Three super overs filled with excitement, Nepal defeated

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Three super overs filled with excitement, Nepal defeated

Nepal's 100 matches in Twenty20 internationals. This reason alone will not be the reason why Nepal should remember the match played against the Netherlands on Monday in the three-nation Twenty20 series. Not only in Nepal's international cricket, but also in international cricket, this will always be the first three super over match.

Twenty20 is a game full of entertainment . The match at the Tetwood Cricket Ground in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday was full of competition, entertainment and excitement, in which the Netherlands won the match.

first super over  

In the first super over, Nepal batted first and scored 19 runs after losing 1 wicket. Netherlands also scored 19 runs without loss in the over bowled by Karan KC .

Three super overs filled with excitement, Nepal defeated

In the super over, after captain Rohit Paudel took 1 run in the first ball, Kushal Bhurtel, who came on strike, added 18 runs with 2 sixes and 1 four, and got out in the last ball of the over. From the Netherlands, Michael Levitt hit a six in the first ball and Max O'Dodd, who came on strike after taking 1 run from the leg bye in the third ball, added 12 runs in the last 3 balls, including a six and a four in the last 2 balls.

Second super over

In the second super over, the Netherlands, who batted first, lost 1 wicket and scored 17 runs in Lalit Rajvanshi's over. Captain Scott Edwards scored 10 runs and got out on the last ball of the over. Max O'Dodd retired at 7 runs.

Three super overs filled with excitement, Nepal defeated

In response, Rohit from Nepal hit Kyle Klein for a six in the first ball and scored 1 run in the second ball. Dipendra Singh Airi hit a boundary on the third ball. Dipendra, who could not score any runs in the fourth and fifth balls, hit a six in the sixth and the score was even again.

3rd super over

Rohit got out on the first ball . Rupesh Singh, who came after that, could not score runs in the second and third balls, and after getting out in the fourth ball, Nepal could not score any runs.

Netherlands won the match after Michael Levitt hit Sandeep Lamichhane for a six on the first ball.

Three super overs filled with excitement, Nepal defeated

'Tie score'

Nepal came with a target of 153 runs and after losing 8 wickets scored 152 runs, the score was 'tied' and the game went to super over. In the last over, Nepal needed 16 runs for victory.

Three super overs filled with excitement, Nepal defeated

After Sandeep Lamichhane scored 2 and 1 runs in the first two balls respectively, Nandan Yadav, who came to the crease, scored 12 runs in the last 4 balls, and the score was even. When Nepal needed 5 runs for victory in the last ball, Nandan hit a four.

Three super overs filled with excitement, Nepal defeated

After captain Rohit Paudel was dismissed in the last ball of the 19th over, the pair of Nandan and Sandeep collected 15 runs in the last over. Rohit scored 48 runs by hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes in 35 balls.

Nepal did not start well. Lokesh Bomb, who came to Scotland for Twenty20, was cut behind in the first ball he faced. Anil Shah was also dismissed for 1 run after playing 3 balls. Opener Kushal scored 34 runs from 23 balls with 5 fours.

But Nepal was under pressure after Dipendrasingh Airy was dismissed for 3 runs after playing 7 balls. Kiran Thagunna, who was making his 'debut', was able to score only 5 runs in 25 balls, and the pressure was on for Nepal. Rupesh Singh, another player making his debut, played 14 balls and hit 1 four and six and scored 19 runs.

Three super overs filled with excitement, Nepal defeated

Karan hit 1 six and got out for 8 runs. Left-arm spinner Daniel Dorm from the Netherlands took 3 wickets in 4 overs spending only 14 runs.

The Netherlands, who were invited to bat after losing the toss, scored 152 runs after losing 7 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. After the excellent bowling of the spinners, Nepal, who is playing his 100th match in the Twenty20 International, stopped the Netherlands at 117-6 in 17 overs. But in the last 3 overs, Netherlands made a good score by adding 35 runs.

Leg spinner Sandeep took 3 wickets with 18 runs in 4 overs and Lalit Rajwanshi took 1 wicket with 22 runs in 4 overs. Kushal spent 24 runs and took 1 wicket in 2 overs. Rupesh could not take any wicket after spending 31 runs in 3 overs. Nandan took 2 wickets for 18 runs in 2.5 overs. In the last over of the innings, Karan bowled the last ball remaining after Nandan was injured. Karan and Dipendra played the most 79 matches for Nepal.

Three super overs filled with excitement, Nepal defeated

Teja Nidamanuru scored the highest 35 runs from the Netherlands. He was bowled by Nandan in the last over after hitting 1 six off 37 balls. Vikramjit Singh scored 30 from 29 balls with 2 sixes, Michael Levitt scored 16 balls with 1 four and 20 with six, Max O'Dodd scored 19 runs with 2 fours and 1 six from 11 balls.

Three super overs filled with excitement, Nepal defeated Photos: Angad Dhakal/Kantipur

Saqiv Zulfikar, who was brought into the Netherlands Twenty20 team, scored 25 runs and remained unbeaten. He played 12 balls and hit 1 four and 2 sixes.

In the first match of the tournament that started on Sunday, the Netherlands lost to the home team Scotland by 39 runs. The three teams will compete against each other in a double round robin and the team with the most points will be the winner . 

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