TORONTO
\nRight-arm leg break spinner Kushal Bhurtel spun Nepal to 56 runs victory by taking three wickets for just 10 runs in his 1.5 overs against Oman in the ongoing Twenty20 Tri-Nation Cricket Series being played here at Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City here.
\nKushal Bhurtel played a key role in his team victory and restricted Oman from chasing the target and thus Oman bundled out for 101 runs in 17.5 overs.
\nOman won the toss and elected to field first by inviting Nepal to bat first, Nepal while batting first set 157 runs target for the loss of seven wickets. Nepal two openers Abil Sah and Aasif Sheikh failed to click and went early with |Anil made only 11 runs off 5 balls with one boundary and a six, and Aasif made only 16 runs off 14 balls with one boundary and one six, Dev Khanal made 18 runs and Kushal Malla scored 18 runs off 26 balls with one six.
\nThis was middle order Rohit Paudel, the skipper, hammered unbeaten 56 runs off 44 balls with two boundaries and four towering sixes. Khushal Bhurtel scored 11 runs, none of the other batsmen could cross the double figures.
\nNepal batsmen completed their team 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls) with 10 runs extras while it reached to the 100 runs in 14.1 overs off 85 balls including 17 extras. RK Paudel played a key role by smashing his 50 runs off 38 balls including one boundary and four sixes. Nepal raced to 150 runs in 18.4 overs off 113 balls
\nThus Nepal made 157 for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs with 20 extras.
\nFor Oman Fayyaz Butt was the most successful bowler who claimed three wickets for 23 runs in his four overs spell, Kaleemullah, Shakeel Ahmad got one wicket each.
\nIn reply to their 157 runs target, Oman did not take a good start and lost their openers quite early apart from skipper Aqib Ilyas who contributed 22 runs off 26 balls with one boundary.
\nKashyab Prajapati went for 2, no 3 batsman Shoaib Khan was caught by Aasif Sheikh off Shakal on 9. Only Zeeshan Maqsood was the high runs contributor who smashed an elegant knock of 35 runs off 30 balls with three towering sixes. Pratik (12) was the other contributor, none of the other batsmen could cross the double figures.\\
\nOman batsmen failed to click as Oman completed 5r0 runs in 6.3 overs off 33 balls while it raced up to 100 runs in 17.1 overs off 1034 balls with four extras run.
\nFor Nepal Rijan Dhakal claimed two wickets for 17 runs in his two overs spell, and Sundeep Lamichhane got two wickets for 12 runs in his four overs spell while Kushal Bhurtel was the most successful bowler who claimed three wickets for 10 runs in his 1.5 over.
\nSCORECARD:
\nNepal Batting:
\nAnil Sah run out (Ayaan Khan) 11
\nAasif Sheikh \u2020c \u2020Athavale b Fayyaz Butt 16
\nDev Khanal c Shoaib Khan b Aqib Ilyas 18
\nKushal Malla c Ayaan Khan b Shakeel Ahmed 19
\nRohit Paudel (c) not out 56
\nGulsan Jha c Rafiullah b Fayyaz Butt 2
\nDipendra Singh Airee lbw b Kaleemullah 1
\nKushal Bhurtel c Shakeel Ahmed b Fayyaz Butt 11
\nSompal Kami not out 3
\nExtras (b 9, nb 1, w 10) 20
\nTotal: 20 Ov (RR: 7.85) 157\/7
\nDid not bat: Sandeep Lamichhane, Rijan Dhakal
\nFall of wickets: 1-13 (Anil Sah, 0.6 ov), 2-44 (Aasif Sheikh, 4.6 ov), 3-55 (Dev Khanal, 7.1 ov), 4-100 (Kushal Malla, 14.2 ov), 5-123 (Gulsan Jha, 16.2 ov), 6-131 (Dipendra Singh Airee, 17.2 ov), 7-148 (Kushal Bhurtel, 18.2 ov)
\nBowling:
\nKaleemullah 4-0-42-1
\nShakeel Ahmed 4-0-27-1
\nFayyaz Butt 4-0-23-3
\nAqib Ilyas 3-0-21-1
\nZeeshan Maqsood 3-0-15-0
\nRafiullah 2-0-20-0
\nOman Batting:
\nAqib Ilyas (c) c Airee b Lamichhane 22
\nKashyap Prajapati c Bhurtel b Dhakal 2
\nShoaib Khan c \u2020Aasif Sheikh b Dhakal 9
\nZeeshan Maqsood c & b Paudel 35
\nKhalid Kail run out (Airee) 1
\nAyaan Khan c Kushal Malla b Lamichhane 7
\nRafiullah c Sompal Kami b Paudel 0
\nPratik Athavale \u2020 c Airee b Bhurtel 12
\nFayyaz Butt st \u2020Aasif Sheikh b Bhurtel 5
\nShakeel Ahmed c Sompal Kami b Bhurtel 3
\nKaleemullah not out 1
\nExtras: (w 4) 4
\nTotal: 17.5 Overs (RR: 5.66) 101 (all out)
\nFall of wickets: 1-9 (Kashyap Prajapati, 1.4 ov), 2-21 (Shoaib Khan, 3.2 ov), 3-61 (Aqib Ilyas, 8.6 ov), 4-64 (Khalid Kail, 10.1 ov), 5-72 (Zeeshan Maqsood, 12.1 ov), 6-72 (Rafiullah, 12.3 ov), 7-85 (Ayaan Khan, 14.1 ov), 8-94 (Pratik Athavale, 15.5 ov), 9-100 (Shakeel Ahmed, 17.2 ov), 10-101 (Fayyaz Butt, 17.5 ov)
\nBowling:
\nSompal Kami 2-0-18-0
\nRijan Dhakal 2-0-17-2
\nGulsan Jha 4-0-24-0
\nDipendra Singh Airee 3-0-13-0
\nSandeep Lamichhane 4-0-12-2
\nRohit Paudel 1-0-7-2
\nKushal Bhurtel 1.5-0-10-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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