Nepal, who won the toss and elected to bat at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Tuesday, were all out for 256 runs in 49.5 overs in the scheduled 50-over match after Asif, who returned to the team's playing 11, batted brilliantly.
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Asif Sheikh's 94 runs have given Nepal a target of 257 runs in the Cricket World Cup League 2.
Asif, who returned to the team's playing 11, batted brilliantly after winning the toss at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Tuesday. Nepal were all out for 256 runs in 49.5 overs in the scheduled 50-over match.
Asif, who was dropped from the Nepali team in the previous match due to poor performance, hit 7 fours and 5 sixes in 97 balls. This is his second highest score in ODIs. He missed out on scoring his second century after being caught on the boundary line.
Oman started the first over with spinners. Devrehate spinner Shakil Ahmed bowled a maiden in the first over, but Ramanandi got Binod Bhandari caught for a duck in the first ball of the second over. Then Asif and Arjun Kumal shared a 123-run partnership for the second wicket. Arjun, who was playing the second match, scored 48 runs. He hit 4 fours in 87 balls.
Captain Rohit Poudel, who came to the crease in the 28th over, was out for 9 runs. Gulshan Jha scored 17 runs in 23 balls, including 2 fours. Vice-captain Dipendra Singh Airi added 33 runs. He hit 1 four in 42 balls. But Karan KC was out in the first ball, while Nandan Yadav was out for 2 and Sandeep Lamichhane for 1 run.
Arif Sheikh was the last to be out. He scored 43 runs in 23 balls. He hit Hasnain Shah for three consecutive sixes in the last over. Nadeem Khan took the wicket for Oman. He spent 41 runs in 10 overs. Shah and Shakil took 2 wickets each.
This is the last match in this series of League 2. Nepal made two changes from the team that played against UAE on Friday, replacing Bhim Sarki and Sompal Kami with Asif and Karan. In the previous match against Oman, Nepal was defeated by 102 runs based on the Duckworth-Lewis method. Nepal had won both matches against the UAE. Oman, on the other hand, had lost both matches to the UAE.
Nepal remains in seventh place with 16 points from 23 matches. Oman is in third place with 31 points from 27 matches. Nepal has lost all three matches against Oman in Kirtipur in League 2. In the 2023 Asia Cup qualifiers, Nepal defeated Oman with a century from Kushal Malla.
