Nepal defeated China by 19 runs in the Asian Games Women's Qualifier 2026.
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Pooja Mahato's brilliant half-century helped Nepal defeat China by 19 runs in the Asian Games Women's Qualifier 2026 on Wednesday.
With this, Group 'B' of the qualifiers has added two points and remained at the top. In the match held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, China had chased a target of 126 runs to win. However, they could only score 106 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in reply. Captain Mingyu Chu scored the highest score of 30 runs for China.
Similarly, Wang Huiying added 21 runs. After Nepal bowled poorly towards the end of the match, China was unable to score runs openly. Riya Sharma was the most successful among the Nepali bowlers and she took two wickets for 18 runs.
Similarly, Manisha Upadhyay, Kavita Kunwar and Pooja also took 1 wicket each. Earlier, Nepal had won the toss and elected to bat first and in the process scored 125 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.
Opener Pooja scored 63 runs in that innings. She hit 6 fours in her 57-ball innings. Similarly, Soni Pakhrin added 18 runs and Ruby Podar added 22 runs. Pooja shared a partnership of 37 runs with Soni for the second wicket and 64 runs with Ruby.
Among the Chinese bowlers, Ma Iruke took 2 wickets for 26 runs. China defeated Indonesia in its first match and also has 2 points. Indonesia is on zero points.
