Jan 28, 2016- Nepal Under-19s have put up a decent target of 239 runs for New Zealand Under-19s to chase in their first match of the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup being held at Fatullah, Bangladesh on Thursday.
Playing out the 50 overs, Nepal scored 238 runs with a loss of seven wickets after New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. Captain Raju Rijal top-scored with 48 runs off 71 balls followed by Sandip Sunar and Aarif Sheikh with 39 runs each.
Nathan Smith grabbed three wickets at the expense of 52 runs to limit Nepal. Christian Leopard, Aniket Parikh, Rachin Ravindra and Josh Finnie took one wicket each.
Nepal’s Kushal Bhurtel remained not out on 35 runs off 23 balls.