Nepal Defeats Canada by Six Wickets in T20 World Cup Warm-up Match

Chennai. Nepal defeated Canada by six wickets in the second warm-up match for the T20 World Cup. Nepal chased down the target of 162 runs set by Canada in 18 overs, losing 4 wickets.

In the match held in Chennai, Nepal's wicketkeeper Asif Sheikh played a brilliant half-century innings. Before retiring out, he contributed 58 runs off just 29 balls. During this spell, he hit 6 fours and 3 sixes.

Similarly, Sandeep Jora added 44 runs off 30 balls. He struck 4 fours and 1 six. Gulshan Jha secured Nepal's victory by scoring 31 runs off 25 balls. Dipendra Singh Airee remained not out, scoring 9 runs.

Opener Kushal Bhurtel made 12 runs off 11 balls, aided by 1 four and 1 six. Lokesh Bam returned to the pavilion after scoring only 5 runs.

Earlier, having won the toss and elected to bat first, Canada scored 161 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. However, the team did not have a good start.

In the fourth over itself, Yuvraj Samra, scoring 7 runs off 15 balls, became the victim of Sompal Kami. Thereafter, Navneet Dhaliwal and Kanwarpal Tathgur stabilized the Canadian innings. Navneet scored 41 runs facing 36 balls. He hit 1 four and 3 sixes. Kanwarpal hit 2 fours and 1 six off 24 balls.

Kushal Bhurtel dismissed Nicholas Kirton for 10 runs, while Harsh Thaker also returned after scoring 8 runs. Towards the end of the innings, wicketkeeper Shreyas Movva played an aggressive innings. He scored 38 runs off just 19 balls. In this process, Movva struck 2 fours and 3 sixes. He was well supported by Jaskaran Singh, who scored 21 runs off 11 balls, hitting 3 sixes.

For Nepal, Sandeep Lamichhane bowled economically, conceding only 14 runs for 2 wickets in 4 overs. Bhurtel claimed 2 wickets, conceding 26 runs in 3 overs. Additionally, Sompal Kami and Nandan Yadav took 1 wicket each.

Previously, in the first warm-up match held in Chennai, Nepal had defeated the UAE by 7 wickets.