The record-breaking partnership between Aashif Sheikh and Gyanendra Malla, as well as Kushal Malla’s spectacular half-century, helped Nepal overcome Namibia by three wickets on Saturday in the ICC Cricket World Cup League-2.
Nepal defeated Namibia by 3 wickets
After playing 47.3 overs and winning its third straight game in League-2, Nepal reached the 275 runs Namibia had set for them while losing 3 wickets.
Nepal has already won at home in the League 2 series over Namibia and Scotland. After pursuing 270 runs, Nepal triumphed for the third time in a row.
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For Nepal, Asif Sheikh scored the most runs with 81. Gyanendra Malla and Kushal Malla both scored runs, each scoring 65 and 62 respectively. Rohit Kumar Paudel, the captain, scored 39 runs.
In the third over, Kushal Bhurtel, who was attempting to reach the mark, was out for just one run. By combining for a record-breaking 139 runs for the second wicket, Ashif, and Gyanendra were able to save the innings. This is the highest ODI partnership for Nepal.
In the opening game of this League-2, Kushal Bhurtel and Rohit Paudel’s 133-run partnership was broken by this combination.
Once Gyanendra Mall was bowled out in the 27th over, the partnership was broken. With the aid of 5 fours and 3 hits, Gyanendra tallied 65 runs in 74 balls.
With the aid of 8 fours and 2 sixes, Aashif scored 81 runs off of 98 balls played. Aashif went out of the game after 32 overs.
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The innings was then resumed by Kushal Malla and Rohit. On Saturday, Kushal batted first and Rohit second. They had a 92-run partnership despite the fact that both were rookies in the crease.
With the aid of 5 fours and 43 balls, Rohit scored 39 runs. With one run, Dipendra Singh Airee was out.
Prior to that, Namibia, who was awarded the toss and elected to bat first, amassed 274 runs in 50 overs while losing 6 wickets thanks to Zane Green’s unbroken 75 runs.
115 runs were contributed by Namibia in the final 10 overs.
Karan just grabbed one wicket tonight after taking five wickets in the previous game. He required 70 runs in 9 overs to cover it.
In 9 overs and 1 wicket, Karan KC scored 61 runs. In 10 overs, Dipendra Singh Airee spent 37 runs holding 1 maiden but was unable to claim a wicket. Two players from Namibia were ejected. Today, Sandeep Lamichhane claimed three wickets.
