ACC U19 Asia Cup Sri Lanka 2019: Nepal Beats UAE By 160 Runs

After two major defeats from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Nepal was able put up a great performance in the match against UAE.

The Nepal U19 team beat UAE by 160 runs in the match held at Katunayake on September 10, 2019.

UAE won the toss and chose to field first.

Nepal’s batting innings opened on a disappointing note when opening batsmen Rit Gautam and Pawan Sarraf were bowled out without scoring any runs.

However, Nepal’s hopes were revived when Asif Sheikh made a decent 45 runs off 53 balls.

Soon after, some terrific strokes from skipper Rohit Kumar Paudel helped Nepal recover completely from their initial losses. Paudel emerged the highest scorer in the Nepali team with 67 runs from 84 balls. During his stint, he scored 9 fours and 1 sixer.

Paudel’s contribution was then backed by S Jhora’s 48 runs, Rashid Khan’s 44 off 44 balls and KS Airee’s 41 runs.

In the bowling side, S Dhakal was the highest wicket-taker who picked 3 UAE wickets. Besides Dhakal, Sarraf, Surya Tamang and Rashid Khan picked two opponent wickets each.

On the other hand, UAE began its innings on a slightly better note but failed to maintain pace as the match progressed.

The team succumbed to pressure from the Nepali team and was bowled all out at 125 runs in the 33th over. V Aravind was the highest scorer in the UAE team with 28 runs off 34 balls.

On the bowling side, Akasha Tahir and S Sharma were the highest wicket-takers, who picked 3 Nepali wickets, each.

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Match Updates

Toss: UAE won the toss and will bowl first!

Nepal Under-19s – 285/9  (50 Overs)

• Rohit Paudel – 67 Out (84 balls)
• Sandeep Jhora – 48 Out (53 balls)
• Rashid Khan – 44 Out (44 balls)
• KS Airee – 41 Out (26 balls)
• Asif Sheikh – 46 Out
• Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rit Gautam, 0.1 ov), 2-8 (Pawan Sarraf, 3.5 ov), 3-79 (Asif Sheikh, 18.2 ov), 4-164 (Rohit Paudel, 32.4 ov), 5-165 (Bhim Sharki, 33.1 ov), 6-181 (Sandeep Jhora, 36.1 ov), 7-206 (Kushal Malla, 40.6 ov), 8-276 (Kamal Singh, 49.1 ov), 9-282 (Rashid Khan, 49.3 ov)

UAE Under-19s – 125/10  (33.2 Overs)

• Alishan Sharafu – 13* (17 balls)
• Ansh Tandon – 12 Out
• Niel Lobo – 5 Out
• Syed Haider – 15 Out
• Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Niel Lobo, 8.5 ov), 2-48 (Syed Haider, 12.6 ov), 3-60 (Vriitya Aravind, 17.4 ov), 4-73 (Ansh Tandon, 19.5 ov)
• Nepal U19 won by 160 runs
• Player Of The Match: Rohit Paudel (Nepal)

Nepal (U19) Playing XI:
Rohit Kumar Paudel (C), Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Sagar Dhakal , Asif Sheikh, Kamal Singh Airee, Rit Gautam, Pawan Sarraf, Rasid Khan, Surya Tamang, Sundeep Jora

UAE (U19) Playing XI:
Karthik Meiyappan (C), Syed Haider, Niel Lobo, Vriitya Aravind (WK), Ansh Tandon, Alishan Sharafu, Osama Hassan, Muhammad Farazuddin, Sanchit Sharma, Akasha Tahir, Rishabh Mukherjee

Asia Youth/Under-19s Cup Table – 2019