Nepal defeated the UAE by 8 wickets in the second and final Twenty20 International on Tuesday, thanks to aggressive batting by Kushal Bhurtel and Kushal Malla.
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Nepal defeated UAE by 8 wickets in the second and final Twenty20 International on Tuesday after Kushal Bhurtel and Kushal Malla batted aggressively. The duo combined for 67 runs in the first eight overs to chase down the target of 129 runs in 15.5 overs.
Nepal leveled the series 1-1 with this victory at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur. UAE had defeated Nepal by 6 wickets in the first match.
The Kushal duo had given Nepal a great start by adding 51 runs without loss in the first 6 overs of the power play. The partnership was broken after Malla was dismissed. Malla scored 19 runs in 17 balls, including 1 four and 2 sixes. Santosh Yadav, who made his Twenty20 International debut, was stumped for 1 run.
Taking advantage of the gift of life at 34, Bhurtel scored 84 runs . This is his 14th half-century in Twenty20 Internationals . He is the player from Nepal who has scored the most half-centuries in Twenty20 Internationals . This is his first half-century in this format since scoring 69 runs against Oman at his home ground in October .
Bhurtel remained unbeaten on 84 runs in 57 balls . He hit 12 fours and 2 sixes . He shared an unbeaten partnership of 58 runs with Bhurtel and captain Dipendra Singh Airi for the third wicket . Dipendra remained unbeaten on 23 runs in 17 balls with 3 fours .
Earlier, UAE, who were invited to bat after losing the toss, could only score 128 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs . Nepal had made a great start . Fast bowler Hemant Dhami gave Nepal a sensational start by dismissing Mohammad Wasim lbw on the first ball of the match. In the second over, Nandan Yadav had Alisan Sarafu caught brilliantly by wicketkeeper Lokesh Bam for 1 run.
Hemant dismissed Harpreet Singh for 1 run in his second and third overs of the match. Opener Abid Ismani scored 30 runs. He played 22 balls and hit 2 fours and a six before being dismissed lbw by Sandeep Lamichhane. Shahab Alam, who had conceded 17 runs in his first over, dismissed Sohaib Khan for a duck in the second over, while Nilansh Keshwani was run out for a duck in the same over.
With UAE at 48-6 in the eighth over, Akashdeep Nath and Mohammad Arfan put on a 64-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Arfan scored 32 runs in 36 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. Sandeep dismissed Tanvir for a duck in the next ball. Akashdeep remained unbeaten on 53 runs. He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in 42 balls. Mohammad Zuheb remained unbeaten on 8 runs.
Sandeep took 3 wickets for 6 runs in 4 overs, keeping 1 maiden. Hemant Dhami took 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. Nandan and Shahab took 1 wicket each. Nandan scored 44 runs in 4 overs and Shahab scored 29 runs in 3 overs. Santosh bowled 1 over and conceded 11 runs. Nepal had replaced Arjun Saud, Sandeep Jora, Bashir and Sher Malla from the team that played first with Lokesh Bam, Arif Sheikh, Santosh and Shahab Alam.
