Nepal will play the final against Kuwait

Chaitra 31, 2081

Kantipur Reporter

Nepal will play the final against Kuwait

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After the match against Hong Kong was affected by rain, the Nepali team reached the final of the four-nation Twenty20 cricket tournament on Saturday.

In the tournament being held in Hong Kong on Saturday, after Nepal won the toss, Hong Kong came into bat and scored 68 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 9 overs.

Anshuman Rath scored 17 runs with 2 fours and 1 six off 12 balls and was dismissed by Nandan Yadav. In the over before the rain stopped the game, Lalit Rajvanshi got Nepal back into the game by dismissing the openers Jeesan Ali and Nizakat Khan. Ali was dismissed for 30 off 22 balls with 3 fours and 1 six and Nizakat was dismissed for 13 off 16 balls with 1 six. Babar Hayat and Kalhan Challu were both at the crease with 1 run when the game was stopped. 

After winning the first two matches, Nepal remained undefeated and was at the top with 5 points. After winning two games, Kuwait has 4 points and Hong Kong has 3 points. Qatar lost all 3 matches. Kuwait defeated Qatar by 6 wickets in the next match on Saturday and confirmed the final meeting with Nepal on Sunday. The 124 runs made by Qatar were completed by Kuwait by making 127 runs in 10 overs. 

Nepal beat Kuwait by 6 wickets in the first match of the round robin and Qatar 

was defeated by 8 wickets.

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