The Nepali women's cricket team was defeated by Hong Kong by 2 runs in the Women's Twenty20 international cricket series on Monday.
This is Nepal's second defeat in the third match of the series. So Nepal is limited to 2 points. This is Hong Kong's second win in a row. The team has 4 points.
Chasing the target of 101 runs for victory, Nepal was limited to 98 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Nepal needed 4 runs in the last ball to win. But Ishwari Bishta, who faced the last ball, could not add only one run. Indu Burma scored the highest 32 runs from Nepal. Pooja Mahato scored 19 runs and Bindu Rawal scored 14 runs. Hong Kong's Mariko Hill took 2 wickets.
Hong Kong batting first scored 100 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Natasha Mills scored 35 runs and Mariko Hill scored 21 runs. Among the Nepali bowlers, Indu and Ishwari took 2 wickets.
