China vs Maldives, 1st Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Sub Regional Qualifier 2026

CHN vs MDV Scorecard

Match info

Match

China vs Maldives, 1st Match

Series

ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Sub Regional Qualifier 2026

Format

T20I

Date

Thursday, 8 October 2026

Start

11:30 AM IST · 2:00 PM local

Venue

Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur

Result

Maldives won by 10 wkts

CHN vs MDV Recent Form and Head to Head

CHNChina

No recent T20 results on record.

MDVMaldives

No recent T20 results on record.

Head to head

These teams have not met in a T20 match on our records.

CHN vs MDV Pitch Report

Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur

Bayuemas Oval has generally helped the bowlers, and scores here tend to come in under the usual T20I par.

Across the last 30 T20I matches here, the side batting first has averaged 103, with chasing teams averaging 70. Batting first, a side will want something around 95-110 on the board. Results have been evenly split: 15 wins for the side batting first and 15 for the chasers.

The last 5 first-innings scores here, newest first: 60 (THAI, lost), 42 (MGL, lost), 76/9 (THAI, lost), 199/7 (KUW, won), 119/8 (BHU, won). Recent games have followed the usual pattern, with the last 5 first innings averaging 99. First-innings totals here have ranged from 29 to 211 in that time.

Toss call: a close one. Bowling first and knowing the target is the safer choice.

Bayuemas Oval Record

This season at Bayuemas Oval

14th MatchResult

HKHong Kong

SINSingapore

13th MatchResult

MLYMalaysia63/4 (7.2)

CHNChina60 (20)

Malaysia won by 6 wkts

16th MatchResult

QATQatar211/3 (16.1)

MGLMongolia

No result due to rain

10th MatchResult

MLYMalaysia149/5 (20)

SINSingapore112 (19)

Malaysia won by 37 runs

13th MatchResult

KUWKuwait37/1 (4)

MYAMyanmar34 (15.3)

Kuwait won by 9 wkts

7th MatchResult

HKHong Kong

KSASaudi Arabia

Full ground record