Player of the Match Manisha Upadhyay bowled brilliantly, conceding 10 runs in 4 overs, including 1 maiden.
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Nepal defeated home team Rwanda by 38 runs in the ICC Women's Challenge Trophy on Tuesday. This was Nepal's third win in six matches in the ongoing tournament in Rwanda. Nepal is third in the points table. Nepal had also lost to the United States by 44 runs in the first day of the tournament. After that, Nepal defeated Italy by 50 runs and hosts Rwanda by 2 wickets. Nepal lost to Vanuatu by 22 runs on Friday and to the United States by 7 wickets on Sunday.
The five-nation tournament, which will run until May 1, is being played on a double round-robin basis. Nepal will now play Vanuatu on Thursday and Italy on Friday. The US is in the top two places with 10 points from 6 matches and Rwanda 8 points from 7 matches.
Nepal, who won the toss and elected to bat after captain Indu Verma scored an unbeaten 33, scored 103 runs for the loss of 7 wickets at the Ghanga Cricket Stadium Oval B in Kigali. Indu hit 4 fours in her captaincy innings in 45 balls. Samjhana Khadka was dismissed for 6, Bindu Rawal for 2, Pooja Mahato for 5 and Ruby Podar for 6, as Nepal reached 23-4 in 5.1 overs.
Then Indu and Kavita Kunwar shared a 46-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Kavita scored 24 runs from 26 balls and hit 4 fours. Kavita and Roma Thapa (0) were dismissed in consecutive balls. Former captain Rubina Chhetri scored 11 runs in 12 balls, hitting 2 fours. Rachana Chaudhary remained unbeaten on 1 run. Rwanda's Henriette Isimbe took the wicket. She gave away 20 runs in 4 overs. Captain Marie Bimenyimana took 2 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs.
Rwanda, in reply, was all out for 65 runs in 17.4 overs after Manisha Upadhyay took 3 wickets. Player of the Match Manisha bowled brilliantly, giving 10 runs in 4 overs, including 1 maiden. Kavita took 17 in 4 overs, Rachana 11 in 2.4 overs and Riya Sharma took 2 wickets each, giving 13 runs in 3 overs.
Bimenyimana scored 19 and Giovannis Ubase scored 12 runs for Rwanda. Rwanda's innings included only 4 fours and 1 six. Bimenyimana hit 3 fours and Ubase hit 1 four and a six.
