Nepal batting collapse hands PNG T20I series trophy
Chasing 172, the Rhinos are bundled out for 85 runs—their fifth-lowest T20I total.
Chasing 172, the Rhinos are bundled out for 85 runs—their fifth-lowest T20I total.
Tony Ura smashes half-century as PNG amass 171-run total in the stipulated 20 overs. Kushal Bhurtel and Akash Chand claim three wickets each.
Kushal Bhurtel smashed 59 runs off 39 balls to bring up his eighth T20I fifty, also becoming the second Nepali batter to cross the 1000-run mark in the T20Is.
Chasing 213, the Rhinos manage only 139 after losing last eight wickets adding just 22.
The Rhinos suffer a four-wicket defeat after the Dutch chase down 185-run target in 19.3 overs in a pulsating final at Kirtipur.
The Dutch team booked the final spot after rain washed away their match against Namibia.
A brilliant bowling from KC, GC and Malla restrict the Dutch to 120 all out before Paudel and Jha chase down the target with 86-run stand.
The Namibians were chasing 181 and needed 12 runs off the last over but Karan KC delivered an exceptional final over, conceding only eight runs to restrict the tourists to 177-7.
Kushal Malla plays an unbeaten 55-run knock as Rhinos post a commendable score against the visitors.
Despite half-centuries from skipper Rohit Paudel (50 off 36 balls) and Dipendra Singh Airee (63 off 34 balls), the Rhinos fail to chase down 185-run target, suffering a two-run defeat in Kirtipur—their second straight loss of the series.
Michael Levitt cracks a half-century, firing five boundaries and three sixes, helping the visitors amass a decent total of 184 runs at a loss of four wickets.
Namibian Loftie-Eaton cracks 11 fours and eight sixes to reach his hundred-run milestone off just 33 balls at the TU Cricket Ground during the Nepal Tri-National Series, eclipsing Nepal’s Kushal Malla’s record by one ball.
Loftie-Eaton breaks the record for the fastest century in the format as the visitors put 206 on the scoreboard.
Hosts Rhinos lose against the Netherlands by eight wickets to suffer their third defeat in four matches.
Kushal Bhurtel, who scored 66 runs, was the only stand-out batter for Nepal.
Rohit Paudel’s Rhinos succumb to a two-wicket defeat at the TU Cricket Ground—their second loss against Gerhard Erasmus’s men in the Nepal Tri-series of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 (2024-2027).
Aasif Sheikh cracks a half century helping the Rhinos put 168 on the scoreboard before being bundled out in 37.1 overs.
Kushal Bhurtel takes 4-20 to restrict the Dutch to 137 all out before Anil Sah and Aasif Sheikh smash unbeaten fifties to complete the chase in 15.2 overs during the Nepal tri-series of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.
Indu Barma’s team lose their semi-final match to hosts Malaysia by four wickets.
The two tournament finalists to qualify for the T20 Asia Cup set to take place in September this year.