Nepal thump Malaysia by five wickets to clinch Women's T20I Series
Nepal defeated Malaysia to clinch Women's Twenty20 International Series cricket on Wednesday.
Nepal won the series defeating Malaysia by five wickets in the fifth and decisive match held at Bayuemas Oval Cricket Ground of Malaysia this morning.
With this victory, Nepal won the five-match series by 3-2 against Malaysia.
Nepal achieved the target of 104-run posted by Malaysia in 18 overs at the loss of five wickets.
For Nepal, Rubi Poddar scored 26 runs, Puja Mahato 23 runs, Rubina Chhetri 15 runs (not out) and Samjhana Khadka 13 runs.
Ainna Hamizah, Nur Dania Syuhada, Aisya Eleesa Erni Firdaus and Nur Alya of Malaysia took one wicket each.
Earlier, choosing to bat first after winning the toss, Malaysia gathered 103 runs in 20 overs at the loss of seven wickets.
Winifred scored the highest 40 runs for Malaysia while Mahira Izzati Ismail made 19 runs, Ainna Hamizah 15 runs and Nur Dania Syuhada 11 runs.
Similarly, Kabita Kunwar and Rajmati Airee took three wickets each and Rachana Chaudhary claimed one wicket.
ICC T20: Nepal to take on Kuwait today
The Nepali national cricket team is taking on Kuwait today under the ICC T20 World Cup and East Asia Pacific Regional Qualifier with the target to participate in the T20 World Cup third time.
The Nepal-Kuwait match under the tournament beginning today in Oman will be held at 8.45 pm Nepali time.
Earlier, Nepal had participated in the 2014 and 2024 world cups.
Nepal are in Group 'B' in the ICC T20 World Cup Asia and East Asia-Pacific Qualifier with Kuwait and Japan.
Nine teams are participating in the tournament. The participating teams have been divided into three groups.
Group 'A' consists of Malaysia, Qatar and UAE, while Group 'C' includes Oman, Papua New Guinea and Samoa Islands.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Six.
The Nepali team comprises captain Rohit Paudel, vice-captain Dipendra Singh Airee, Kushal Bhurtel, Lokesh Bam, Kushal Malla, Asif Sheikh, Adil Alam, Karan KC, Nandan Yadav, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sandeep Jora, Arif Sheikh, Lalit Narayan Rajbamshi, Gulshan Jha and Sompal Kami.
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"After years of incredible memories, I'll be finishing my career at the end of this season. I'm more than grateful for my family, for all my teammates, coaches, teams, staff members, supporters and friends that have helped me along this journey," the Crew captain shared on social media, according to Reuters.
