Kathmandu, July 5: Nepal has clinched the title of ACC Men’s U-16 East Zone Cricket Cup.
In the final match held at UKM Oval Cricket ground of Malaysia today, Nepal defeated Singapore by two wickets and won the title. Chasing the 114-run victory target posted by Singapore, Nepal made it in 29 overs losing eight wickets.
For Nepal, Joy Thapa and Abhay Yadav contributed 24 runs, Shiwansh Bajgai 20 runs, Shubham Khanal 18 runs, Prasiddha Joshi 17 runs and Abhay 10 runs respectively.
Kapish Venkatraman of Singapore took four wickets while Yuvaan Pandey two wickets, Vedansh Gupta and Akash Teja one wicket each.
Earlier, winning the toss, Singapore chose to bat first. Singapore was limited to 113 runs in 40.5 overs losing all wickets. Rohan Austin scored the highest 23 runs for Singapore while Riaan Naik made 15 runs, Vedansh Gupta 12 runs and Akash Teja 10 runs.
Other batters of Singapore except them failed to secure double digit runs.
Nepal’s Abhay Yadab and Sushil Bahadur Rawal took three wickets each while Shubham Khanal two wickets and Captain Bipin Prasad Sharma one wicket.