T20 World Cup 2026: Nepal vs Italy Match Prediction – Who will win today’s match?

Nepal will be up against Italy in the 17th match of the ICC 2026 WT20. This match will be played at Wankhede Stadium and this is a Group C Fixture. Wayne Madsen suffered an injury in the last game and if he is not fit, Harry Manenti will lead the Italy side. Italy lost the previous match against Scotland and will be keen to bounce back.

On the other hand, Nepal did well in the previous match against England but in the end lost the game by four runs. There were many positives from that game and they will be keen to get some good results. Rohit Paudel will lead the side for this Nepal match prediction. In this article we look at the playing XIs, top picks, pitch reports for this match.

Nepal vs Italy Match Details

Nepal vs Italy Stats

Nepal vs Italy Pitch Report

The surface at Wankhede Stadium will be good for batting and there will be help for pacers early on. Since it is an afternoon game, batting might get easier in the evening an both teams will prefer chasing at this venue. The average score at this venue will be around 173.

Nepal vs Italy Probable Playing XI

Nepal: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh(w), Rohit Paudel(c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Aarif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam, Gulsan Jha, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sher Malla

Italy: Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, JJ Smuts, Wayne Madsen ©, Harry Manenti, Ben Manenti, Grant Stewart, Gian Meade(w), Jaspreet Singh, Crishan Kalugamage, Thomas Draca

Nepal vs Italy Dream11 Captaincy Picks

Ben Manenti has scored 145 runs in 9 T20Is and also picked up 3 wickets. He is a big striker in the lower middle order with the bat and bowls off-spin. He will be a SCO vs ITA Dream11 captaincy pick.

Dipender Airee scored 44 runs in the previous match. He can also bowl off- spin and scalped two wickets so he will be a top pick in this SCO vs ITA Dream11 match.

Nepal vs Italy Match winner

These two sides are closely matched but going by the recent form, Nepal are expected to win this match. If you're a gamer and like to predict matches, then play on Stake, using SportsTiger's special promo code which will help you with 200% deposit bonus - TIGSTA.