This is Nepal's third consecutive win in the Super Six. Oman has suffered its first defeat in the competition. Nepal has 8 points and Oman has 6 points. If Nepal defeats Samoa in the final match on Friday, it will win the competition.
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Nepal defeated Oman by 38 runs in the Super Six of the Twenty20 World Cup Asia-East Asia Pacific Qualifiers on Wednesday. Chasing a target of 152 runs, the home team Oman could only score 113 runs for the loss of 9 wickets at the Al Emirate Cricket Ground in Muscat.
This is Nepal's third consecutive win in the Super Six. Oman has suffered its first defeat in the tournament. Nepal has 8 points and Oman has 6 points. If Nepal defeats Samoa in the final match on Friday, it will win the tournament.
Nepal and Oman had qualified for the World Cup before entering the field after two results of the day's matches came in their favor. This is Nepal's second consecutive and third World Cup entry in total. In the first two matches on Wednesday, Qatar defeated Japan by 3 wickets and UAE defeated Samoa by 77 runs.
Sompal Kami got Nepal off to a great start by dismissing Oman captain Jatinder Singh in the third over. Jatinder, who hit 2 sixes, scored 14 runs in 11 balls. In the next over, Nandan Yadav dismissed another opener Hamad Mirza for 4 runs.
Amir Kalim was run out for 1 run by Dipendra Singh Airi in a straight throw. Dipendra has been run out for the fifth consecutive match in a straight throw. Aryan Bista scored 11 runs in 24 balls. He was caught by substitute fielder Arif Sheikh on the boundary line off Sandeep Lamichhane.
Then Gulshan Jha dismissed Mohammad Nadeem and Jiten Ramanandi (0) in consecutive balls. Mohammad Nadeem scored 25 runs in 31 balls including 1 six. Gulshan had earlier dismissed Nadeem Khan for 1 run. Vinayak Shukla top-scored for Oman with 32 runs. He hit 1 four and 3 sixes in 19 balls. He was dismissed by Sompal.
Sufian Mehboob scored 9 runs. He was dismissed by Nandan. Shakil Ahmed 8 and Shah Faisal 3 remained unbeaten. Gulshan took 3 wickets for 31 runs in 4 overs. Nandan took 2 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs and Sompal took 2 wickets each for 25 runs in 4 overs. Sandeep had 1 wicket.
Earlier, Nepal, who had won the toss and elected to bat, scored 151 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. This was the first time Nepal had scored more than 150 runs in the tournament.
Although Kushal Bhurtel and Asif Sheikh gave a brilliant start, Nepal's middle-order batting again disappointed. The two added 61 runs in 8 overs. Asif hit 2 fours and 1 six in 20 balls and scored 24 runs before being bowled by Nadeem Khan.
Nadeem bowled captain Rohit Poudel for 1 run round the leg. Nadeem bowled brilliantly, taking all four top wickets of Nepal, dismissing Dipendra for 2 and Kushal Malla for 7 runs. Malla, who was completely unsuccessful in this tournament, completed 1000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals during his innings.
Adil Alam Ansari scored 16 runs in 15 balls, including 3 fours. Kushal Bhurtel scored 69 runs in 51 balls. He was out lbw in the 18th over and hit 7 fours and 1 six. He was named Player of the Match. Gulshan Jha, who hit 2 consecutive sixes in the 19th over, scored 18 runs in 10 balls. Nandan, who was run out on the last ball of the innings, scored 9 runs in 4 balls. Sompal was unbeaten on 1 run.
From Oman, Devrehate spinner Nadeem took 4 wickets for just 20 runs in 4 overs. Sufian took 2 wickets each for 29 runs in 4 overs and Ramanandi took 2 wickets each for 26 runs in 4 overs.
