America, who won the toss and elected to bat, was all out for 195 runs in 43.3 overs at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Stadium in Kirtipur.
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Nepal has been given a target of 196 runs to win the match against the USA in the Cricket World Cup League 2. America, who won the toss and elected to bat, was all out for 195 runs in 43.3 overs at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Stadium in Kirtipur. Nepal returned to the game with excellent fielding against the USA, which had a very strong batting.
The USA, which was in a strong position of 122-1 in the 23rd over and 158-3 in the 31st over, was finally all out before 6 overs. Even though Sion Jahangir was out for 6 runs, Smit Patel and Sehan Jayasuriya added 100 runs for the second wicket. Jayasuriya scored 50 runs in 52 balls, hitting 5 fours and 1 six.
Smit took full advantage of Asif Sheikh's easy catch for 14 runs off Sompal Kami. Smith scored 89 runs and returned to the pavilion after taking a brilliant catch from Asif off Sompal. He hit 8 fours and 3 sixes in 89 balls. Sompal took the wickets of both Jayasuriya and Smith.
America is playing without its captain Monank Patel. He injured his finger in the match against Scotland on Thursday. In his place, Sandeep Lamichhane bowled Sayteja Mukamalla, who is captaining the USA. Substitute fielder Bhim Sarki, along with Asif, ran out Shubham Ranjan for 2 runs.
Asif almost missed the opportunity to stump Milind Kumar when he was 20. Nepal bowled and fielded brilliantly throughout the match and did not let America survive. Milind was out for 28 runs in 41 balls, hitting 2 fours and a six.
Sanjay Krishnamurthy, who played in place of Monank, was out on the ball of Gulshan Jha for 1 run. Dipendra Singh Airi and Asif together ran out Mohammad Mohsin for nil. Dipendra dismissed Nosthas Kenjige for 1 and Harmeet Singh for 14 runs.
Dipendra took 4 wickets for 24 runs in 7.3 overs. In this way, he completed 50 wickets in ODIs. Sompal took 2 wickets for 35 runs in 7 overs with 1 maiden, Sandeep took 41 wickets for 1 maiden and Gulshan took 1 wicket each in 4 overs with 28 runs.
Nepal is making its debut with Devrehate batsman Ishan Pandey. In the Nepali team, Kushal Bhurtel, Ishan and Sompal have been fielded in place of Binod Bhandari, Arjun Kumal and Karan KC.
The US has won four of its last five matches against Nepal. Nepal has not won against the US since they defeated the US by six wickets in the 2023 World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe.
In League 2, the US is second with 36 points from 25 matches, while Nepal is seventh with 18 points from 25 matches. A defeat against Nepal will move the US to the top spot.
