Nepal, who won the toss and elected to bat, scored 270 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs on Thursday.
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Nepal set a target of 271 runs for Hong Kong in the ACC U-19 Premier Cup cricket after captain Ashok Dhami and Darsh Sunar shared a 108-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Nepal, who won the toss and elected to bat, scored 270 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 50 overs on Thursday.
In the ongoing tournament in the UAE, Nepal had given Hong Kong a challenging target after Ashok and Darsha made a good partnership in the middle order. Nepal had scored 68 runs in the last 5 overs at the Seven District Ground 2 in Ajman.
Ashok was dismissed for 73 runs in the last ball of the innings. He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in 51 balls. Darsha scored an unbeaten 45 runs in 58 balls. He hit 3 fours.
Opening duo Neeraj Kumar Yadav and Vansh Chhetri were dismissed for 22 runs. Neeraj hit 3 fours in 20 balls and Vansh hit 2 fours in 34 balls. Nischal Chhetri was dismissed for 3 runs.
Sibrin Shrestha scored 25 runs with 1 four in 59 balls. Dilshad Ali scored 32 runs in 50 balls. After Rohan Bishwakarma was dismissed for 22 runs in 21 balls with 2 fours and 1 six, Ashok and the audience duo batted together. Hong Kong's Abhimanyu Ganesan and Daniel Map took 2 wickets each.
Nepal will qualify for the semi-finals by becoming the winner of Group 'A' if they win this match. Nepal had defeated Saudi Arabia by 8 wickets on Monday.
