After Sandeep scored 74 runs off 48 balls, Nepal 'A' lost the toss and came into bat, losing 6 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs and scoring 196 runs. In response, Assam were bowled out for 187 runs after playing the entire over.
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Nepal 'A' won the third friendly cricket match against Assam on Saturday and took the lead in the series. Sandeep Zora's half-century inspired Nepal 'A' defeated Assam by 9 runs in the floodlights of the ACA Stadium and took a 2-1 lead in the 5-match series.
After Sandeep scored 74 runs off 48 balls, Nepal 'A' lost the toss and came into bat, losing 6 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs and scoring 196 runs. In response, Assam were bowled out for 187 runs after playing the entire over. Nepal lost by 15 runs in the first match affected by rain and won the second match by 96 runs based on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Sandeep hit 6 fours and 6 sixes. Opener Shubh Kansakar got out in 8 runs. His opening pair captain Anil Sah scored 31 runs off 20 balls with 5 fours. Tritraj Das scored 33 runs off 32 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Although Basir Ahmed was dismissed for 1 run, Adil Alam Ansari scored 35 runs in 16 balls with 1 four and 4 sixes. From Assam, Akash Sen Gupta took 2 wickets for 49 runs in 4 overs and Mrunmoy Dutt, Abhinav Chaudhary and Shivshankar Roy took 1 wicket each.
Nihar Deka scored the highest 40 runs from Assam. He hit 6 fours and 1 six off 23 balls. Sumit Ghadigaonkar scored 36 off 19 balls with 3 fours and a six, Sahil Jain scored 24 runs off 21 balls with 2 fours. Abdul Aziz Quraisi scored 31 runs off 17 balls with 3 fours and 1 six.
Kamal Singh Airi, Akash Chand and Vivek Yadav took 2 wickets each from Nepal. Kamal spent 46 runs with 1 maiden in 4 overs, Akash spent 52 runs in 4 overs and Vivek spent 17 runs in 4 overs. Adil took 1 wicket.
