The United States scored 262 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
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The United States set a target of 263 runs for Nepal in the World Cup League 2 cricket on Sunday after Milind Kumar scored an aggressive half-century towards the end of the match.
Invited to bat after Nepal won the toss, the United States scored 262 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Milind, who has been performing brilliantly in the League 2 journey, scored an unbeaten 70 runs in 50 balls. Due to which the United States scored 51 runs in the last 5 overs. Milind hit 6 fours and 2 sixes. Harmit Singh, who was unbeaten with him, scored an unbeaten 16 runs in 6 balls with 2 sixes.
Earlier, Andrej Gauss and Smit Patel tried to give the United States a calm start. Gauss was out in the 8th over after scoring 11 runs in 29 balls, when the total score of the United States was 17 runs. Captain Monak Patel was dismissed lbw by Arif Sheikh for 10 runs.
Smit and Sayteja Mukamalla strengthened the position of the United States by adding 95 runs for the third wicket. Smith was out lbw after scoring 75 runs in 100 balls with 9 fours. Mukamalla scored 42 runs in 58 balls with 3 fours and 1 six. Sayan Jahagir was out for 11 and Subham Ranjane for 19.
For Nepal, Sandeep Lamichhane took 2 wickets for 56 runs in 10 overs. Similarly, Sompal, Arif and Dipendra Singh took 1 wicket each. The US is second with 28 points from 20 matches and Nepal is seventh in the eight-nation tournament with 12 points from 16 matches.
