ICC U-19 Asia Cup : Pakistan defeats Nepal by 7 wickets

Kathmandu: Nepal has lost the match against Pakistan in the ICC U-19 Asia Cup.

Pakistan defeated Nepal by 7 wickets in ICC Academy Ground, Dubai on Friday. Nepal failed to present impactful balling against Pakistan.

Pakistan completed the target of 153 runs in 26.2 overs losing 3 wickets. The partnership of 108 runs in 107 balls by Saad Baig and Azwan Awais became expensive for the Nepali balling side. Awais scored 56 and Saad Baig 50 runs for the victory of Pakistan. Mohammad Zeeshan was unbeaten at 20 runs.

Nepal’s bowler Gulshan Jha took 2 wickets and Akash Tripati 1 wicket for Nepal.

In the first innings, Nepal opted to bat first, as Pakistan chose to bowl after winning the toss. Nepal was all out in 47.2 runs with 152 runs on the board.

Uttam Magar scored a half-century for a decent score. He scored 51 runs out of the 76 balls. During this, he smashed 2 sixes and 3 boundaries.

The batting lineup of Nepal came under pressure after losing 5 wickets at the end of 16 overs. Uttam and Dipesh Kandel completed a partnership of 68 runs out of 100 balls for Nepal.

Dipesh contributed 31, Arjun Kumal 21, Subash Bhandari was(8 unbeaten ),5 players failed to score double digit runs. Captain Dev Khanal and Bipin Rawal failed to add even a single score.

Mohammad Zeeshan took 6 wickets, Amir Hassan 2, Ubaid Shah and Arafat Minhas 1-1 wickets for Pakistan.