The Quarter Final 1 Match of the Asian Games Mens T20I 2023 was played today between India and Nepal at Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field, Hangzhou. In which India won the match by 23 runs to reach to semi-final.
TOSS: India won the toss and opt to bat.
India Innings: India batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very strongly, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad came to start the inning and gave a brilliant century partnership of 103 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 103 runs in 9.5 overs, Ruturaj Gaikwad dismissed after scoring 25 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 23 balls, next batsman Tilak Varma came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in 10 balls as second wicket in 11.4 over, the team score was 111 runs, next batsman Jitesh Sharma came to bat and he aslo dismissed very quickly just for 5 runs in 4 balls as third wicket in 12.5 overs, the team score was 119 runs followed by Shivam Dube came to bat handled the inning with Yashasvi Jaiswal, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 150 runs in 16.2 over, Yashasvi Jaiswal dismissed after playing a very brilliant powerful century inning of 100 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 49 balls, next batsman Rinku Singh came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 37 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 15 balls, with Shivam Dube, and Shivam Dube also played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 25 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 19 balls. In this way, India scored 202 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 203 runs for Nepal.
Nepal bowlers- Dipendra Singh took 2 wickets just for 31 runs in his spell, Sompal Kami 1 wicket for 38 runs in his spell, Sandeep Lamichhane 1 wicket for 28 runs in 3 overs, Abinash Bohara was wicketless for 53 runs in his spell, Rohit Paudel wicketless for 26 runs in 3 overs, and Karan KC also wicketless for 23 runs in 2 overs.
Nepal Innings: Nepal chasing 203 runs in the second inning could manage just 179 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Nepal started the inning not very well, Dipendra Singh Airee played a brilliant quick inning of 32 runs with the help of 4 sixes in just 15 balls, Sundeep Jora also played a quick inning of 29 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundary in just 12 balls, Kushal Malla 29 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in 22 balls, Kushal Bhurtel 28 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in 32 balls, apart from this, Aasif Sheikh 10 runs in 6 balls, Rohit Paudel 3 runs in 5 balls, Sompal Kami 7 runs in 5 balls, Gulsan Jha 6 runs in 6 balls, Sandeep Lamichhane 5 runs in 4 balls, Karan KC was remains unbeaten for 18 runs in 13 balls with Abinash Bohara, and Abinash Bohara also remains unbeaten without playing any ball. In this way, Nepal chasing 203 runs they could manage just 179 runs after losing 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 23 runs.
Indian bowlers: Indian bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Avesh Khan took 3 wickets just for 32 runs in his spell, Ravi Bishnoi 3 wickets just for 24 runs in his spell, Arshdeep Singh 2 wicket for 43 runs in his spell, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore 1 wicket for 25 runs in his spell, Shivam Dube was wicketless for 37 runs in 3 overs, and Washington Sundar also wicketless for 11 runs in 1 over.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- New Zealand Women all-rounder batsman Amelia Kerr was selected as the player of the match, she played a very brilliant batting as well as also in bowling, played a unbeaten powerful century and a victory inning of 100 runs with the help of 13 boundaries in 117 balls, and took 2 wickets for 45 runs in 8.3 overs.
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