Nepal defeat Malaysia by 10 wickets

Nepal thrashed Malaysia by 10 wickets in a match played today under the ICC U-19 Men's World Cup Asia Qualifiers tournament underway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With this victory, Nepal registered the fourth consecutive win in this tournament. Before this, Nepal defeated Singapore, Kuwait and Hong Kong. In the match played at the Maleka Cricket Stadium in UAE today, Nepal achieved the 73-run target in nine overs without losing any wickets. Nepal's both openers were not out. Deepak Bohara scored 38 runs while Arjun Kumal made 21 runs.

Malaysia, who won the toss and elected to bat first, scored 72 runs in 35.3 overs, losing all wickets.

Akram Malek made 26 runs while Mohammad Harrison and Mohammad Syahir Syamil scored 12 runs each. Deepesh Kadel of Nepal took four wickets while Akash Chand claimed Malaysian Similarly, Milan Bohara and Subash Bhandari took two and one wickets respectively. Nepal will play their last match against the UAE on March 2. Along with Nepal, Singapore, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the hosts UAE are taking part in the tournament. The winner of this tournament being held on the Round-Robin basis will qualify for the U-19 World Cup Championship to be held in Sri Lanka in 2024.