Having got a target of 145 runs, Nepal could score only 143 runs after losing 7 wickets. 3 runs were needed in the last ball.
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In the top end T20 cricket being held in Australia on Friday, the Nepali team lost to Pakistan Shaheens by a narrow margin of one run in a sensational match.
Having got a target of 145 runs, Nepal could score only 143 runs after losing 7 wickets. 3 runs were needed in the last ball. Dipendra Singh Airi and Arif Shaikh were at the crease. After Dipendra got out with one run, Nepal was forced to suffer defeat. Nepal needed 8 runs in the last over and managed to collect only 6 runs.
Captain Rohit Paudel scored a half-century in Nepal's innings. He scored 52 runs off 44 balls and hit 6 fours and 1 six. Dipendra Singh hit 2 sixes and one six while scoring 41 runs off 21 balls. After losing opener Kushal Bhurtel (4) in the third over, Arif Sheikh scored 27 runs for Nepal. He hit 1 boundary in 30 balls. Arif and Rohit boosted the team by sharing a half-century. Lokesh Balme added 10 runs for Nepal who lost Gulsan Jha (3), Kushal Malla (2) cheaply.
Faizal Akram and Mohammad Wasim took 2 wickets each and Mohammad Salman took one wicket for Sahins.
Before that, the Pakistan youth team, who won the toss and chose to bat, scored 144 runs by losing 9 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. At Marara Cricket Ground-2 in Darbin, Nepal made a great start in bowling, but Pakistan Shaheen scored 61 runs in the last 5 overs to make a watchable score. Captain Irfan Khan scored 42 runs off 36 balls and remained unbeaten. He hit Kushal Malla for a six on the last ball of the innings. He hit a total of 3 fours and 1 six. In the second and first over of the
game, Dipendra Singh got Nepal off to a great start by dismissing opener Maz Sadakta for 1 run and Mohammad Faiz for 2 runs. After another opener Yasir Khan was dismissed by Kushal Bhurtel for 18 runs, Nepal dominated the bowling. Nandan Yadav dismissed Abdul Samad and Ghazi Ghori (4) in the same over. Samad, who has played 5 Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan, scored 26 runs off 25 balls with 1 four and a six.
Irfan and Mohammad Wasim shared an unbeaten partnership of 40 runs for the eighth wicket. Wasim scored 23 runs off 22 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. Sompal Kami took 3 wickets from Nepal. He spent 30 runs in 4 overs. Dipendra took 15 in 3 overs and Nandan spent 32 runs in 4 overs 2-2 and Kushal Bhurtel took 1 wicket.
This defeat has ended Nepal's chances of reaching the semi-finals. In the tournament involving 11 teams, Nepal has won 2 out of 6 matches and is in eighth place with 4 points. Only if this match was won, Nepal's hope of reaching the semi-finals would remain in the top four. Pakistan Shaheens secured their fourth win in 6 matches and reached the second place in the tournament. Chicago Kingsmen are at the top with 5 wins in 5 games.
