The Nepali women's team will play against Bangladesh today, aiming to reach the second round
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Nepal is making its 'debut' in the ICC Women's U-19 Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. Nepal, who are playing in the U-19 Women's World Cup for the first time, will face Bangladesh on the first day of the tournament in Malaysia on Saturday.
Under the captaincy of Pooja Mahato, Nepal defeated the home team UAE in the decisive match of the qualifying tournament held in October.
Nepal has completed its preparations for the U-19 World Cup by playing two practice matches in Malaysia. However, both practice matches did not go as expected for Nepal. In the first practice match against the West Indies, the Nepali team was defeated by 9 runs. In response to West Indies' 109 runs, Nepal was bowled out for 109 runs. Nepal's performance in the second practice match against America was still poor. After stopping Nepal with a score of 58-9, America completed the target in 14 overs.
Despite this, Nepal has made a goal to reach the second stage of the competition. Nepal will play against Scotland and Australia along with Bangladesh in the group stage. The 16 participating teams are divided into four groups. The top 3 teams from each group will advance to the 'Super Six'. Super Six will have two groups of 6-6 teams. From that, the top four teams will reach the semi-finals.
Even if one win in the group stage match, there is a chance to reach the 'Super Six'. All hopes of Nepal are on Captain Pooja. She scored 130 runs off 69 balls against Kuwait in the U-19 World Cup Qualifier in UAE. She was the second player from Nepal to score a century in international cricket. She also took 5 wickets in that match.
But as Pooja's bat did not move much in the practice match, Nepal had to struggle for runs. "To be honest, it has been a very exciting journey," Pooja said in an ICC statement about Nepal's preparations before playing her first match in the World Cup. We paid a lot of attention to training and made plans to correct our weaknesses.'
Bangladesh is ready to play against Nepal after winning both practice matches. Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 4 wickets in the first practice match. After restricting Sri Lanka to 124-3, Bangladesh completed the target in 18.3 overs. In the second match, Bangladesh won the Super Over against England.
England scored 113 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Bangladesh also played full 20 overs and were bowled out for the same score. In the Super Over, England scored 9 runs for the loss of 1 wicket, Bangladesh completed it by scoring 11 runs in the sixth ball.
