Karan KC’s new-ball burst stamps Nepal’s dominance over USA
Nepal 211 for 4 (Sharki 77*, Airee 39*, Bhurtel 39) beat USA 207 (Jahangir 100*, Karan 4-33) by six wickets
Nepal medium pacer Karan KC left a devastated USA high order in his wake with 4 for 11 in a seven-over new-ball burst to arrange a six-wicket win at Takashinga Sports Club. For the second match in a row, a maiden ODI century was made in useless for USA as Shayan Jahangir was left unbeaten on a fair 100 off 79 balls together with his aspect bowled out for 207 in 49 overs. Coming off a golden duck towards Zimbabwe, Bhim Sharki‘s unbeaten 77 ensured the overall was hauled down with ease as they cantered throughout the road with seven overs to spare.
Nepal captain Rohit Paudel gained the toss and did not hesitate to ship USA in to bat below moist early morning situations. Karan struck together with his fifth ball, trapping Steven Taylor with an inswinging yorker to win an lbw enchantment. With USA captain Monank Patel out of the line-up sitting again in his resort room battling sickness, Sai Mukkamalla was bumped as much as No. 3 however lasted only a single ball as a nervy prod at an outswinger on the fourth stump line produced an edge that carried low to Aarif Sheikh at first slip to make it 6 for two.
Stand-in captain Aaron Jones survived a missed run-out in addition to a drop in his painstaking two off 22 balls earlier than a supply from Karan climbed off the shoulder of his defensive prod and carried to Kushal Bhurtel at gully within the eighth over. Nosthush Kenjige, who batted at No. 9 towards West Indies, was despatched as much as No. 5 as USA’s batting reshuffle continued with out fascinating outcomes when he poked properly away from his physique to ship one other edge low to Aarif at slip for one to make it 18 for 4 within the tenth. It was a new-ball efficiency that locked up Player-of-the-Match honors.
Coming off a century towards West Indies, Gajanand Singh acquired one other begin however was unable to transform it on this event, edging Dipendra Singh Airee’s offspin to Aarif at slip for 26. Sushant Modani watched all of the carnage unfold on the reverse finish and did his finest to stave off Nepal’s bowling unit. The opener made 42 off 71 balls earlier than he lastly gave in, taking part in an ill-advised sweep shot to left-arm spinner Lalit Rajbanshi and noticed his center stump knocked again.
Jahangir arrived at No. 7 and did his finest to shoulder the load with the tail. Entering the day with a better of 39 in his ODI profession, he reached a maiden half-century off 56 balls earlier than taking simply one other 23 balls to achieve three figures as he carted a collection of lofted cowl drives to and over the off-side boundary. However, the only he took to convey up the three-figure landmark left the tail uncovered. Gulshan Jha bowled Saurabh Netravalkar on the very subsequent ball earlier than final man Kyle Phillip was pinned lbw two balls later to finish the innings with six balls unused.
Nepal had been hardly ever troubled within the chase. Aasif Sheikh fell for 12 to a questionable lbw choice given in favor of Netravalkar that struck the batter excessive above his pads to finish the fifth over at 25 for 1. Bhurtel and Sharki teamed up for a brisk 49-run stand that ended when the previous was teased right into a slog sweep that produced a high edge again to left-arm spinner Kenjige for 39.
Captain Paudel stayed principally in his shell in making 16 earlier than making an attempt to clear mid-off within the ring towards left-arm spinner Nisarg Patel however miscued the shot to Jessy Singh diving ahead on the circle. Kushal Malla exited after a hasty run-a-ball 13, slogging Taylor’s offspin flat to long-off to make it 137 for 4 within the thirty third over.
But Sharki saved his cool and teamed with Airee for an unbeaten 74-run stand that spanned simply 10.4 overs. Sharki took 97 balls to get to his half-century, however spurred on by the arrival of Airee, unfurled a collection of sweep pictures to speed up alongside Airee, who pumped a collection of straight drives to the boundary in his 39 not out off 32 balls. A straight drive by Airee to the mid-on rope for his fifth boundary clinched Nepal’s first win of the event whereas USA stand winless after two matches.