Nepal: Nepal have secured an
automatic berth at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers after defeating
the United Arab Emirates by nine runs (D/L method) in their final match of the
triangular series of the World Cup League 2 played at the TU cricket ground on
Thursday.
photo: TKP
The United Arab Emirates posted a mammoth 311-run
target for Nepal
in the final and deciding match. Nepal were at 269 runs at the loss
of six wickets in 44 overs after further play was not possible due to bad
light.
Bhim Sharki was the
top-scorer for Nepal
at 67 runs as Aarif Sheikh made 52 runs. Kushal Bhurtel and Gulsan Jha made
equal 50 runs.
Junaid
Siddique of the UAE took three wickets as Aayan Afzal Khan sent two Nepali
batsmen back to the pavilion.
UAE batsman Asif Khan,
who came in sixth in the 38th over, scored an unbeaten century in just 41
balls. He scored 101 runs in 42 deliveries with the help of 11 sixes and four
boundaries to reach the milestone.
Vriitya Aravind, who came
in third, stuck to the crease and held the UAE’s innings scoring 94 runs in 138
balls. The batsman hit two sixes and eight boundaries.
Likewise, skipper
Muhammed Waseem scored an impressive 63 runs in 49 balls. Rohan Mustafa and
Asif Khan scored 20 and 22 runs respectively for the UAE.
In response, Nepali
bowlers struggled to take wickets at regular intervals which let the visitors
amass a massive total.
Lalit Rajbanshi took the
first wicket of opener Aryan Lakra (6 runs) in 2.5 overs.
Nepal had to wait until the 17th over to
see another UAE batsman go as Sandeep Lamichhane trapped skipper Muhammed
Waseem leg-before in 16.2 overs.
Chundangapoyil Rizwan (3
runs) was run out in 22.6 overs. Aayan Afzal Khan followed him in 26.1 overs
after being caught by Gulshan Jha off Dipendra Singh Airee’s delivery.
Airee also bagged the
wicket of Rohan Mustafa trapping him for leg-before in 37.3 overs.
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