Nepal has also been defeated in the second practice match of the ICC Women's U-19 Twenty-20 World Cup. America defeated Nepal by 5 wickets on Wednesday after losing to West Indies by 9 runs in the first match. America defeated New Zealand in the first practice match.

After losing the toss at the Royal Selenger Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nepal came into bat and could score only 58 runs after losing 9 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Savitri Dhami 5, Sana Praveen 12, Captain Pooja Mahato 10, Vice-Captain Soni Pakhrin 4, Kiran Kunwar Nil, Jyotsanika Marasini 6, Trishna Vishwakarma 2, Seeman KC 6, Alisa Yadav were dismissed for 1 run. Anu Kadayat 3 and Rachna Chaudhary remained unbeaten in 4 runs.

America had completed the target in 14 overs. Isani Vaghela scored 24 off 28 balls and Pooja Shah scored 10 runs to win over America. From Nepal, Riya Sharma took 3 wickets and Pooja took 1 wicket after spending 15 runs in 4 overs. Nepal, which is in Group D, will start its U-19 World Cup journey by playing against Bangladesh on Saturday. Then Nepal will play against Scotland on January 20 and against Australia on January 22.