Kathmandu, July 1: Nepal defeated Bhutan by a huge margin of 298 runs in the final group match held today under ACC Men’s U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup.
Winning the toss, Nepal decided to bat first in today’s match held at Selangor Turf Club Ground in Malaysia and scored 358 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the slated 50 overs.
For Nepal, Raunak Shrivastava scored highest 168 runs from 132 balls. Similarly, Joy Thapa collected 61 runs (not out), Shivans Bajgain 54 runs and Sugam Budhathoki 35 runs.
For the bowling side, Sangay Dorji of Bhutan took 3 wickets while Tenzin Loday one wicket.
Chasing the target of 359 posted by Nepal, Bhutan was able to muster 60 runs by losing nine wickets in 32.4 overs. The last batsman did not come to bat. For Bhutan, Tshezang Dawa made 14 runs and Ugyan Chophel 10 runs.
For Nepali bowling side, Captain Bipin Prasad Sharma took 4 wickets while Sachin Bhatta and Suyog Bhattarai 2 wickets each.
Nepal entered the semi-final remaining on the top of Group ‘A’ winning all four matches. Nepal will play semi-final match against host Malaysia on coming Thursday.
