Kathmandu, May 22: Nepali Women’s National Cricket Team won the practice match against Malaysia under the second international T20 tournament.
In today’s match held at Bayuemas Oval cricket ground, Malaysia, Nepal defeated Malaysia by seven wickets.
Malaysia had posted 83-run victory target before Nepal. In response, Nepal completed the target in 16 at the loss of three wickets.
For Nepal’s victory, Samjhana Khadka scored the highest 39 runs. Similarly, Kabita Kunwar and Soni Pakhrin made 19 runs and 12 runs respectively.
Earlier, elected to bat first after winning the toss, Malaysia collected 82 runs in allotted 20 overs by losing all wickets.
Ainna Hamizah of Malaysia gathered the highest 17 runs while Dhanusri Muhunan and Arianna Natsya made 15 runs and 13 runs respectively. Except them, other players of Malaysia could not score double digit runs.
Nepal’s Kabita Kunwar, Rubina Chhetri and Riya Sharma took two wickets each while Puja Mahato and Sita Ranamagar took one wicket each.
