KATHMANDU: The Nepali U-19 cricket team faced a 72-run defeat against Andhra Pradesh in a practice match on Friday.
Chasing 290 runs target set by Andhra Pradesh, Nepal managed to get only 217 runs on the board losing all wickets in 45.2 overs. Nepal faced defeat by a huge margin in the game in which Nepal’s captain Rohit Kumar Paudel, Sandeep Jora and Kamal Singh Airee and other key players were given rest.
While chasing the target, Nepal’s Pawan Shraff made 35 runs, Rashid Khan made an unbeaten 34 runs, Kushal Malla contributed 30 runs and Asif Seikh made 25 runs.
Andhra Pradesh had defeated Nepal by a margin of 62 runs in the first practice match held on Wednesday. Nepal’s U-19 team is in India as a preparation for the ICC U-19 World Cup Asian Qualifiers.
The Qualifiers will be held from April 10-20. Nepal will compete against Malaysia, Singapore, the UAE, Kuwait and Oman in the Asian Qualifiers.
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