Bangladesh defeated Nepal by 21 runs. Bangladesh advanced to the Super 8.
Chasing Bangladesh’s aim of 107 runs, Nepal managed to score only 85 runs with four balls remaining in the scheduled over.
For Nepal, Kushal Malla scored the most runs, 27; Dipendra Singh Airi scored 25; and Ashif Sheikh scored 17 runs. Aside from that, none of Nepal’s players could reach double figures.
Anil Sah, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, and Avinash Bohra of Nepal were all out for 0 runs, while Sandeep Lamichhane and Captain Rohit Paudel each scored one run. Kushal Bhurtel was dismissed after scoring 4 runs.
Tanjim Hasan Shakib of Bangladesh grabbed the most wickets, four, to keep Nepal from winning, while Mustafizur Rahman took three. Shakib Al Hasan captured two wickets, while Taskin Ahmed claimed one.
Before then, Bangladesh, which lost the toss and batted first, scored 106 runs with three balls remaining in the scheduled over.
Bangladesh’s team was under siege from the outset, and none of its players scored more than 20 runs. Shakib Al Hasan contributed 17 runs after opener Tanjid Hasan was removed for zero runs.
Mahmudullah and Risaj Hossain both scored 13 runs, while Zakir Ali and Taskin Ahmed each scored 12 runs. Captain Najmul Hossain Santo was dismissed for four runs, Liton Das for ten runs, and Tohid Hridoy for nine.
Nepal’s Sompal Kami, Dipendra Singh Airi, Sandeep Lamichhane, and captain Rohit Paudel each got two wickets to restrict Bangladesh to 106 runs.
