Nepal Vs United Arab Emirates 7Th Place Playoff Semi Final
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe - 2023 (2023) · Takashinga Sports Club, Harare · 2 July 2023
Nepal won by 3 wickets (with 40 balls remaining)
Nepal won by 3 wickets (with 40 balls remaining). Dipendra Singh Airee top-scored with 79* for Nepal.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Takashinga Sports Club, Harare
- Date
- 2 July 2023
- Toss
- Nepal, chose to field
- Result
- Nepal won by 3 wickets (with 40 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Dipendra Singh Airee
- Captains
- Vriitya Aravind (U.A.E.), Rohit Paudel (Nepal)
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar and BP Jele
- Match referee
- GF Labrooy
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Nepal won the toss and chose to field.
U.A.E. batted first and made 181 all out. Vriitya Aravind top-scored with 44 off 75 balls, and Rohan Mustafa made 35. Sandeep Lamichhane took 3 for 23 for Nepal. From 155 for 5 they lost 4 wickets for 23 runs, to 178 for 9. That was well below the 2020s average first-innings total at Takashinga Sports Club, 245 across 9 ODIs.
Chasing 182, Nepal made 185 for 7. Dipendra Singh Airee top-scored with 79 not out off 85 balls, and Kushal Bhurtel made 35. Muhammad Jawadullah took 3 for 46 for U.A.E.. The innings was built on a 79-run stand for the eighth wicket between Dipendra Singh Airee and Sandeep Lamichhane, 43% of the total.
Nepal won by 3 wickets (with 40 balls remaining).
U.A.E.: 181 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asif Khan | c Arjun Saud b Karan KC | 0 | 2 |
| Aryansh Sharma | c Aarif Sheikh b Sandeep Lamichhane | 28 | 43 |
| Vriitya Aravind | b Gulsan Jha | 44 | 75 |
| Rameez Shahzad | lbw b Sandeep Lamichhane | 10 | 28 |
| Rohan Mustafa | c Arjun Saud b Karan KC | 35 | 56 |
| Basil Hameed | c Karan KC b Dipendra Singh Airee | 29 | 35 |
| Ali Naseer | run out (Rohit Paudel) | 4 | 6 |
| Sanchit Sharma | c Arjun Saud b Sandeep Lamichhane | 12 | 14 |
| Karthik Meiyappan | not out | 5 | 11 |
| Junaid Siddique | b Pratis GC | 0 | 7 |
| Muhammad Jawadullah | b Karan KC | 1 | 5 |
Extras 13 · Total 181 all out
| Bowler (Nepal) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karan KC | 8.5 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| Pratis GC | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Gulsan Jha | 6 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Aarif Sheikh | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | 10 | 3 | 23 | 3 |
| Kushal Bhurtel | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dipendra Singh Airee | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-0 (Asif Khan, 0.2 ov), 2-64 (Aryansh Sharma, 14.6 ov), 3-85 (Rameez Shahzad, 22.5 ov), 4-97 (Vriitya Aravind, 27.3 ov), 5-155 (Rohan Mustafa, 39.3 ov), 6-159 (Basil Hameed, 40.3 ov), 7-162 (Ali Naseer, 41.1 ov), 8-177 (Sanchit Sharma, 44.1 ov), 9-178 (Junaid Siddique, 45.3 ov), 10-181 (Muhammad Jawadullah, 46.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Asif Khan (0) and Aryansh Sharma (0) | 0 | 2 |
| second | Vriitya Aravind (28) and Aryansh Sharma (28) | 64 | 88 |
| third | Rameez Shahzad (10) and Vriitya Aravind (10) | 21 | 47 |
| fourth | Rohan Mustafa (6) and Vriitya Aravind (6) | 12 | 28 |
| fifth | Rohan Mustafa (29) and Basil Hameed (28) | 58 | 72 |
| sixth | Basil Hameed (1) and Ali Naseer (3) | 4 | 6 |
| seventh | Sanchit Sharma (1) and Ali Naseer (1) | 3 | 4 |
| eighth | Karthik Meiyappan (2) and Sanchit Sharma (11) | 15 | 18 |
| ninth | Karthik Meiyappan (1) and Junaid Siddique (0) | 1 | 8 |
| tenth | Karthik Meiyappan (2) and Muhammad Jawadullah (1) | 3 | 8 |
NEPAL: 185 FOR 7
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kushal Bhurtel | c Sanchit Sharma b Ali Naseer | 35 | 59 |
| Arjun Saud | lbw b Muhammad Jawadullah | 1 | 5 |
| Gyanendra Malla | c Basil Hameed b Junaid Siddique | 13 | 22 |
| Rohit Paudel | c Aryansh Sharma b Muhammad Jawadullah | 4 | 15 |
| Bhim Sharki | c Aryansh Sharma b Muhammad Jawadullah | 1 | 9 |
| Aarif Sheikh | lbw b Sanchit Sharma | 1 | 5 |
| Dipendra Singh Airee | not out | 79 | 85 |
| Gulsan Jha | c Aryansh Sharma b Rohan Mustafa | 12 | 24 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | not out | 23 | 37 |
Did not bat: Karan KC, Pratis GC
Extras 16 · Total 185 for 7
| Bowler (U.A.E.) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junaid Siddique | 10 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| Muhammad Jawadullah | 10 | 0 | 46 | 3 |
| Ali Naseer | 9.2 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| Sanchit Sharma | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Rohan Mustafa | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Karthik Meiyappan | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-2 (Arjun Saud, 1.1 ov), 2-29 (Gyanendra Malla, 8.6 ov), 3-49 (Rohit Paudel, 14.3 ov), 4-52 (Bhim Sharki, 16.3 ov), 5-55 (Aarif Sheikh, 17.4 ov), 6-63 (Kushal Bhurtel, 20.5 ov), 7-106 (Gulsan Jha, 28.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Kushal Bhurtel (1) and Arjun Saud (1) | 2 | 7 |
| second | Gyanendra Malla (13) and Kushal Bhurtel (14) | 27 | 47 |
| third | Kushal Bhurtel (14) and Rohit Paudel (4) | 20 | 33 |
| fourth | Kushal Bhurtel (1) and Bhim Sharki (1) | 3 | 12 |
| fifth | Aarif Sheikh (1) and Kushal Bhurtel (0) | 3 | 7 |
| sixth | Dipendra Singh Airee (1) and Kushal Bhurtel (5) | 8 | 19 |
| seventh | Dipendra Singh Airee (27) and Gulsan Jha (12) | 43 | 46 |
| eighth | Dipendra Singh Airee (51) and Sandeep Lamichhane (23) | 79 | 90 |
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