Nepal 'A' defeats USA in the final match
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Nepal 'A' has achieved a 'clean sweep' victory in the international practice match series against the USA and Scotland in preparation for the Cricket World Cup League 2. Nepal 'A' defeated the USA by 7 runs in the second and final match played at the upper ground of Mulpani on Monday.
Nepal 'A', coached by Raju Basnyat, had earlier defeated the USA by 3 wickets. Nepal 'A' had defeated Scotland by 45 runs on Thursday in the same series and by 9 runs in another rain-affected match. Scotland will play Nepal in a League 2 match on Tuesday. The USA will play Scotland on Thursday and Nepal in a League 2 match on Saturday.
Nepal 'A', which won the toss and elected to bat after winning the toss after Sandeep Jora's century, was all out for 264 runs in 49.5 overs. Nepal achieved a thrilling victory after the US were bowled out for 257 runs in 49.1 overs.
Openers Tritaraj Das and captain Anil Kumar Sah were dismissed for 9 runs each. Mayan Yadav was run out for 24 runs in 37 balls, hitting 2 fours and 1 six. Jora scored 111 runs in 115 balls. He hit 9 fours and 4 sixes. Jora shared a 99-run partnership with Bashir Ahmed for the fifth wicket when Kushal Malla was out for 8 runs. Bashir scored 38 runs in 51 balls, hitting 3 fours.
Pawan Saraf scored 20 runs in 12 balls, hitting 1 four and a six, Deepak Dumre scored 9, Narayan Joshi scored 16 runs in 9 balls, hitting 2 sixes and Rashid Khan scored 9 runs. Bipin Khatri remained unbeaten on 1 run. Former captain Saurabh Netrabhalkar took 3 wickets for the US. He gave away 21 runs in 8 overs. Jasdeep Singh took 2 wickets for 55 runs in 7.5 overs and Shubham Ranjane, Mohammad Mohsin, Milind Kumar and Rashil Ugarkar took 1 wicket each.
Smith Patel and Sayan Jahangir added 44 runs for the first wicket in 10 overs, but the US could not capitalize on it. Smith was dismissed for 33 runs in 42 balls, including 4 fours and 1 six. Another opener Jahangir scored 41 runs in 53 balls, including 4 fours and 1 six.
Sayteja Mukamalla was dismissed for 16, Milind for 11 runs. Sehan Jayasuriya and Ranjane shared a 79-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Jayasuriya was the last player to be dismissed for 71 runs in 67 balls, including 5 fours and 1 six. Ranjan scored 47 runs in 48 balls, hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes. Along with him, Sanjay Krishnamurthy 8, Mohsin 9, Jasdeep 6 and Mosthas Kenjige were out for 7 runs.
For Nepal, spinner duo Sher Malla took 4 wickets and Bashir 3 wickets. Sher gave away 30 runs in 7.1 overs and Bashir gave away 25 runs in 8 overs. Shahab Alam and Pawan took 1 wicket each.
