Cricnepal/Kathmandu: Nepal continued it’s winning form as they defeated Talwar Cricket Club by six wickets in a friendly practice match played today at Manav Rachana University Cricket Ground, Hariyana.
Nepal after winning the toss, opted to field first in a twenty overs per side game.
Shahbaz scored 40 runs off 25 balls to put the team’s total to 142 runs for nine wickets. Ishan Makkar 30, Aakash Shethi 22, Dinesh 12, Rajan Dagar 11 and Ajay Anand 10* were some other contributors.
Pradeep Airee and Manjeet Shrestha grabbed two wickets each while Jitendra Mukhiya, Amrit Bhattarai and Sagar Pun claimed a wicket each.
In reply, Gyanendra Malla remained unbeaten at 54 runs off 36 balls to guide team to an easy win. Malla hit eight fours. Sagar Pun added 36 off 28 with three fours and two sixes while Manjeet Shrestha was not out at 27 off 12 balls with three boundaries and two sixes. Binod Bhandari also added 14 runs.
Dalip Gautam and Shahbaz added two wickets each for Talwar Cricket Club.
Nepal National Cricket Team is in Delhi tour as a part of preparation to ACC Twenty20 Cup to be held in Kathmandu later this month and ICC World Cricket League Division 3 to be held in Bermuda last year.
Scorecard:
| Talwar’s Batting |
R |
BF |
4s |
6s |
Nepal’s Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahbaz |
40 |
25 |
5 |
2 |
Pradeep Airee |
2 |
– |
14 |
2 |
|
| Ishan Makkar |
30 |
29 |
4 |
1 |
Manjeet Shrestha |
4 |
– |
32 |
2 |
|
| Aakash Shethi |
22 |
16 |
1 |
2 |
Jitendra Mukhiya |
4 |
– |
18 |
1 |
|
| Dinesh |
12 |
11 |
– |
1 |
Amrit Bhattarai |
4 |
1 |
26 |
1 |
|
| Rajan Dagar |
11 |
09 |
1 |
1 |
Sagar Pun |
4 |
– |
31 |
1 |
|
| Ajay Anand |
10* |
02 |
1 |
1 |
Final Score: 142 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs
| Nepal’s Batting |
R |
BF |
4s |
6s |
Talwar’s Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyanendra Malla |
54* |
36 |
8 |
– |
Dalip Gautam | 3 |
– |
18 |
2 |
|
| Sagar Pun |
36 |
28 |
3 |
2 |
Shahbaz |
4 |
– |
25 |
2 |
|
| Manjeet Shrestha |
27* |
12 |
3 |
2 |
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| Biod Bhandari |
14 |
17 |
– |
1 |
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| Paras Khadka |
04 |
02 |
1 |
– |
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| Anil Mandal |
01 |
03 |
– |
– |
Final Score: 143 runs for 4 wickets in 16.2 overs
