Nepal defeated Bhutan by 9 wickets in their second game of the ACC U-19 Eastern Region Cricket Tournament to secure a place in the semi finals. Nepal is placed top in the points table of Group A with 4 points from 2 matches.
Bhutan won the toss and elected to bat firstat the Kinrara Oval, Malaysia. Nepal restricted Bhutan for just 50 runs as skipper Dipendra Singh Airee took 5 wickets and former skipeer Sandeep Lamichhane bagged 4 wickets. Dipendra and Sandeep finished with the figures of 23-5 and 7-4 respectively.
Nepal chased down the target of 51 in the 9th over losing one wicket. Sandeep Sunar was out for 26 ball 21. Asif Sheikh remained unbeaten on 23 while Anil Sah was notout on 4 runs.
Nepal and Singapore are through to the semi finals from group A and will face each other in the last game of the group stage to decide the table topper.
Match Summary:
Nepal51/1 (Asif 23, Sandep Sunar 21)
beat
Bhutan50( Tashi Phuntsho 16, Dipendra 23-5, Sandeep Lamichhane 7-4)
by 9 wickets