Nepal set a target of 135 runs

KATHMANDU: SEPT. 7 – Nepal has scored 135 runs in ODI against Papua New Guinea.

After Oman won the toss and elected to bat first, Nepal bowled well and bowled out PNG for 134 in the 33rd over.

For Nepal, Sandeep Lamichhane took 4 wickets while Kushal Malla and Bikram Sob took two wickets each. Sompal Kami took one wicket.

Bikram Sob, who made his ODI debut, took 2 wickets and became the first player to take a wicket from his debut ball for Nepal.

He bowled 5 overs and took 2 wickets for 20 runs with 1 maiden.

Similarly, today’s most successful bowler Sandeep bowled the entire 10 overs and took 4 wickets for 35 runs.

Similarly, Kushal bowled 7 overs and took 2 wickets for 19 runs including 1 maiden. Sampal took 1 wicket for 37 runs in 7 overs.

Nepal’s Pawan Sharraf bowled 2 overs and scored 7 runs while Aarif Sheikh bowled 2 overs and scored 14 runs. Both of them could not take wickets.

PNG’s Lega Siaka top scored with 30 runs.

Nepal will start batting soon. Nepal, who arrived in Oman to play triangular cricket under the World Cup Cricket League-2, played its first match today as per the schedule of playing two ODIs with PNG.