Bam goes down to sweep but misses. Shirai-Patmore does well to collect it as it bounces awkwardly and whips off the bails. There is an appeal for stumping, but the leg umpire turns it down as the batter has his back foot inside the crease.

DROPPED AND SIX! Not an easy chance by any means, but the bowler will be a bit disheartened. Drifted onto the stumps, Bam moves inside the line and sweeps it high towards deep square leg. The fielder over there is right on the ropes, and he has the wind and rain to deal with, and ends up spilling it off his body and onto the ropes.

On a length and outside off, punched down to long off for a single.

SIX! Lokesh Bam is powering through at the death. Floated up outside off, Bam gets across to the off side and swings it away handsomely in front of deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Good work in the deep. Flatter one around off, swatted away off the inside half of the blade to the left of deep square leg. The fielder dives across and saves a couple of runs for his team.

Oh, nearly a terrible collision and that's another catching chance gone down. Flighted ball around off, Lokesh Bam goes hard at it and miscues the lofted shot towards mid off. The long off fielder runs in and the extra cover fielder gets across to his right as well. Both have eyes on the ball and the long off fielder nearly has it in his grab, but his knee catches the face of the other fielder and both fall over. The ball spills down and Bam gets a brace.

Into the pitch, hit away off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Flatter one around off, Jora stays put and heaves it away, but without much timing and down to long on for one more.

SIX! What a way to end the innings! 18 off the final over, and Nepal finish with 149/4 on the board. Tossed up around off, Lokesh Bam shuffles across to get inside the line and smokes it over deep mid-wicket for yet another biggie. Bam also brings up a maiden T20I FIFTY, off just 22 balls.