Nepal played its first Twenty20 International match under the captaincy of Dipendra Singh Airi.
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UAE defeated Nepal by 6 wickets in the first Twenty20 International on Monday. UAE achieved the target of 78 runs in 10 overs due to rain with 7 balls to spare.
UAE captain Mohammad Wasim hit 2 fours and a six in the first over of the match against debutant Hemant Dhami at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. When Wasim was on 24, wicketkeeper Arjun Saud dropped the catch off Nandan Yadav.
Wasim hit a six off Sandeep Lamichhane, who came in with the fourth over. Sandeep dismissed him on the next ball. Wasim scored 33 runs in 15 balls with 3 fours and a six. Two balls later, Sandeep dismissed Abid Usmani lbw for 2 runs.
In his second over, Sandeep dismissed Harpreet Singh (2). Alisan Sarafu scored 18 runs in 15 balls with 1 four and a six before being dismissed by Kushal Malla. Akshadeep Nath scored 17 runs in 8 balls and Sohail Khan scored 2 runs to lead UAE to victory.
Nepal, who won the toss and batted in the first international cricket match played at the Tribhuvan University Cricket Stadium after the reconstruction, scored 122 runs in 18.5 overs when rain interrupted the match. After that, the match was affected and UAE was given a new target in 10 overs.
Nepal played its first match in Twenty20 International under the captaincy of Dipendra Singh Airi. But Nepal could not score a big score at home. Dipendra became Nepal's fifth captain in Twenty20 Internationals. He was given the responsibility of captaining Nepal in place of Rohit Poudel.
Dipendra scored the highest 32 runs for Nepal. The match was interrupted by rain while he was playing. He hit 2 fours in 35 balls. Sandeep Lamichhane was at the crease with him for 2 runs.
Arjun Saud, who returned to Nepal's Twenty20 International team after four years, was out for 13 runs including 3 fours in 11 balls. His opening partner Kushal Bhurtel was run out for 16 runs. He hit 1 four and a six in 9 balls. Meanwhile, Sandeep Jora was out for 6 runs.
Malla, who missed the Twenty20 World Cup in India two months ago due to poor form, scored 17 runs. He was out LBW by Zuheb Zubeir and hit 1 four in 21 balls. Another Devrehate batter, Bashir Ahmed, was out for 14 runs with 1 four in 11 balls. Gulsan Jha was out LBW for 1 run in 7 balls.
Nandan Yadav hit leg-break bowler Mohammad Zuheb for 2 sixes in one over. He scored 13 runs in 7 balls. He was out on Zuheb's own ball. Sher Malla was out for zero. Zuheb took 3 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. Junaid Siddiqui took 2 wickets for 18 runs in an over. Mohammad Irfan took 20 runs in 4 overs and Haider Ali took 1 wicket each for 32 runs in 4 overs. The second and final match will be played on Tuesday.
