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Nepal have entered the final of ACC Men's U-16 East Zone Cup defeating Malaysia by nine wickets on Thursday.

In the semi-final match held at Selangor Turf Club, Malaysia, today, Nepal achieved the 91-run victory target at the loss of one wicket in 11.4 overs. 

For Nepal's victory, Parimarjan Yadav contributed the highest 59, including five boundaries and five sixes.  Similarly, Shiwansh Bajgain scored 23 runs (not out).

For Malaysia, Nagin Sathnakumaran took one wicket.

Earlier, elected to bat first after losing the toss, Malaysia were limited to 90 runs in 43.1 overs. 

Malaysia's Muhammad Fathul Fatri gathered the highest 38 runs while Captain Deeaz Patro scored 10 runs. Other players except the two could not made double digit runs.

Nepal's Abhay Yadav took four wickets while Shubham Khanal sent three batsmen to the pavilion.

Similarly, Captain Bipin Prasad Khanal and Sachin Bhatta took one wicket each.

With today's victory, Nepal would face the second team reaching the semi-final for the title. Hong Kong and Singapore are playing for the second semi-final match.

Nepal, the Group 'A' winner and Malaysia, the runner-up of Group 'B', had reached the semi-final.

Earlier, Nepal had won all four matches they played under the group stage. They defeated Singapore, Japan, Indonesia and Bhutan.

Nepal had clinched the title of last year's series by defeating Malaysia.

England were held up by India captain Shubman Gill's patient century as their bowlers fought admirably on day one of the second Test at Edgbaston, BBC reported.

After captain Ben Stokes opted to bowl first again, his bowlers battled against Gill's calmness and another flat pitch to limit India to 310-5 at the close.

Chris Woakes bowled KL Rahul off the inside edge in a fine new-ball spell and Brydon Carse found extra bounce to have Karun Nair caught at slip for 31 shortly before lunch.

But opener Yashasvi Jaiswal complied an elegant 87 and after he was caught behind off Stokes, Rishabh Pant put on 47 with Gill as the new-ball zip faded in the Birmingham sunshine.

England hung in, however, and Pant's patience broke after tea when he hit Shoaib Bashir to long-on for 25. Nitish Kumar Reddy was bowled shouldering arms to Woakes in the next over, according to BBC.

That left India at risk of collapse but Gill remained unflustered and reached three figures for the second match in a row in 199 deliveries. He put on 99 with Ravindra Jadeja to see out the final 90 minutes of play.

Nepal defeated Bhutan by 298 runs in the final group match held today under ACC Men's U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup. 

Winning the toss, Nepal decided to bat first in the match held at Selangor Turf Club Ground in Malaysia and scored 358 runs at the loss of five wickets in the allotted 50 overs. 

For Nepal, Raunak Shrivastava scored highest 168 runs off 132 balls. Similarly, Joy Thapa made 61 runs (not out), Shivans Bajgain 54 runs and Sugam Budhathoki 35 runs. 

For the bowling side, Sangay Dorji of Bhutan took three wickets while Tenzin Loday claimed one wicket.

Chasing the target of 359 runs posted by Nepal, Bhutan mustered only  60 runs by losing nine wickets in 32.4 overs.  

For Bhutan, Tshezang Dawa scored 14 runs and Ugyan Chophel 10 runs.

For Nepali bowling side, Captain Bipin Prasad Sharma took four wickets while Sachin Bhatta and Suyog Bhattarai claimed two wickets each. 

Nepal entered the semi-final remaining on the top of Group 'A' winning all four matches. 

Nepal will play the semi-final against host Malaysia on 

 Thursday.

Chelsea beat 10-man Benfica thanks to three late extra-time goals in an extraordinary Club World Cup last-16 match that lasted more than four hours and included a near two-hour delay for extreme weather, BBC reported.

Goals from Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in the second half of extra time in Charlotte, North Carolina eventually saw Chelsea through to the quarter-finals. 

The Premier League side had been heading for an uneventful victory, with Reece James' brilliant near-post free-kick in the 64th minute looking like the winner.

However, with just four minutes left, players were taken off the pitch due to thunderstorms in the area and, when the teams eventually returned after nearly two hours, Benfica scored with their first shot on target to take the game into extra time, according to BBC.

Angel di Maria, playing his final game for Benfica, converted from the penalty spot in the 94th minute after a Chelsea handball to make it 1-1.