22 June, Kathmandu. In their first match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Nepal set a target of 107 runs to the Netherlands.
After losing the toss and batting first at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Nepal scored 106 runs after losing all wickets in 19.2 overs.
Nepal, which is playing the T20 World Cup for the second time after a decade, was aiming to get off to a good start in the first match. But Nepal’s batting was not good against the strong team of Associate Cricket, Netherlands.
Captain Rohit Paudel scored the highest 35 runs in 37 balls for Nepal where only four players scored in double figures. He hit 5 fours. After trying to handle the innings from one end, Rohit could not get any momentum.
In the lower order, Karan KC scored 17 runs with the help of 2 sixes playing 12 balls. Gulsan Jha hit 1 six in 15 balls and 14 and Anil Shah added 11 runs in 12 balls with the help of 2 fours.
Sompal Kami, the only player who played for Nepal for the second time in T20 World Cup, was dismissed for zero. Abhinash Bohra, who was dismissed as the last wicket, could not open his account either.
Tim Prinzle and Logan Van Wyk took 3 wickets and Paul Van Meekeren and Bas de Lied took 2 wickets for the Netherlands to bowl out Nepal.
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