Nepal leads the bilateral series against Malaysia by 1-0 defeating Malaysia by 7 wickets in 1st T20I.
Malaysia had won the toss and decided to bat first at Kinrara Oval Stadium, Malaysia.
Virandeep Singh’s half-century;57(49) and captain Ahmad Faiz’s fine inning of 45 runs helped Malaysia to reach the medium score of 129/9.
For Nepal, Karan KC was leading wicket-taker with 3 wickets conceding 27 runs in 4 overs. Sandeep Lamichhane and Basant Regmi with 2-2 wickets respectively. Sompal kami took a wicket.
Chasing the target of 129 runs, Captain Paras Khadka played brilliant an innings of not out 86 runs in 50 balls. Sarad Veswakar ended the match with a huge six winning by 7 wickets with 9 balls remaining.
Sarad Veswakar, Pradeep Airee, Gyanendra Malla and Rohit Paudel scores 16,8,7 and 5 runs respectively.
For Malaysia, Anwar Rahman took 2 wickets and one for Fitri Sham.
For a brilliant inning, Paras Khadka was awarded with Man of the Match.
Some photos of Nepal vs Malaysia 1st T20I:
