Asian Games: Nepal advances to quarterfinal, Abinash takes 6 wickets to defeat Maldives by 138 runs

Kathmandu: Nepal has defeated Maldives by 138 runs in the Asian Games.

Nepal had posted a target of 213 runs to Maldives. But, Nepal succeeded in packing Maldives, with only 74 runs, in 19.4 overs.

Earlier, Nepal opted to bat first after winning a toss where they scored 212 runs losing 7 wickets in
20 overs. Captain Rohit Poudel contributed 52 runs over 27 balls and Kushal Malla was unbeaten
at 47 runs from 20 balls.

Likewise Kushal Burtel and Gulsan Jha contributed 35-35 runs , Binod Bhandari 16 , Sandeep
Jora 5, Dipendra Singh Airee and Ashif Sheikh added 6-6 runs.

Nepali Bowlers were the reason for the victory over Maldives. Aninash Bohora took 6 wickets of Maldives. Sompal Kami, Sandeep Lamichhane, Gulsan Jha and Kushal Bhurtel took 1 -1 wicktes. With this, Nepal has reached quarter final.

In the first match, Nepal had defeated Mongolia by 273 runs in the first match. Maldives had defeated Mongolia by 9 wickets on their first match in the tournament.