The team played its first WT20I matches during the 2019 South Asian Games in December 2019.[7][8] In the bronze medal play-off match, the Maldives were dismissed for just eight runs, to record the second lowest total in a WT20I match.[9] Only one run came from the bat, with the other seven runs coming from wides.[10] Nine cricketers were dismissed without scoring.[11] Earlier in the tournament, the Maldives lost to Bangladesh by 249 runs, with the Maldives bowled out for just six runs in their innings.[12][13]
