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Nepal lost to Bangladesh by five wickets in their first match of the ICC U-19 T-20 Women's World Cup cricket tournament.
Bangladesh completed the winning target of 53 runs given by Nepal at the UKM Oval Cricket Ground in Bangi, Malaysia on Saturday with the loss of five wickets in 13.2 overs.
For Bangladesh, Sadia Islam scored 16 runs off 24 balls with the help of a four. Sumaiya Attar scored 12 and Afia Ashima Ira added nine runs.
Nepal's Rachna Chaudhary, Ria Sharma, Simna KC and Pooja Mahato took one wicket each. After losing the toss and batting first, Nepal scored 52 runs after losing all wickets in 18.2 overs. Opener Sana Pravin scored 19 runs in 32 balls for Nepal. Similarly, Simana KC contributed 10 runs. Other Nepali batters could not score runs in double figures. Captain Pooja Mahato was not out for two runs while Alisha Yadav was not out for four runs. Similarly, when Tirsna Vick and Rachna Chaudhary made three/three runs, Riya Sharma remained not out for five runs.
Janathan Maola took two wickets for Bangladesh, while Anisa Sowa, Foyomodi Choya and Nishita Akhtar took one wicket each. Nepal will play its second match against Scotland on January 7. Nepal, which is in Group D of the
competition, needs to win at least one match to reach Super-6. Along with Nepal, Bangladesh, Scotland and Australia are in the group.
Australia has defeated Scotland by 9 wickets in the first match of the same group held today.
