{"id":18293,"date":"2019-04-15T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T06:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/?p=18293"},"modified":"2019-05-15T12:42:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T07:12:27","slug":"icc-u19-cricket-world-cup-qualifier-asia-2019-nepal-won-by-8-wickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepalisansar.com\/sports\/icc-u19-cricket-world-cup-qualifier-asia-2019-nepal-won-by-8-wickets\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Asia 2019: Nepal Fails to Qualify!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Here comes an interesting update about Nepal\u2019s national U-19 cricket team for ICC U19 World Cup Qualifier Asia 2019!<\/p>\n
Despite four wins against Malaysia, Oman, Singapore and Kuwait, Nepal failed to see the expected success in the ICC U19 Qualifier tournament. The team lost the chance to enter the ICC World Cup Cricket 2020 after its failure in a match against UAE on April 13, 2019.<\/p>\n
UAE won all the five matches and will now move to the main ICC U19 World Cup event!<\/p>\n
Here are some highlights about Nepal U19 Team\u2019s performance in the tournament:<\/strong><\/p>\n
Nepal Vs Kuwait Match-5: Nepal Won by 8 Wickets\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Match 5 of the tournament saw an intense fight between Nepal and Kuwait teams.<\/p>\n
The match began with Nepalis winning the toss and choosing to field first.<\/p>\n
Kuwait team stepped in to bat and made a slow start. Driven by Noman Budroo\u2019s 70-run score and single-digit scores by many others, the team managed to score 157 runs in 49.4 overs for the loss of all wickets.<\/p>\n
RK Paudel, followed Nepali bowlers Rashid Khan, Surya Tamang and Kushal Malla, was the highest wicket-taker from Nepali bowling side.<\/p>\n
Then Nepalis began their batting innings in a massive way and did not take much time to finish the set target. Gautam began his batting high on confidence and scored 62 runs in 84 balls.\u00a0Next in the order, Sarraf also exhibited his outstanding performance by with 53-run score in 61 balls.<\/p>\n
Aasif Sheikh continued the spirit and scored 33 runs in 20 balls. In partnership with Jora, he drove the team to the winning streak.\u00a0 Nepali batsmen finished their target within 28 overs for the loss of just 2 wickets at 5.71 run rate.<\/p>\n
Kuwait Vs Nepal – Match Summary<\/p><\/div>\n
Gautam grabbed the \u2018Player of the Match\u2019 title!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Man of the Match – Rit Gautam, Nepal<\/p><\/div>\n
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Nepal Vs Oman: Match-4: Nepal Wins by 150 Runs<\/strong><\/h4>\n
The Match-4 of the ICC U19 tournament saw Nepal and Oman facing each other. Oman won the toss and chose to field first.<\/p>\n
Nepali team stepped in to bat with Gautam and Sarraf as openers. Openers made a slow start scoring 10 runs and 5 runs, respectively. Then came Basnet, who also scored just 15 runs.<\/p>\n
Next, in the order, Paudel stood as the game-changer by scoring 75 runs in 81 balls, giving the major boost to the team\u2019s scorecard.<\/p>\n
Next to Paudel stood Pratis as the second highest scorer with 41 runs in 23 balls, followed by Sharki with 39 runs in 43 balls.<\/p>\n
At the end of the innings, the Nepali team scored 229 runs in 43.2 overs, at a 5.28 run rate, for the loss of all wickets.<\/p>\n
Then stepped in Oman team making a slow start. Despite sincere attempts, the team had a tough time facing Nepali bowlers. Starting with openers, all the team members made only single-digit scores finally falling short of the target. The team was all-out for 79 runs!<\/p>\n
U19CWC Qualifier Asia 2019: Nepal Vs Oman match summary<\/p><\/div>\n
Sarraf stood as the highest wicket taker of the match with 3 wickets, followed by Pratis GC (2) and Surya Tamang (2), among others.<\/p>\n
