Nepal easy win against UAE in opening match of ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2011

nepali captain prithu before toss

Nepal outplayed UAE in its opening match of ACC U-19 Elite Cup at AIT Ground, Bangkok.Nepal one of the strong team in tournament restricted UAE just for 86 with the help of desipined bowling and  good fielding by nepali players. Earlier, Avinash Karn and Krishna Karki picked up a wicket each early to nail down the UAE batsmen who struggled to score.

The spinners continued the disciplined bowling drying up runs and taking wickets frequently. UAE batsmen did not find any room to score and hit the innings’ first boundary in 27th over.

Nepali U-19 team

Rahul Kumar BK picked up three wickets for 18 runs while Krishna, Avinash and Bhuwan Karki claimed two wickets each. Captain Prithu Baskota also took a wicket. Dan DeSuza topscored 21 and SN Ramesh got 14 for UAE.

After restricting UAE in low score Nepali batsman show their way to the chase without any difficulty though Nepal lose  its one batsman Subash Khakurel at . Later Debutant Faizrul Khan scored unbeaten 45  and  made 81 run unbeaten partnership with Sagar Pun(36)  chasing  UAE’s 87 in 16.3 overs. Nepal won the match by nine wicket. After losing Bangladesh in all three matches in bangladesh  Nepal come as strong contender in the tournament.Nepal will now meet  Oman on February 2 in its next match get live score of the match from http://www.cricket.com.np 

In other matches played Defending champions Hong Kong defeated Bahrain by 109 runs at Prem Center. Hong Kong scored 274/9 in 50 overs – thanks to Nizakat Khan’s century and bowled out Bahrain for 165 in 38.1 overs.

Qatar defeated Malaysia by 62 runs after scoring 241/7 and bowling out Malaysia for 179 in 43.4 overs.

The biggest winner of the day were Afghanistan who defeated hosts Thailand by 249 runs. Afghanistan scored 326/8 and bowled out Thailand for 77 in 28 overs.