Nepal has won its second consecutive victory in the ACC Women's Premier Cup cricket. Nepal defeated Bhutan by 51 runs on Thursday in the ongoing competition in Malaysia to strengthen its chances of entering the quarterfinals.

Nepal, who came in to bat after losing the toss, was all out for 113 runs in 20 overs at the College Tuenku Jaffer Oval in Kuala Lumpur. Despite losing 7 wickets while scoring 67 runs, Nepal made a challenging total thanks to the efforts of experienced Sita Rana Magar and Rubina Chhetri.

The two shared a 40-run partnership for the eighth wicket in 5 overs. Sita scored 37 runs in 28 balls with 6 fours. Rubina scored 24 runs in 21 balls with 3 fours. In the Nepali innings, where Bindu Rawal was dismissed for a duck in the second ball, Samjhana Khadka was dismissed for 10, Pooja Mahato for 8, Soni Pakhrin for 13 in 20 balls, captain Indu Verma for 5, Ruby Podar for 1 and Kavita Kunwar for 3 runs. Riya Sharma, however, could not open her account.

Sonam and Tshering Jangmo took 3 wickets each from Bhutan. Sonam gave away 12 runs in 4 overs and Tshering gave away 21 runs in 4 overs. Anju Gurung took 2 wickets and Ritsi Choden and Riya Pradhan took 1 wicket each.

In reply, Bhutan could only score 62 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Bhutan had lost 2 wickets in the first ball. Kavita bowled Ngawang Choden in the first ball, and then after Ritsi Choden was given a timeout due to being late to the crease, Bhutan lost 2 wickets in 1 ball.

Opener Dechen Wangmo scored an unbeaten 39 runs in 60 balls and hit 5 boundaries. Apart from that, Chado Ommatra scored a double. She added 11 runs. For Nepal, Rubina took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs. Similarly, Riya Sharma took 2 wickets and Kavita and Manisha Upadhyay took 1 wicket each.