The batsmen of the opposing team looked helpless in front of the swirling balls of Sandeep Lamichhane. He kept them tight. Only then emerged as the hero of Nepal’s victory.
Sandeep Lamichhane took 4 wickets for 35 runs in 10 overs
Sandeep Lamichhane. must have heard the name. Many are part of the big leagues. Let’s spin. Simply put, this is the best bowler of Nepal at present. Their effect was also visible. When the batsmen of Papua New Guinea looked helplessly in front of their balls. He harassed them. Only then emerged as the hero of Nepal’s victory. Nepal squeezed the team of Papua New Guinea. They lost the first ODI by 2 wickets. When there were 63 balls left of Nepal’s innings, they won the match.
Papua New Guinea batted first in the match but they could not play the full 50 overs. His game was over in just 33 overs. The entire team died on 134 runs. The team’s top scorer opener Lega Siaka scored 30 runs. After this, Charles Amini scored 23 runs, Gaudi Toca 22 runs and No. 9 batsman Sopar remained unbeaten on 17 runs in the lower order. This happened in Papua New Guinea because the bowlers of Nepal did not give them a chance to settle down. Especially Sandeep Lamichhane, who single-handedly took 4 wickets for 35 runs in 10 overs. Apart from Sandeep, Bikram Sob and Kusal Malla took 2-2 wickets.
Nepal beat Papua New Guinea by 2 wickets
Now Nepal had an easy target of 135 runs to win. However, even in achieving this goal, he lost 8 wickets, but in the end he won. Middle order batsman Rohit Podel scored 41 runs for Nepal. Apart from these, wicket-keeper batsman Asif Sheikh, who came to the opening, scored 30 runs. The score which Papua New Guinea was all out in 33 runs, Nepal managed to get it in the 40th over. Nepal achieved the target of 135 runs in 39.2 overs.
Sandeep Lamichhane, who took 4 wickets for 35 runs in 10 overs, was adjudged man of the match. With this win, Nepal is now 1-0 ahead in the two-match series. The second ODI will now be played between the two teams on 10 September. To win that match, Nepal would like to clean sweep the series. On the other hand, Papua New Guinea will try to equalize. That is, the last match between the two teams is going to be interesting.
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