The Nepali youth cricket team got a meager target of 91 runs against Malaysia in the semi-final match of the ACC U-16 Eastzone Cup cricket tournament.

Losing the toss in Kuala Lumpur, the home team, batting first, scored only 90 runs in 43.1 overs.

Nepal reached the semi-finals by becoming the winner of group 'A'. Malaysia became the runner-up from Group B and confirmed the clash with Nepal in the semi-finals. 

Muhammad Danis Adleyan scored the highest 38 runs for Malaysia. He faced 71 balls and hit four fours and one six. Similarly, apart from Deej Patro scoring 10 runs, other batters did not score double digit runs. 

Abhay Yadav took the most four wickets for Nepal. He spent 15 runs in 10 overs. Similarly, Shubham Khanal took 3 wickets at the cost of 12 runs in 10 overs. Captain Bipinprashad Sharma and Sachin Bhatt took one wicket each.