ACC Men’s Premier Cup: Nepal defeat Malaysia by six wickets
Nepal defeated Malaysia by six wickets in ACC Men's Premier Cup held in Malaysia on Thursday, securing their second consecutive victory in the tournament.
In today's match, Malaysia posted a 104-run victory target before Nepal.
In response, Nepal chased the target in 21.4 overs at the loss of four wickets.
For Nepal, Arjun Kumal gathered highest 45 runs (not out) off 68 balls while Ishan Pandey, Dipendra Singh Airee and Rohit Kumar Paudel made 20 runs, 12 runs and 10 runs respectively.
Towards bowling, Sayed Aziz, Virandeep Singh, Prashant Madhukar and Arif Ullah of Malaysia took one wicket each.
Earlier, chose to bat first after winning the toss, Malaysia were limited to 103 runs in 32.3 overs losing all wickets.
Malaysian captain Sayed Aziz scored the highest 30 runs off 49 balls while Akil Wahid, Virendeep Singh and Syahadat Ramli scored 24 runs, 14 runs and 13 runs respectively.
Similarly, other Malaysian batters could not score in double digits.
Karan KC took four wickets, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi two wickets while Hemant Dhami, Dipendra Singh Airee and Sandeep Lamichhane took one wicket each for Nepal.
Nepal will play their third match against Saudi Arabia on September 6.
Earlier, Nepal had defeated Bahrain in the first match.
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