Kathmandu, June 17: Nepal had lost to Bangladesh in its final match of the Group stage under the ICC T20 World Cup cricket tournament.
Bangladesh beat Nepal by 21 runs in
the match played at Arnos Vale Stadium in Vincent, West Indies. With this
match, the equation of Group D in the World Cup has been completed. South
Africa and Bangladesh have reached the second round of the World Cup from the
group.
South Africa has reached the Super
Eight with eight points, while Bangladesh having six points have also reached
the next round.
Nepal, Netherlands and Sri Lanka
have been knocked out of the group stage.
Nepali leg-spinner Sandeep
Lamichhane however has set a new record by taking 100 wickets in his 54th match
of T20 International cricket.
In the match against Bangladesh, he
took two wickets and completed 100 wickets. This is Sandeep's second match in
the ongoing World Cup.
Rashid Khan of Afghanistan has a
record of taking 100 wickets in 53 matches, the lowest in T20
Internationals.
Chasing the target of 107 runs set
by Bangladesh to win, Nepal were bundled out for 85 runs losing all wickets on
19.2 overs.
Kushal Malla top-scored for Nepal
with 27 runs. He scored 27 runs in 40 balls with one four and a six. Dipendra
Singh Airee scored 25 runs off 31 balls with two fours and a six. Apart from
Asif Sheikh, who scored 17 runs off 14 balls with four fours, other players
could not score double digit runs.
Kushal Bhurtel was dismissed for
four runs while Rohit Kumar Poudel and Sandeep Jora were dismissed for one run
each.
Anil Shah, Gulshan Jha, Sompal
Kami, Sandeep Lamichhane and Abhinash Bohora were dismissed for zero.
Tanzim Hasan took four wickets for
Bangladesh to limit Nepal's batting performance. Likewise, Sakib Hasan took two
and Taskin Ahmad one wicket for Bangladesh.
Invited to bat first after losing
toss, Bangladesh had scored 106 runs at the loss of all wickets in 19.3 overs. (RSS)