The Bhutan men's national cricket team, nicknamed The Dragons, represents the Kingdom of Bhutan in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bhutan Cricket Council Board, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001Country: Bhutan – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015. and an associate member in 2017. Bhutan made its international debut in 2003, at the Emerging Nations Tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). The team has since regularly participated in ACC tournaments, and also in the World Cricket League event WCL Division Eight in 2010 and 2012.Other matches played by Bhutan – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
The Dechephu Lhakhang temple in Thimphu is the spiritual home of Bhutan Cricket and players visit before every tournament. “We do not pray for victory”, said national captain Damber Singh Gurung, “we pray for each other to give our best and to emerge complete from the competition.”
History Bhutan Cricket Council Board became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2001. They played their first internationals in 2003 in a tri-nation series against Maldives and Nepal, hosted by the latter. They made their ACC Trophy debut at the 2004 tournament, where they made the quarter-finals. Their first international victory came against Iran.
They again competed at the ACC Trophy in 2006 but were eliminated in the first round after a series of heavy defeats. Their only win came against newcomers Myanmar.
Following the 2006 ACC Trophy, the tournament was split into two divisions: Elite and Challenge. Bhutan took part in the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge, where they were runners up. This result qualified them for the next ACC Trophy Elite as well as Division Eight of the World Cricket League.
2018-Present In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bhutan and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 have had the T20I status.
Bhutan played their first T20I on 5 December 2019, against Nepal, during the 2019 South Asian Games. Nepal won that match by 141 runs.
Grounds
Tournament history ICC World Cricket League ICC World Cricket League recordYear/HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2010Plate7/851400 20127th place play-off8/840400Total2/20 Titles91800
ACC Trophy Elite ACC Trophy Elite recordYear/HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1996Did not participate 1998 2000 2002 2004Group stages8/1021100 2006Group stages13/1741300 2008Did not participate 2010Group stages8/1041300 2012Group stages10/1040400Total4/90 Titles1431100
ACC Twenty20 Cup ACC Twenty20 Cup recordYear/HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2007Did not participate 2009 2011Group stages9/1040400 2013Did not participate 2015Total1/50 Titles40400
ACC Eastern Region T20 ACC Eastern Region T20recordHost & YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2018Champion1/442101Total1/11 Titles42101
ACC Challenger Cup ACC Men's Challenger Cup recordHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Semi-finals–41300 2024 7th place play-off8/1040400Total2/20 Titles81700
ICC T20 World Cup Asia Sub-regional Qualifiers ICC T20 World Cup Asia Sub-regional Qualifiers records Host/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2018Round-robin5/762400 2021Did not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2023Round-robin3/542200 2024To be determined Total3/30 Titles104600
Current squad
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Bhutan
Last updated 6 October 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 48 17 31 0 0 5 December 2019
Twenty20 International Highest team total: 216/8 v. Myanmar on 24 December 2025 at Gelephu International Cricket Ground, Gelephu. Highest individual score: 100, Namgay Thinley v. Myanmar on 24 December 2025 at Gelephu International Cricket Ground, Gelephu. Best individual bowling figures: 8/7, Sonam Yeshey v. Myanmar on 26 December 2025 at Gelephu International Cricket Ground, Gelephu.
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #4164. Last updated 6 October 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Associate Members 8 0 8 0 0 23 November 2024 2 0 2 0 0 5 February 2024 1 1 0 0 0 30 July 2023 30 July 2023 3 2 1 0 0 1 February 2024 22 October 2024 1 0 1 0 0 27 February 2026 4 0 4 0 0 2 July 2022 8 4 4 0 0 7 December 2019 4 July 2022 7 7 0 0 0 26 July 2023 26 July 2023 1 0 1 0 0 5 December 2019 1 0 1 0 0 20 November 2024 3 0 3 0 0 3 February 2024 8 3 5 0 0 6 July 2022 6 July 2022 1 0 1 0 0 19 November 2024
Other records For a list of selected international matches played by Bhutan, see Cricket Archive.
See also List of Bhutan Twenty20 International cricketers Bhutan women's national cricket team
References
External links Bhutan Cricket official site