By a Staff Reporter
Nepal National Cricket team registers the first under newly appointed Head Coach Manoj Prabhakar. Nepal defeated home side Kenya by 5 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the series of five T20I matches.
Nepal accomplished the winning target of 131 runs in 19.2 overs losing 5 wickets. Former captain Gyanendra Malla who marked his comeback into the national team scored 23 runs off 30 balls including 3 fours.
Opener Pawan Sharaf was forced to leave the crease with a single run. Aasif Sheikh and Vice Captain Rohit Paudel were caught out in 19 and 13 runs respectively.
Kenya earned 130 runs losing 8 wickets from 20 overs. Kenyan wicketkeeper Ifran Karim scored 34 runs off 44 balls with 3 fours. Lucas Aluoch remained unbeaten on 31 runs off 13 balls with 5 fours and 1 six.
Nepal’s Sompal Kami took 3 wickets, Aadil Ansari and Dipendra Singh Aireee took 1 wicket each whereas Skipper Sandeep Lamichhane took 2 wickets. The second T20I match will be played on Friday.
Squad:
Sandeep Lamichhane (Captain), Rohit Paudel (Vice Captain), Aasif Sheikh (Wicker Keeper), Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Dev Khanal, Aadil Alam, Karan KC, Gyanendra Malla, Sompal Kami, Basir Ahamad, Arjun Saud (Wicket Keeper), Pawan Sarraf, Shahab Alam, Kishor Mahato, Bibek Yadav
Nepal’s schedule for the Kenya tour:
T20i Series:
Nepal VS Kenya – August 26, 2022
Nepal VS Kenya – August 28, 2022
Nepal VS Kenya – August 29, 2022
Nepal VS Kenya – August 30, 2022
One Day Series:
Nepal VS Kenya – September 2, 2022
Nepal VS Kenya – September 3, 2022
Nepal VS Kenya – September 5, 2022