Rohit Paudel was announced \u2018Player of the Match\u2019!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Nepal Vs Malaysia: Match 3 \u2013 Nepal Won by 8 Wickets<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Continuing the winning streak, Nepal won their third match in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Asia 2019<\/em> against Malaysia. Nepal beat Malaysian U19 team by 8 wickets in just 13 overs!<\/p>\n
The winning team initially won the toss and elected to field first.<\/p>\n
Aslam Khan and Wan Amirul opened the match for the Malaysian team but to no avail. Khan was bowled at the very third ball of the match owing to a joint runout from HB Chauhan and KS Airee. On the other hand, Amirul made just 7 runs from 17 deliveries.<\/p>\n
Nepal player Mahamad Asif Sheikh – ICC Cricket 2019<\/p><\/div>\n
The game continued on a slump until Iezzat Daniel Fiqry came by and single-handedly gave the team 37 runs off 55 deliveries. Finally, Malaysia wound up the game with a total of 92 runs at 33.5 overs.<\/p>\n
Nepali bowlers Pawan Sarraf and Kushal Malla remained the highest wicket-takers, claiming \u2018six\u2019 Malaysian wickets (three each).<\/p>\n
Then came Nepal\u2019s turn. The team began the batting innings with Rit Gautam and Sarraf, who registered a whopping 58 runs to Nepal\u2019s credit.<\/p>\n
Nepal’s Rit Gautam in ICC U19 CWC Asia Qualifier<\/p><\/div>\n
Next in line, Aasif Sheik and Captain Rohit Kumar Paudel registered 26 and 6 runs, respectively. wrapped up its game with 95 runs in 13 out of 50 overs.<\/p>\n
U19CWC Qualifier Asia: Malaysia Vs Nepal – Match Summary<\/p><\/div>\n
Nepal not only made a strong defense but also displayed a splendid batting performance throughout the match.<\/p>\n
Nepal\u2019s Pawan Sarraf was again named \u2018Player of the Match\u2019. Congratulations once again Team Nepal!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Stay tuned for more interesting updates on the ICC U19 World Cup Qualifier Asia 2019!<\/p>\n
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Nepal Vs Singapore: Match 1 \u2013 Nepal Wins By 217 runs<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Nepal makes a winning start in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Asia 2019! The Nepal U19 team met Singapore for its first match for the Asia Qualifier at Kuala Lumpur on April 12, 2019.<\/p>\n
Singapore won the toss and elected to field first.<\/p>\n
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Nepal Opening batsmen Rit Gautam and P Sarraf registered 1 and 47 runs respectively, giving Nepal a decent start. Doubling Sarraf\u2019s score and becoming the highest scorer in the team, Paudel then made a contribution of 95 runs for his team.<\/p>\n
Besides these players, B Sharki\u2019s 26 runs, KS Airee\u2019s 31 runs and Rashid Khan\u2019s 48 runs helped the team wind up their first Asia Qualifier match with a magnificent 282 runs in 46 overs.<\/p>\n
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Then came Singapore\u2019s turn. The team\u2019s batting line began with SH Venugopal and A Chabria registering a score of 18 and 2 runs, respectively.<\/p>\n
However, Chabria\u2019s stint ended with a partnered run out by Rashid Khan and Kushal Malla.<\/p>\n
Besides I Sawney (28) and Venugopal (18), all the other players were able to make single digit runs. Thanks to Nepal\u2019s strong line of defense on the field!<\/p>\n
In all, Singapore was able to make a total of just 65 runs after losing all wickets in 31 overs.<\/p>\n
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Nepal\u2019s Pawan Sarraf was named \u2018Player of the Match\u2019.<\/p>\n
Pawan Sarraf, Nepal – Nepal U19 Vs Singapore U19<\/p><\/div>\n
Congratulations Team Nepal!<\/strong><\/p>\n
Hope the young lads keep up their good work and lead Nepal to the U19 World Cup Trophy.<\/p>\n
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Background<\/h3>\n
Nepal has finally announced a 14-men squad part of its U-19 team for the tournament scheduled to be held in Malaysia during April 10-18, 2019.<\/p>\n
As per the announcement on April 02, 2019, the team has roped in some experienced players from the senior national cricket team who played in UAE tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n