Nepal start U19 Asia Cup with a 2 wicket loss against Bangladesh in a rain affected match in Malaysia. Bangladesh chased down a target of 181 runs with 1 ball and 2 wickets to spare.
The match was reduced to 43 overs per side due to rain.Banladesh won the toss and elected to bowl first.Bangladesh was set a revised target of 181 runs to score from 40 overs as Nepal ended on167/6 from 40.1 overs as rain stopped the play.Bhim Sharki was the top scorer for Nepal as he scored 40 ball 44 with 2 fours and 3 sixes. Rohit Kumar Poudel scored 40 runs while opener Aasif Sheikhplayed well for 30 runs. Nayeem Hasan was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh as he finished with the figures of 3-33 from 9 overs.
Bangladesh in reply started well as the openers Pinak Ghosh andNaim Sheikh added 47 runs for the first wicket.Naim Sheikh completed his half century as he got out to Anil Sah scoring 52 runs while Pinak Ghosh scored 24 runs.Afif Hossain scored 33 runs off 39 balls before getting runout by Anil Sah. Kishor Mahato picked of 2 wickets and gave away just 4 runs in the second last over as Bangladesh required 10 runs in the last over. Kamal Singh Airee picked up a wicket in the very first ball of the last over as the equation became 10 runs off 5 balls. Second and fourth ball of the last over went for boundary as Bangladesh completed the victory with 1 balls and 2 wickets to spare.
Match Summary:
Banladesh181-8(Naim Sheikh 52, Afif Hossain 33, Sandeep Lamichhane 2-35)
beat
Nepal 167-6(Bhim Sharki 44, Rohit Poudel 40, Nayeem Hasan 3-33)
by2 wickets (D/L Method)