Chasing a target of 263 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Nepal were bowled out for 156 runs in 39.1 overs.
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The United States defeated Nepal by 106 runs in the World Cup League 2 cricket match on Sunday. Chasing a target of 263 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Nepal was bowled out for 156 runs in 39.1 overs.
With this win, America has climbed to the top of League 2. America has 30 points from 21 matches. Scotland, despite having 30 points from 24 matches, is behind America in net run rate. Nepal is in seventh place in the eight-nation tournament with 12 points from 17 matches.
Nepal, who came with a big target, did not get off to a good start. Kushal Bhurtel was dismissed in the second ball of the innings. Rushi Ugarkar had Kushal caught behind the wicket. Asif Sheikh and Bhim Sarki tried to improve Nepal's situation by adding 69 runs for the second wicket.
Shubham Ranjane bowled Bhim for 29 runs. Bhim hit 2 fours and 1 six in 50 balls. Two balls later, Harmeet Singh dismissed Asif, making Nepal's chances of returning to the game slim. Asif scored 37 runs in 39 balls with 4 fours and 1 six.
Captain Rohit Poudel was out for 2 runs. Arif Sheikh was out for 20 runs. He hit 2 fours in 27 balls. Then left-arm spinner Harmit took all 5 wickets in the bottom half. He took 6 wickets for 27 runs in 8.1 overs, including 1 maiden. He dismissed Gulshan Jha for 3, Sompal Kami for 11, Karan KC for 2 and Sandeep Lamichhane for nil.
Deependra Singh Airey was the last player to be out. He was stumped by Harmit's wide ball. Deependra scored the highest 40 runs. He hit 3 fours in 60 balls. Apart from Harmit, Ranjane took 2 wickets and Ugarkar took 1 wicket for America.
Earlier, after Milind Kumar scored an aggressive half-century at the end of the match, America, who were invited to bat after losing the toss, scored 262 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Milind, who has been performing brilliantly in the League 2 journey, scored an unbeaten 70 runs in 50 balls. Due to which America scored 51 runs in the last 5 overs. Milind hit 6 fours and 2 sixes. Harmeet, who was unbeaten with him, scored an unbeaten 16 runs in 6 balls with 2 sixes.
Andrej Gauss and Smit Patel tried to give America a calm start. Gauss scored 11 runs in 29 balls and was out in the 8th over, while the total score of America was 17 runs. Captain Monak Patel was dismissed lbw by Arif for 10 runs.
Smith and Saiteja Mukamalla added 95 runs for the third wicket to strengthen the US's position. 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 Ranjan for 19. For Nepal, Sandeep took 2 wickets for 56 runs in 10 overs. Similarly, Sompal, Arif and Dipendra took 1 wicket each.
