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Nepal clinched the title of ACC Men's U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup. 

In the final match held at UKM Oval Cricket ground of Malaysia today, Nepal defeated Singapore by two wickets and won the title. 

Chasing the 114-run victory target posted by Singapore, Nepal made it in 29 overs losing eight wickets. 

For Nepal, Joy Thapa and Abhay Yadav contributed 24 runs, Shiwansh Bajgai 20 runs, Shubham Khanal 18 runs, Prasiddha Joshi 17 runs and Abhay 10 runs respectively. 

Kapish Venkatraman of Singapore took four wickets while Yuvaan Pandey claimed two wickets, Vedansh Gupta and Akash Teja took one wicket each. 

Earlier, winning the toss, Singapore chose to bat first. Singapore were  limited to 113 runs in 40.5 overs losing all wickets. 

Rohan Austin scored the highest 23 runs for Singapore while Riaan Naik made 15 runs, Vedansh Gupta 12 runs and Akash Teja 10 runs.  

Other batters of Singapore except them failed to score in double digit. 

Nepal's Abhay Yadab and Sushil Bahadur Rawal took three wickets each while Shubham Khanal claimed two wickets and Captain Bipin Prasad Sharma took one wicket. 

Nepali will take on Singapore in the final match of ACC Men's U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup. 

The final match will be held at 7:45 am Saturday. 

Nepal secured their place for the final match of the championship defeating Malaysia by nine wickets in the semi-final held earlier today. 

Nepal chased the 91-run victory target in just 11.4 overs. 

Similarly, defeating Hong Kong by four wickets in another round of semi-final match today itself, Singapore made their place for the final. 

Chasing the target of 169 runs posted by Hong Kong, Singapore completed it in 38.5 overs losing six wickets.  

Earlier, Nepal had defeated Singapore by six wickets in a group-wise match.

Nepal are the defending champion of the series. 

They had clinched the title of the championship by defeating Malaysia in 2023 BS. 

Nepal, Singapore, Indonesia, Bhutan, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Maldives, Thailand and Myanmar had participated in the ongoing championship organized by the Asian Cricket Council. 

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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.