KATHMANDU: Nepal has given Bangladesh a target of 170 runs in its first match of the Super Six stage in the 2024 U-19 World Cup at Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Wednesday.
Batting first after winning the toss, Nepal scored 169 runs, losing all wickets in 49.5 overs. Nepal made a poor start with the bat as opener Bipin Rawal fell in the fourth over with just 18 runs on the board. Nepal lost two more wickets in quick succession and was down to 3/19 in the ninth over.
A 62-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Bishal Bikram KC and Captain Dev Khanal resurrected the Nepali innings. Nepal, however, lost wickets at regular intervals after Khanal fell in the 28th over. He scored 35 runs from 60 balls. KC then added 30 runs for the fifth wicket with Gulsan Jha, who was out scoring only three runs. KC scored 48 runs from 100 balls before he was bowled by Rohanat Doulla Borson.
The last-wicket pair of Durgesh Gupta and Subash Bhandari scored 27 runs to give some respectability to the Nepali total.
Borson was the pick of the Bangladeshi bowlers as the right-arm medium bowler took four Nepali wickets. Shekih Paevez Jibon contributed with three wickets while Iqbal Hossain Emon, Maruf Mridha, and Jishan Alam each had one wicket to their names.
Bishal Bikram KC scored 48 runs off 100 balls, while Khanal contributed with 35 runs from 60 balls.
Himal Press
31 Jan 2024
