Nepal women lose to Pakistan
Nepal suffered a heavy nine-wicket defeat towards Pakistan of their second Group A match of the ACC Ladies’s T20 Asia Cup in Dambulla, Sri Lanka on Sunday.
Chasing 109, the Pakistanis achieved the goal in simply 11.5 overs driving on a 105-run opening stand from half-centurian Gull Feroza and Muneeba Ali.
Nepal had made a dream begin within the event, defeating the United Arab Emirates by six wickets on Friday to register their maiden Asia Cup win in three appearances. An upset win towards the Pakistanis would have secured them a spot within the semi-finals.
Nepal posted 108-6 from their 20 overs after being invited to bat first.
However the Nepali bowlers may not likely bother two-time Asia Cup runners-up Pakistan, who raced previous 50 within the powerplay and made the win fast.
Pakistan had been in a must-win state of affairs after struggling a seven-wicket loss towards defending champions India of their opening sport.
Feroza began the innings fluently and by no means stopped, reaching her maiden half-century off simply 30 balls.
Ali was sluggish within the begin however quickly smoothened her innings with some massive strikes and stayed till the top remaining unbeaten on 46 runs off 34 balls.
Nepal was lastly capable of finding a wicket when Kabita Kunwar caught Feroza within the second ball of the twelfth over. However the wicket got here too late.
Feroza completed her innings with 57 runs off 35 balls.
The NRR boosting win additionally lifted Pakistan as much as second place in Group A. Pakistan subsequent face the UAE on Tuesday.
Earlier, Samjhana Khadka, contemporary from her match-winning 45-ball 72 towards the UAE, opened the innings for a second time and smashed Fatima Sana for a 4 within the fourth ball however was out within the subsequent ball after Nashra Sandhu dismissed her with a easy catch within the midwicket.
Khadka’s opening associate Sita Rana Magar and Kabita Kunwar added 26 for the second wicket to construct the innings.
However Spinner Saida Iqbal hit again exhausting within the fifth over to take away Kunwar for 13 and bowled skipper Indu Barma for a duck, within the house of three balls, which slowed down Nepal’s tempo.
Rubina Chhetri was lastly in a position to acquire a boundary within the ninth over however was run out two deliveries later, leaving Nepal reeling at 40-4.
Rana Magar then added 25 runs with Puja Mahato for the fifth wicket as Nepal limped to 65-4 after 13 overs.
Nepal quickly discovered themselves 5 wickets down after Tuba Hassan and Ali mixed to expire Rana Magar.
However Puja Mahato and Kabita Joshi placed on a 34-run stand for the sixth wicket to take Nepal previous 100 whole.
Mahato made 25 runs off 32 balls, whereas Joshi was not out on 31 off 23 balls.
“We tried our greatest to play good cricket. Pakistan is an excellent workforce, however we couldn’t execute our plans,” Nepal captain Barma mentioned after the loss.
Pakistan captain Nida Dar was stuffed with reward for Feroza and Ali.
“We batted and bowled nicely and we must always take this win ahead. An ideal mixture of Muneeba and Feroza on the prime. Plenty of positives as a result of they took the momentum
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