Women's T20 Cricket: Hong Kong defeats Nepal

Kathmandu, May 13: Nepal has been defeated by Hong Kong in the match played today under the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers.     

Hong Kong defeated Nepal by 7 wickets in the match played at the Asian Institute of Technology Ground in Bangkok, Thailand.     

Nepal set a target of 30 runs for victory after the match was reduced to 5 overs each due to rain. But Hong Kong achieved the target in 4.3 overs with the loss of 3 wickets.     

Shanjin Shahzad scored an unbeaten 15 for Hong Kong and Mariko Hill scored 11 runs. For Nepal, Kabita Kunwar took two wickets.     

Earlier, put into bat first after losing the toss, Nepal scored 29 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the stipulated five overs. Samjhana Khadka scored 10 runs for Nepal. Captain Indu Verma scored 9 runs, Rubina Chhetri scored 4 runs, Pooja Mahato scored 3 runs and Kavita Kunwar scored 2 runs.     

For the home team, Alison Siu took 3 wickets.     

Along with Nepal, hosts Thailand, Bhutan, Kuwait, Qatar, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are participating in the tournament.(RSS)