Nepal, which defeated the UAE by 7 wickets in the first practice match, won by 6 wickets over Canada in the second practice match.
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The Nepali national cricket team is ready for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup. Nepal defeated Canada by six wickets in the second and final warm-up match on Thursday, thanks to a crucial partnership between Asif Sheikh and Sandeep Jora.
Nepal is ready for the World Cup starting on Saturday by winning both official warm-up matches. Nepal, which defeated the UAE by 7 wickets in the first warm-up match on Tuesday, will start its World Cup journey by playing England on Sunday. Two years ago, Canada defeated Nepal by 63 runs in Dallas in the World Cup warm-up match held in the United States.
Nepal had achieved the target of 162 runs with 2 overs to spare at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai. Opener Arif scored 58 and Jora scored 44 runs. The two had a partnership of 84 runs in 52 balls for the second wicket. Asif hit 6 fours and 3 sixes in 29 balls and Jora hit 4 fours and 1 six in 30 balls.
Opener Kushal Bhurtel was out for 12 runs in 11 balls, hitting 1 four and 1 six. With regular captain Rohit Poudel in Mumbai for 'Captain's Day', the Nepali team was led by vice-captain Dipendra Singh Airi. He scored a half-century in the previous match and remained unbeaten on 9 runs with 1 four in 6 balls.
Before that, Gulshan Jha played an unbeaten innings of 31 runs. He hit 5 fours in 25 balls. Lokesh Bam was out for 5 runs in 8 balls. Canada's Jaskaran Singh, Saad Bin Jaffer and Ajaybir Hyundai took 1 wicket each.
Earlier, Canada, who won the toss and elected to bat, scored 161 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Opener Navneet Dhaliwal scored the highest 41 runs. He hit 1 four and 3 sixes in 36 balls. His opening partner Yuvraj Sharma was out for 7 runs.
Kanwarpal Thathagur was out for 25 runs with 2 fours and 1 six in 24 balls, Nicholas Kirtan for 10, Harsh Thaker for 8 runs. Jaskaran scored 21 runs in 11 balls with 3 sixes. Shreyas Mova remained unbeaten on 38 runs off 19 balls. He hit 2 fours and 3 sixes. Sandeep Lamichhane and Kushal took 2 wickets each for Nepal. Sandeep gave away 14 runs in 4 overs and Kushal gave away 26 runs in 3 overs. Sompal Kami and Nandan Yadav took 1 wicket each.
The Nepali team will arrive in Mumbai from Chennai on Friday. Canada lost to Italy by 10 runs in their first warm-up match in Chennai. Canada will start the Twenty20 World Cup by playing South Africa in Ahmedabad on Monday. Canada is playing its second consecutive Twenty20 World Cup. Canada also reached the Twenty20 World Cup by winning all six matches in the Americas.
