Defeated in the first four matches, the Nepali batting women's T-20 International Triangular Cricket Series appeared positive for the first time. Nepal scored 145 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the match against the Netherlands on Wednesday.

Pooja Mahato and captain Indu Burma batted strongly and formed a solid partnership. Pooja scored the first fifty as a Nepalese player in the tournament. But as bowling and fielding did not improve much, Nepal's defeat did not stop.

Dutch players Steer Kallis and Fabe Molkenboer shared a record century as Netherlands won by 10 wickets over Nepal. With the good batting of Kallis and Molkenboer, the Netherlands completed the target of 146 runs by scoring 151 runs in 2 balls at the Trivi Cricket Ground in Kirtipur.

This is the Netherlands' highest partnership for any wicket in a Women's Twenty20 International. Earlier, Kallis and Dennis van Deventer shared a 144-run partnership for the second wicket against Germany in 2019. had done

Kallis 98 and Molkenboer 48 completed the target. Kallis, who hit the winning six, hit a total of 11 fours and 2 sixes in 69 balls. Molkenboer hit 4 fours off 49 balls.

is Nepal's fifth consecutive defeat in the series. The Netherlands have won three out of five matches. Nepal has all the three matches won by the Netherlands. The Netherlands strengthened their chances of winning the title with this victory. Thailand are top of the tri-nation tournament after winning their first four matches.

Netherlands and Thailand will play on Thursday. Nepal will face Thailand in the final match of the tournament on Friday. The team with the most points will be the winner.

Pooja and captain Indu from Nepal, who won the toss and chose to bat, batted well. Pooja scored an unbeaten 62 to become her highest score in Women's Twenty20 Internationals. In February last year, she scored an unbeaten 59 against the Maldives in Malaysia while scoring her maiden half-century. 

Pooja played 51 balls and hit 5 fours. Indu scored 39 runs off 37 balls with 5 fours. Jakkan Khadka scored 6 runs and was dismissed in the first over. After the other opener Mamta Chaudhary was dismissed for 1 run, Indu and Pooja shared 78 runs off 63 balls for the third wicket.

Former captain Rubina Chhetri scored 20 runs off 17 balls with 3 fours. Kavita Joshi remained unbeaten on 7 runs with 1 six off 6 balls. From the Netherlands, Iris Willing took 2 wickets and Caroline de Lange and Heathers Seegers took 1 wicket each.

'I'm ashamed to see the fielding': Pooja Mahato

Our batting went well. But since the beginning of the tournament, our fielding has been getting thin. The bowling was also good. Only the fielder's effort makes the bowling look good. Bowling looks bad if the fielder has no effort. Feels like the fielder could have done better, in that case we could have won. How many times our fielders have not even attempted a catch. In

batting, we set a target of 140 runs. But we managed to score 145 runs. We are playing in front of so many supporters. Supporters are showing so much support. Having lost 4 games, we were getting great support from the fans. but We couldn't take any wickets. This in itself is a shame. As a bowler, I am feeling very bad today. I had done something in batting, I wanted to do something in bowling too. Nothing like that could happen. The