Chasing a huge target of 314 runs set by Nepal after losing the toss, China was all out for 92 runs.
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Nepal has won the first match of the Asian Games Qualifiers by 221 runs against China. Chasing a huge target of 314 runs set by Nepal after losing the toss, China was all out for 92 runs. Nepal, after being called to bat first against China, scored 313 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Nepal has become the first team to score more than 300 runs twice in Twenty20 Internationals. Nepal had previously scored 314-3 against Mongolia in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Both these scores by Nepal are the second and third highest scores in Twenty20 Internationals. Zimbabwe had scored 344-4 against Gambia in Nairobi in 2024, which is the highest score in Twenty20 Internationals. Germany and England have also scored 300+ scores in Twenty20 Internationals 1-1.
Opener Kushal Bhurtel played the highest innings of 129 runs for Nepal. He hit 16 sixes and 5 fours in just 43 balls. This is also the highest score in Bhurtel's Twenty20 career. Bhurtel also hit 6 sixes in today's match. He became the second player for Nepal to hit 6 sixes in a single over. Earlier, Dipendra Singh Airi had hit 6 sixes against Mongolia and Qatar.
Similarly, Kushal Malla and captain Rohit Kumar Poudel also hit half-centuries. Malla scored 85 runs in 47 balls unbeaten. He hit 8 fours and 5 sixes in that process.
Captain Poudel also played an aggressive innings and scored 17 half-centuries. Poudel, who was unbeaten, scored 69 runs in just 21 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 5 fours. Opener Ashif Sheikh was out after scoring 11 runs in 10 balls with the help of 1 six and 1 four.
Kushal hits 6 sixes in one over
Kushal Bhurtel has become the second player from Nepal to hit 6 sixes in one over. He hit Chen Zhou Yue for 6 sixes in one over in the ninth over of the match against China. Kushal hit consecutive sixes in the first 5 balls of the ninth over. Then Zhou went on to bowl the sixth ball wide. Kushal hit another six in the sixth legal ball. Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airi hit 6 sixes in one over against Qatar in Oman in 2024. Dipendra also hit 6 consecutive sixes in two different overs against Mongolia in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Kushal becomes the first Nepali to score two centuries
Kushal Bhurtel has become the first Nepali player to score two centuries in Twenty20 Internationals after scoring 129 runs against China. Paras Khadka, Gyanendra Malla, Dipendra Singh Airi, Kushal Malla have scored 1-1 centuries in Twenty20 Internationals. Kushal Bhurtel's 129 runs is Nepal's second highest score in Twenty20 Internationals. Kushal Malla scored an unbeaten 137 runs against Mongolia in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Kushal's 16 sixes
Kushal Bhurtel has become the player from Nepal to hit the most sixes in a single Twenty20 International match. Kushal hit 16 sixes against China. Earlier, Kushal Malla had hit 12 sixes against Mongolia in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Estonia's Sahil Chauhan had hit the most sixes, 18 against Cyprus in 2024. Similarly, Spain's Mohammad Isan hit 17 against Croatia in 2025, Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai hit 16 sixes against Ireland in 2019, and New Zealand's Finn Allan hit 16 sixes against Pakistan in 2025.
