The experience of playing the ICC U-19 World Cup eight times with Nepal, what will happen this time?
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The match between Nepal and Afghanistan will be decisive in the ACC U-19 World Cup Asia Qualifier. The match between Nepal and Afghanistan on Saturday has become decisive after both the teams won their third consecutive victory in the tournament being held at Moolpani.
Nepal U-19 won a comfortable 9-wicket victory over Hong Kong U-19 at Lower Moolpani Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. Afghanistan defeated the UAE by 180 runs at the Lower Moolapani Cricket Ground.
Nepal, Oman, UAE, Afghanistan and Hong Kong, this tournament is being held on the basis of round robin. The winning team will advance to the ICC U-19 World Cup in Zimbabwe and Namibia next year. Nepal already has the experience of playing U-19 World Cup eight times.
After Yuvraj Khatri's excellent bowling performance in the second consecutive match, Nepal got a target of 116 runs to win the match against Hong Kong. Nepal won by scoring 118 runs in 12.3 overs. This is Nepal's third consecutive victory. Nepal defeated UAE by 5 runs in the first match and won by 8 wickets against Oman in the second match.
Afghanistan had also won the first two matches. Afghanistan, who won easily against Hong Kong and Oman, did not have to suffer much to get rid of the UAE on Wednesday.
Neeraj Yadav and Sahil Patel scored 55 runs in 6 overs to give Nepal a good start. Neeraj was dismissed for 23 runs with 4 fours playing 12 balls. Sahil scored 42 off 41 balls with 8 fours and captain Naren Bhatt remained unbeaten on 39 off 23 balls with 8 fours.
Hong Kong, who came into bat after losing the toss, were bowled out for just 115 runs after playing 46.2 overs. Leg spinner Yuvraj, who took 5 wickets for 17 runs in the previous match against UAE, became a batting disaster in Hong Kong after taking 4 wickets on Wednesday as well. Yuvraj spent only 18 runs in 10 overs. Shiv Mathur, who scored the highest 63 runs from Hong Kong, was also dismissed by Yuvraj. Shiva hit 4 fours and 1 six off 116 balls.
opener Panjawani scored 13 runs, Vir Mathur scored 12 runs and Harry Thomas Hedson scored 10 runs. The only change in the Nepali team was the replacement of fast bowler Dayanand Mandal by Bipin Sharma. Bipin, who was selected as an emerging player in the Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket which was completed four months ago, took 3 wickets while playing the first match in the tournament. He spent 24 runs in 6.2 overs.
Bipin, who came with the new ball along with Abhishek Tiwari, gave Nepal a great start by dismissing Jude Lee Thomas for a wicket in his first over. Another Devrehate spinner Santosh Yadav took 2 wickets for 20 runs in 10 overs. Ashok Dhami got 1 wicket.
