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NEP vs USA 1st T20, NEP vs USA 2024
USA
147-720.0
Nepal won by 17 runs 🏆
NEP
20.0164-9
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P'ship : 9(3)
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Player of the Match - Dipendra Singh Airee
9:07 AM IST, 10:37 PM Local Time | Nepal register a historic win away from home to take a 1-0 lead in this 3 match T20I series! They defeat the hosts USA by 17 runs to make this a memorable day in their history!
USA won the toss and elected to bowl first! Nepal's openers put on a solid show in the powerplay to register 50/1 at the end of the first 6 overs. Post powerplay, captain Rohit Paudel ensured he stayed till the end, building crucial partnerships and missing out on his half-century by a single run, eventually scoring 49 runs off 33 balls to help his team establish a score of 164/9 at the end of their 20 overs.
Harmeet Singh was the pick of the bowlers for his figures of 2/18 from 4 overs.
Come the chase, Nepal came out all guns blazing and troubled the USA top order with some great bowling to pick up 3 wickets in the powerplay! Andries Gous looked to have things in control until Gulshan Jha dismissed him off his first delivery to send him packing for 30 runs off 25 balls.
Milind Kumar and Shayan Jahangir picked up the mantle and put on a 38 run-stand for the 5th wicket but Airee made sure things stayed in Nepal's favour by picking up 2 wickets in his first 2 balls by dismissing Milind Kumar and Harmeet Singh.
Post that, the scoreboard pressure and with only 4 wickets in hand, USA found it difficult to maintain the scoring rate required to chase this target down. Shayan Jahangir was the top scorer with unbeaten 60 runs off 34 balls but Nepal's bowling attack was on their toes to seal the victory by runs and take a 1-0 lead in the 3 match series!
Dipendra Singh Airee was the pick of the bowlers for Nepal with the figures of 3/27 from his 3 overs.
OVER 20
United States
147/7
Shayan Jahangir
60(34)
Nosthush Kenjige
0(1)
Dipendra Singh Airee
3-27(3.0)
19.6 Airee to S Jahangir
6 SIXXX!! It will not matter as Nepal win the match by 17 runs! An all-round performance by Nepal as they take 1-0 lead in the 3 match T20 series. Coming to the delivery, it was full and around leg, Jahangir stays deep and smacks it over deep mid wicket for a towering six.
19.5 Airee to S Jahangir
2 Low full toss around leg, heaved away towards deep mid wicket, Jahangir comes back for a couple.
19.4 Airee to N Kenjige
1lb Huge shout for LBW but the umpire is unmoved. Full delivery around middle, batter misses it completely and gets wrapped on pads, single taken of a leg bye.
Nosthush Kenjige walks out to bat at no. 9!
Umpires have a quick chat about this being a no ball but they decide that it's a fair delivery!
19.3 Airee to J Singh
W IN THE AIR AND TAKEN!! Dipendra Singh Airee has his revenge. Another nail in the coffin for USA! He bowls it short and outside off, batter tries to pull it, gets a top edge, ball skies up, long off fielder settles under it and takes it.
19.2 Airee to J Singh
4 FOURRR!! Low full toss outside off, batter stays deep and lofts it over covers for a one bounce four.
19.1 Airee to J Singh
0 Fuller delivery outside off, quicker one, Jasdeep couldn't get his bat in time and misses. Dot ball!
OVER 19
United States
134/6
Shayan Jahangir
52(32)
Jasdeep Singh
12(9)
Sompal Kami
0-31(3.0)
A valiant half-century from Jahangir! USA need 31 runs from the last 6 balls!
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