Nepal sets target of 185 runs for Netherlands

Kathmandu: Nepal has given a target of 185 runs to the Netherlands in the ongoing final match of the Tri-Nations T20I series.

Nepal won the toss and chose to bat first in the T.U. International Cricket Stadium. Nepal scored 184 runs in 20 overs with a loss of 8 wickets.

Opener Aasif Sheikh scored 47 out of 37 balls by smashing one boundary and 3 sixes. Gulshan Jha scored 34 out of 25 balls hitting 3 sixes. Kushal Malla contributed 26 runs out of 11 balls. Kushal hit 3 sixes in a single over.

Kushal Bhurtel scored 20 runs. Karan KC scored 9 and Dipendra Singh Airee 1 run for the team. Aarif Sheikh became the victim of the duckout. Sompal Kami and Pratis GC were unbeaten at 6 runs.

Sybrand Engelbrecht, Michael Levitt, Timm van der Gugten, and Fred Klassen took 2-2 wickets for the Netherlands.