ICC T20 World Cup Cricket: Nepal lost match against Netherlands by 6 wickets

Kathmandu: Nepal has lost its first match against the Netherlands in the ICC T20 Men’s World Cup Cricket tournament.

Nepal lost the match against the Netherlands by 6 wickets at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, USA on Wednesday morning.

The Netherlands succeeded in chasing the target of 107 runs in 18.4 overs at the loss of four wickets.

Max O’Dowd scored an unbeaten 54 runs for the Netherlands. He hit a six and four fours off 48-ball inning. Sompal Kami, Dipendra Singh Airee, and Avinash Bohara took one wicket each for Nepal.

In the first innings, Nepal was packed up in 19.2 overs and scored only 106 runs on the board.

Captain Rohit Kumar Poudel scored 35 runs for Nepal. He scored five boundaries in his 37-ball innings.

Karan KC scored 17 runs in 12 balls. Gulshan Jha scored 14 runs and Anil Sah scored 11 runs. The rest of the players failed to reach double-digit runs.

Tim Pringle and Logan van Beek took three wickets each. Now, Nepal will play its second match against Sri Lanka in Florida, the US on the 11th of June.