Nepal's average total in Malla's half-century

Kushal scored an unbeaten 55. He played a total of 37 balls and hit 1 four and 4 sixes. Kushal, who completed his half-century in 30 balls, shared 85 runs in 55 balls with Arif Sheikh for the fifth wicket. Arif, who is playing his first match in the tournament, scored 31 runs off 24 balls and hit 4 fours.

Nepal did not start well. Asif Shaikh scored only 1 run and was bowled by Ben Sikongo. Captain Rohit Paudel hit 2 fours and scored 10 runs in 9 balls. Like Arif, Anil, who is playing his first match in the tournament, hit 3 sixes and scored 23 runs off 17 balls.

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Gulshan Jha, sent at number four, scored 26 runs off 16 balls, hitting 1 four and 3 sixes. He was dismissed lbw by Bernand Scholtz . After that Kushal and Arif's partnership was frozen. Karan, who came after Arif got out, hit 1 six and scored 7 runs in 3 balls. Sompal Kami could score only 2 runs in 3 balls. Sikongo took 2 wickets with 28 runs in 4 overs and Jack Brussels took 2 wickets with 45 runs in 4 overs.

The Nepali team that played against the Netherlands on Wednesday has changed three players. Keeping Sandeep Zora and Lalit Rajvanshi on the bench along with Kushal Bhurtel, Nepal has replaced them with Anil Shah, Arif Sheikh and Avinash Bohra in the playing 11. Bhurtel was out for zero in both matches played by Nepal in this tournament. Nepal needs to win this game to reach the

final. Nepal was defeated by 20 runs and 2 wickets against Namibia and Netherlands respectively in the first two matches. If Nepal wins this match, there is a possibility of reaching the final. If defeated, Nepal will be eliminated from the final race.

Namibia was defeated by Netherlands by 59 runs on Thursday . Namibia's regular captain Jerhad Erasmus has returned due to injury. In his place, JJ Schmidt is captaining Namibia . He won the toss and invited Nepal to bat first.