Nepal defeated Hong Kong by 19 runs using the Duckworth-Lewis method after the final of the tournament in Singapore was affected by rain.
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Nepal has won the Asian Games Men's Twenty20 Qualifiers. Nepal defeated Hong Kong by 19 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method after the final match in Singapore was affected by rain.
Chasing a target of 189 runs, Nepal scored 114 runs in 11.3 overs for the loss of 2 wickets at the Singha Oval when the final match was affected by rain. At that time, Nepal became the winner after taking the lead on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
When play was stopped, Rohit Poudel was on 35 and captain Dipendra Singh Airi, who was playing his 100th match in Twenty20 Internationals, was at the crease on 9 runs. Former captain Rohit hit 3 fours and 1 six in 24 balls and Dipendra hit 1 four in 4 balls.
Kushal Bhurtel gave Nepal another great start. While Kushal was playing an aggressive innings, Asif Sheikh, who came to strike for the first time on the last ball of the third over, was bowled by Ayush Shukla for a duck. Bhurtel, who scored two centuries in this tournament, scored 65 runs in 40 balls, hitting 8 fours and 3 sixes. Nepal defeated Oman by 8 wickets in the semi-finals and Hong Kong defeated Malaysia by 6 wickets. Nepal defeated China by 221 runs and Malaysia by 167 runs in the group stage to reach the semi-finals. With Nepal reaching the semi-finals, they had already qualified for the Asian Games to be held in Nagoya, Japan in September-October. Along with Nepal, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Oman will compete with India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and host Japan in the Asian Games. Hong Kong, which was invited to bat after losing the toss, scored 188 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Opener Anshuman Rath top-scored for Hong Kong with 80 runs. He hit 6 fours and a six in 45 balls. Hong Kong had already scored 156 runs when Rath was dismissed in the 16th over. His opening partner Nizakat Khan scored 2 runs and was dismissed by Sher Malla.
Despite former captain Babar Hayat being out for a duck, Rath shared a partnership of 48 runs for the third wicket with Shiv Mathur and 84 runs for the fifth wicket with Shahid Wasif in 39 balls. Wasif scored 55 runs in 28 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes.
Captain Yasim Mortaza was dismissed for 9 and Nasrullah Rana for 8 runs. Sher took the most wickets for Nepal with 4 wickets, including Rath, Nizakat, Mathur and Wasif. He conceded 32 runs in 4 overs. Karan KC took 2 wickets for 45 runs in 4 overs and Sandeep Lamichhane took 1 wicket for 45 runs in 4 overs. Dipendra Singh took only 28 runs in 4 overs but could not take any wickets.
