Nepal wins a thriller against Kuwait infront of home crowd!!!

Nepal won a nail-biting thriller against Kuwait by just 1 run in a must win match today at TU Ground. Nepal bowlers tried everything to restrict Kuwait below the target but the match came to the wire at the last over. Prithu Baskota was given the ball and he gave SIX in his first ball, then wicket off a wide ball. He gave 3 wides in a row. It was wicket again in his second ball, a single in his third. Azmatullah Nazeer then hit fourth ball out of the boundary. The pressure was on both the team. With last wicket needed and 2 runs needed off 2 balls, Prithu then delivered what was expected by a large audience and the team. Khakurel broke the stump of Nazeer and Nepal won the match by 1 run.

 Paras Khadka & Basanta Regmi took two wickets each while Man of the Match Prithu Baskota took 3 wickets. Before, Kuwait invited Nepal for batting on a chilly morning. Nepal had a good start with the Openers Subash Khakurel and Anil Mandal. They had a 49 runs stand today. Wicket keeper Subash was the top scorer for Nepal. He made 40 runs off 32 balls, 8 fours but was leg before off Abdullah Akhunzada. Gyanendra Malla (16 off 22 balls), Prithu Baskota (16 off 16 balls), M. Alam (14 off 8 balls) were the performance of Nepali batters today. Paras Khadka went for a duck. While, unbeaten Basanta Regmi scored 10 off 7 balls with 1 six closed the innings for Nepal. At the end of 20 overs, Nepal posted a challenging total of 126/6. Mohammed Asghar & Abdullah Akhunzada took two wickets each for Kuwait. Nepal will face Saudi Arabia tomorrow in a must win situation to reach the semi-finals of the tournament


Full Score Card Nepal Vs Kuwait:

Nepal 126/6 (20/20 ov)

Kuwait 125 (19.5/20 ov)

Nepal won by 1 run

• Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup - Group B
• 2011/12 season
• Played at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
• 6 December 2011 (20-over match)

	Nepal innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SP Khakurel†	lbw b Abdullah Akhunzada	40	35	32	8	0	125.00
	AK Mandal	c Yasar Idrees b Mohammed Asghar	9	31	20	1	0	45.00
	G Malla	st †Roshantha b Abdullah Akhunzada	16	36	22	0	0	72.72
	P Khadka*	c Mohammed Irfan b Mohammed Asghar	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
	P Baskota	st †Roshantha b Azmatullah Nazeer	16	19	16	1	0	100.00
	M Alam	c Yasar Idrees b Ali Zaheer	14	6	8	0	1	175.00
	B Regmi	not out	10	17	7	0	1	142.85
	B Bhandari	not out	8	14	11	0	0	72.72
	Extras	(lb 2, w 10, nb 1)	13
	Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	126	(6.30 runs per over)

Did not bat A Bhattarai, S Regmi, P Airee

Fall of wickets1-49 (Mandal, 7.4 ov), 2-54 (Khakurel, 8.3 ov), 3-55 (Khadka, 9.4 ov), 4-87 (Baskota, 15.2 ov),5-102 (Alam, 16.5 ov), 6-104 (Malla, 17.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Mohammad Murad	2	0	21	0	10.50	(1nb, 3w)
	YCLGW Gedara	2	0	13	0	6.50	(2w)
	Azmatullah Nazeer	4	0	27	1	6.75	(2w)
	Mohammed Asghar	4	0	17	2	4.25
	Abdullah Akhunzada	4	0	16	2	4.00
	Ali Zaheer	4	0	30	1	7.50	(1w)

	Kuwait innings (target: 127 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Mohammed Asghar	c Airee b Khadka	9	4	6	2	0	150.00
	Yasar Idrees	b B Regmi	21	26	21	3	0	100.00
	Mohammed Irfan	run out (Bhattarai)	11	14	7	2	0	157.14
	Saud Qamar	st †Khakurel b Baskota	39	61	42	3	1	92.85
	J Roshantha†	run out (Khadka)	11	16	10	1	0	110.00
	Haroon Shahid	c & b S Regmi	6	6	5	0	0	120.00
	Mohammad Murad	b Khadka	8	19	17	0	0	47.05
	Abdullah Akhunzada	b B Regmi	1	5	3	0	0	33.33
	Azmatullah Nazeer*	st †Khakurel b Baskota	12	13	5	1	1	240.00
	Ali Zaheer	lbw b Baskota	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	YCLGW Gedara	not out	1	5	1	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 4)	6
	Total	(all out; 19.5 overs)	125	(6.30 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Mohammed Asghar, 1.3 ov), 2-34 (Mohammed Irfan, 4.3 ov), 3-49 (Yasar Idrees, 6.4 ov),4-68 (Roshantha, 10.2 ov), 5-76 (Haroon Shahid, 11.6 ov), 6-93 (Mohammad Murad, 16.6 ov),7-100 (Abdullah Akhunzada, 17.6 ov), 8-117 (Saud Qamar, 19.1 ov), 9-118 (Ali Zaheer, 19.2 ov),10-125 (Azmatullah Nazeer, 19.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Bhattarai	4	0	25	0	6.25
	P Khadka	4	0	23	2	5.75
	B Regmi	4	0	22	2	5.50
	S Regmi	4	0	25	1	6.25	(1w)
	M Alam	2	0	11	0	5.50
	P Baskota	1.5	0	17	3	9.27	(3w)

Match details

Toss Kuwait, who chose to field Points Nepal 2, Kuwait 0

Player of the match P Baskota (Nepal)

Umpires AK Rana (Thailand) and S Sarda (Thailand) Match referee S Sarkar Reserve umpire RK Yadav