Sandeep Lamichhane Stars As Nepal Beat Papua New Guinea By means of 2 Wickets

Nepal registered their first ODI win over Papua New Guinea as they gained the primary fit of the two-game sequence by means of two wickets. Spinner Sandeep Lamichhane took 4 wickets and Rohit Poudel produced a high-quality efficiency with the bat. Nepal’s center order faltered whilst chasing the objective of 135 runs. Kushal Bhurtel and Ashif Sheikh shared a 46-run opening partnership however after the wickets saved falling, Nepal’s outdated batting drawback got here to the outside once more. Poudel scored 41 runs to guide Nepal to victory. Opting to bat after successful the toss at Al Amerat Cricket Flooring in Oman, PNG had been all out for 134 in 33 overs.

Charles Amini top-scorer along with his 23 runs. Gaudi Toka scored 22 runs, wicketkeeper Kiplin Doriga were given 15 runs and Sese Bau added 14 runs to PNG’s general. Chad Soper remained unbeaten on 17 runs. Whilst Pokna added one run, Jason Kila and Damien Rabhu may no longer even open their accounts.

For Nepal, Sandeep Lamichhane took 4 wickets whilst Bikram Sob and Kushal Malla took two wickets each and every. Sompal Kami took one wicket.

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PNG had suffered defeat within the One Day Global (ODI) fit in opposition to the USA on Monday.

Nepal has confronted PNG 4 occasions in 50-over suits to this point. 3 suits had been gained by means of Papua New Guinea and one by means of Nepal. The 2 groups met for the primary time within the 2005 Global Cup qualifiers.