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Has been updated: October 31, 2023 21:38 IST
Mulpani [Nepal]October 31 (ANI): Aqib Ilyas’ score of 63 (35) gives Oman their second win on day two of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final Asia on Tuesday despite a valiant effort by Singapore in Kirtipur. listed.
In Mulpani, Bahrain kept their World Cup hopes alive by registering their first win in the tournament against Hong Kong by conceding 146 goals.
Hosts Nepal continued their winning momentum in the afternoon match in Kirtipur, defeating Malaysia by six wickets in front of their home crowd. Similarly, UAE continued their run with a five-wicket win over Kuwait in Mulpani.
-Oman vs Singapore
Winning the toss, Singapore invited Oman to bat first in the morning match at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. Oman got off to a decent start, adding 41 runs and losing wickets in the powerplay, according to the ICC.
After Kashyap Prajapati was dismissed for 12 (19), Pratik Atavale and Aqib Ilyas added 50 runs between them. The partnership broke up when Anish Param took the wicket of Attabare for 42 (32).
Aqib Ilyas hit his sixth T20I half-century in the 14th over as he smashed 30 runs off the over with Param’s bowling. Ilyas scored 63 runs off 35 balls, including a four and a six, before being driven back by Janak Prakash.
After Oman lost four wickets in their last four overs, Singapore bounced back into the match, adding 28 runs in the process, with Janak Prakash, Ramesh Kalimuthu and Anish Param taking two wickets each in their 20 overs. Finished at 174/6.
Singapore’s batting line-up, on the other hand, put up a decent fight, but in the end it was Oman’s bowlers who had the last laugh. After losing both openers by less than 50 runs, Surendra Chandramohan contributed with 41 runs off 31 balls but was dismissed for a hit wicket. Manpreet Singh and Anish Param also added valuable points, totaling 26 and 31 points respectively, but a collapse at the bottom saw Oman cross the goal line.
In the process of restricting Singapore to 152/8, Oman’s duo of Bilal Khan and Faiyaz Butt took two wickets each in four overs and did not score more than six runs per over. Shakeel Ahmed, Zeeshan Maqsood, Aqib Ilyas and Mohammad Nadeem took one wicket each.
Aqib was named Player of the Match for his match-winning all-round performance.
Quick score:
Oman 174/6 (Aqib Ilyas 63, Janak Prakash 2-22) in 20.0 overs defeated Singapore 152/8 (Surendran Chandramohan 41, Fayyaz Butt 2-21) by 22 runs in 20.0 overs. .
-Bahrain vs Hong Kong
Hong Kong won the toss and chose to bat first against Bahrain due to morning conditions in Mulpani. Bahrain’s batting line-up was unable to challenge Hong Kong’s bowling attack as wickets continued to fall throughout the innings.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Imran Ali scored 62 runs with 5 fours and 3 sixes off 43 balls, apart from that, Imran Anwar’s 15 (14) was the highest score in an innings that had 21 extra innings. It became.
Hong Kong’s Nasrullah Rana was the top bowler with 3 wins and 21 losses in 3.3 overs, followed by Ethan Khan, Aizaz Khan and Yassim Murtaza with two wickets each.
Bahrain, on the other hand, continued to take wickets and put Hong Kong at a disadvantage. Both openers were given back within the first three overs. Hong Kong’s batsmen kept scoring, but at the same time Bahrain’s bowlers also picked consecutive wickets. It was Bahrain who ultimately won after Hong Kong lost all 10 wickets.
For Hong Kong, Anshuman Rath top-scored with a 30-ball 28, while wicketkeeper Zeeshan Ali scored a quick 21 (11). Kuwait’s Abdul Mihad took 3 wickets and scored only 7 runs in 3.1 overs. Ali Dawood and Rizwan Butt also contributed to Bahrain’s victory with two wickets.
Quick score:
Bahrain are 146/10 (Imran Ali 62, Nasrullah Rana 3-21) in 19.3 overs, Hong Kong are 126/10 (Anshuman Rath 28, Abdul Majid 3-7) in 19.1 overs by 20 runs. Broke it.
-Nepal vs Malaysia
At a packed TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Malaysia won the toss to play against the hosts. Openers Saeed Aziz and Zubaidi Zulkifle smashed boundaries all over the ground from the start of the innings, adding 58 runs between them before Avinash Bohara dismissed Zulkifle for 24 (16) to give Nepal 5.5 overs. brought about the first breakthrough. This wicket led to a batting collapse for Malaysia, who lost 107 runs in the next eight wickets.
Syed Aziz top-scored with 68 (49), but six Malaysian batsmen were dismissed for single-digit scores and Malaysia posted 165/9 in 20 overs. Avinash Bohara, who picked up three wickets in the recent match against Singapore, picked up four wickets in this match as well. Additionally, Sandeep Lamichhane, Gulshan Jha and captain Rohit Paudel each picked up a wicket.
Nepal rushed to chase, with opener Kushal Bultel scoring a total of 43 runs off 25 balls, including four innings in the fourth innings and four innings in the sixth innings. He was dismissed after 5.2 overs when the team total was 49 overs, just six strokes off his individual total. After his dismissal, Kushal Mara joined the attack with 65 (34) innings, while opener Aasif Sheikh also registered 32 (23) innings. Sandeep Jora completed the chase with a 16-ball 18 to give Nepal their second win of the tournament.
Malaysia’s Muhammad Amir picked a total of three wickets, two of which were caught and bowled. Pavandeep Singh also picked up a wicket in four overs.
Mara was named Player of the Match for his devastating innings, hitting seven sixes and two fours.
Quick score:
Nepal (Kusha Malla 65, Muhammad Amir 3-18) on 166/4 in 18 overs beat Malaysia (Syed Aziz 68, Avinash Bohara 4-27) on 165/9 in 20 overs by six wickets. I broke it.
-Kuwait vs United Arab Emirates
Kuwait suffered two consecutive losses in the afternoon match against the UAE in Mulpani due to a severe collapse in the batting lineup. Kuwait decided to bat first after winning the toss and immediately chased down the UAE bowlers, smashing 21 runs in the first two overs. But then the collapse began as Junaid Siddique picked two wickets in the same over, dismissing Kuwait opener Dij Seeri for six and Ravija Sandalwan for 22.
Bilal Tahir, Shiraz Khan and Yasin Patel tried to recreate Kuwait’s innings with middling scores of 15, 12 and 10, but could only manage 88/8 and could not accelerate enough to produce a par score. . Their 20 overs. UAE’s Junaid Siddique, Niransh Keswani, Ali Nasir and Zahoor Khan all picked two wickets each in the process.
UAE wanted to reach their target of 89 without losing a wicket, but captain Mohammed Aslam’s 3-17 made it difficult. Aslam dismissed Muhammad Waseem for 33 (23), Asif Khan for 3 (6) and Ali Nasir for a two-ball duck.
Yasin Patel and Shiraz Khan also assisted with 1-1 wickets to take the UAE to 85/5 in 13.3 overs, but the target proved too low for Kuwait to keep putting pressure on the UAE batsmen. Basil Hameed finished with a six in 14.2 overs, giving the momentum to the victory.
Ali Nasir was named Player of the Match for the second consecutive year, this time for his bowling performance of 2/14.
Quick score:
UAE 94/5 in 14.2 overs (Muhammad Waseem 33, Mohammed Aslam 3-17), Kuwait 88/8 in 20 overs (Ravija Sandarwan 22, Zahoor Khan 2-13) defeated by 5 wickets. (Ani)