Another Victory for Nepal against UAE. The match is played on 6 March at Dubai International Stadium between Nepal and UAE. Nepal won the toss and decided to bat first. Proving the Nepali captain’s decision right, Nepal won the match with 42 runs.
First Inning
For Nepal Gyanendra Malla and Aasif Sheikh opened the inning. At the score of 14 Junaid Siddique has given the first breakthrough for UAE. Aasif Sheikh departs with a personal score of 6 runs. Wicket continuously falls in regular intervals. Kushal Malla was looking fine and made 32 runs but he also departs at the team’s score of 59 runs. After DS Airee’s wicket score was 68 for 5 at 17.1 overs. Seeing the game condition and batting form of Sandeep, he is promoted to no.7 and came to bat before Aarif Sheikh. Sandeep did a good job and make a 56 runs crucial partnership with Bhim Sharki. Bhim Sarki betted very well and scored 70 runs then out at the team’s score of 180. Aarif Sheikh also batted nicely and scored 43 not out. With the help of both Bhim’s and Aarif’s inning Nepal got a good total of 229 runs. For UAE Junaid Siddique takes 3 wickets, Rohan Mustafa and Aryan Lakra also get 2-2 wickets, and 1 wicket for Palaniapan Meiyappan.
Second Inning
Sompal Kami bowled a wicket maiden in the first over of the inning. Captain Muhammad Waseem departs for a duck. Asif Khan and Aryan Lakra built the inning and did a partnership of 94 runs. At the twenty-fourth over Aryan Lakra got out after making a half-century. DS Airee takes the wicket of Lakra and gives a breakthrough for Nepal. Aarif Sheikh sends Vriitya Aravind and Sompal sends CP Rizwan back to the pavilion. Then remaining batters did not get to score a double-digit. The UAE team got all out on 187 runs. For UAE Asif Khan played a very good knock of 82 runs but he can’t make win UAE. For Nepal Sompal and Airee gets 3-3 wickets; Karan KC, Sandeep, and Aarif get 1 wicket each.
Another must win match for Nepal against UAE
Summary
Another Victory for Nepal against UAE. With this victory, Nepal’s hope to qualify for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier is alive. Bhim Sharki got the “Player of the Match” award for his match-winning knock. In today’s match, Sandeep seems a little off-color with the bowl but contributed with the bat for Nepal’s win. Nepal must need to win the next 4 matches to qualify for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
