Kathmandu, Jan 26: Nepal has entered the Super Six under the ICC U-19 World Cup One-Day cricket tournament. Nepal reached the Super Six by defeating Afghanistan by one wicket.
Chasing a target of 146 runs, Nepal completed the target in 44.4 overs with the loss of 9 wickets. Captain Dev Khanal played an emphatic half-century innings for Nepal. He scored 58 runs off 89 balls. Similarly, Deepak Bohora scored 27 runs off 42 balls. Akash Tripathi scored 16 runs, Arjun Kumal scored 10 runs. Similarly, Subash Bhandari remained unbeaten on 9 runs. He hit the winning four.
Before that, Afghanistan won the toss in South Africa’s East London cricket ground and chose to bat first.
AM Ghazanfar contributed the most 37 runs for Afghanistan. He hit four fours and three sixes while playing 21 balls. Similarly, Naseer Khan faced 83 balls and scored 31 runs with three fours. Faridoon Dawoodzai scored 29 runs and Hassan Eisakhil scored 20 runs.
Nepal’s Aakash Chand alone took five wickets on the bowling side. Similarly, Dipesh Kandel took two wickets and Gulsan Jha, Subash Bhandari and Tilak Bhandari took one wicket each.
Earlier, Nepal lost to New Zealand and Pakistan. In the group stage, Afghanistan lost all three games. #Nepal
