Japan vs Nepal , Match 5 at Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin , Asian Games Men’s T20I, 2026 , Sep 26, 2026 Scorecard

14.6: Ibrahim Takahashi to Lokesh Bam, 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.

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

14.4: Ibrahim Takahashi to Lokesh Bam, Into the pitch, hit away off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for a single.

14.3: Ibrahim Takahashi to Lokesh Bam, 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.

14.2: Ibrahim Takahashi to Lokesh Bam, 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.

14.1: Ibrahim Takahashi to Lokesh Bam, 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.

13.6: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Lokesh Bam, On a length and outside off, punched down to long off for a single.

13.5: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Lokesh Bam, 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.

13.4: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Lokesh Bam, 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.

13.3: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Lokesh Bam, 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.

13.2: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Sundeep Jora, 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.

13.1: Charlie Hara-Hinze to Lokesh Bam, A bit shorter, darted back into the right-hander. Bam backs away and stabs it behind point for a run.

12.6: Benjamin Ito-Davis to Lokesh Bam, Tossed up on off, pushed down to long off for a single.

12.6: Benjamin Ito-Davis to Lokesh Bam, 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.

12.5: Benjamin Ito-Davis to Sundeep Jora, Shorter in length again, pulled away off the back foot in front of square leg for a single.

12.4: Benjamin Ito-Davis to Lokesh Bam, Dragged short around off, Bam stands tall and slaps it flat on the bounce to sweeper cover for a single.

12.3: Benjamin Ito-Davis to Sundeep Jora, Short and outside off, this is punched off the back foot behind cover-point for a single.

12.2: Benjamin Ito-Davis to Sundeep Jora, 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.

12.1: Benjamin Ito-Davis to Lokesh Bam, Floated up outside off, Bam goes for the reverse sweep, but gets it off the arm and past the keeper for a leg bye.