Nepal crash out of semis

Nov 18, 2017-Nepal's tall tale travel in the ACC U-19 Asia Cup finished in the semi-finals after the group by and by surrendered to Afghanistan by seven wickets at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.

Nepal were relied upon to put some battle subsequent to beating Test goliaths India and practically staggering Bangladesh. In any case, offspinner Mujeeb Zadran managed a sledge blow devastating the best and center request as Nepal were packaged out for 103 keeps running in 28 overs. Afghanistan dashed to triumph in 20.3 overs.

The match was ended for over a hour because of rain with Afghanistan 94-1 out of 18 overs. After resumption, Nepal had some comfort getting the wickets of set opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ikram Ali Khil. Darwish Rasool finished the custom hitting two sixes in the 21st over knocked down some pins by Shahab Alam.

Gurbaz and Khil (18) shared 71 keeps running for the second wicket and the previous played fluidly making 71 from 65 balls with nine limits and two sixes. Leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane, who evacuated Gurbaz, got one wicket as did Kamal Singh Airee and Pawan Sarraf. Nepal mentor Binod Das was left down and out after the group collided with third enormous annihilation under Das. "We were very much aware of their spinners and had arranged in like manner. Be that as it may, losing the two openers right off the bat didn't give us a chance to settle in the amusement," said Das.

Tall spinner Zadran left Nepal dumbfounded after he expelled openers Aasif Sheik (duck) and Jitendra Singh Thakuri (one) in the second and fourth finished. Anil Sah and captain Dipendra Singh Airee (six) offered a concise protection before Zadran rocked the bowling alley the last mentioned. Nepal soon lost Rohit Kumar Paudel (four) in the twelfth over with the scores perusing 41-4.

The greatest association of the day originated from Sah and Bhim Sharki (6) with the twosome including 30 for the fifth wicket. Be that as it may, Afghanistan recovered control of the amusement after an appalling mistake prompted the come up short on Sharki. Sarraf (8) was by go, losing his wicket to Qais Ahamad Kamawal. Sah finished his 50 years however Zadran returned for his second spell and expelled Nepal's best scorer.

In a great batting show, Sah made 50 from 57 balls with seven limits and the main six in Nepali innings. But Sah, none other Nepali batsmen figured out how to make keeps running in twofold figures. "There was nobody from the center request to help Anil at the wrinkle. With wickets tumbling at the flip side, Anil himself went under weight and lost his wicket. With a low aggregate to safeguard, there was not really any space for our bowlers," included Das.

Afghanistan will now play their first since forever U-19 Asia Cup last when they go up against Pakistan at the Kinrara on Sunday. Afghanistan mentor Andy Moles was a fulfilled man. "We gave our best execution today. We have been doing in this competition. We had a few designs in the wake of winning the hurl and they were executed superbly. Nepal were additionally playing great cricket in this competition, so we expected to pull up the apparatus," said Moles.

Outline

Afghanistan 108-3 out of 20.3 overs (R Gurbaz 71, IA Khil 18; S Lamichhane 1-22, P Sarraf 1-2) beat Nepal 103 hard and fast in 28 overs (A Sah 50, P Sarraf 8; MR Zadran 6-28, QA Kamawal 2-23) by seven wickets

Man-of-the-coordinate: MR Zadran (AFG)

Distributed: 18-11-2017 08:59