India (Shar)made three changes to their playing eleven – Sanju Samson, Jasprit Bumrah, and Prasidh Krishna made way for a couple of T20 International debutants (Jitesh and Sai Kishore) and Avesh Khan.
This was the first time Nepal were
playing the Indians.
On winning the toss, Ruturaj Gaikwad,
India’s skipper, chose to bat.
The first Powerplay of India’s
innings – which was the mandatory over – was between the first and the sixth
over. They scored 63, without the loss of a wicket.
India’s openers put on 50 off 3.5
overs (23 balls). Nepal had conceded five extras at that point. While Yashasvi
Jaiswal was batting on 34, Gaikwad was batting on 11.
Jaiswal’s half-century – which
included a couple of boundaries and five sixes – came off 22 balls.
India’s openers put on 100 off 9.1
overs (55 balls). Nepal had conceded five extras at that point. While Jaiswal
was batting on 70, Gaikwad was batting on 25.
Gaikwad, whose 23-ball innings
included four boundaries, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Fifty-nine
balls into the match, he was caught by Rohit Paudel, Nepal’s skipper. Dipendra
Singh Airee broke the 103-run partnership.
It was at that point that the drinks
break was taken. Jaiswal was batting on 73.
Jaiswal’s ton – which included eight
boundaries and seven sixes – came off 48 balls.
Tilak Varma, who faced 10 balls,
scored just a couple. Eleven balls after Gaikwad’s dismissal, Sompal Kami broke
the eight-run stand.
Jitesh, whose four-ball innings
included a boundary, scored five. Sandeep Lamichhane had a reason to be in
seventh heaven – he caught him off his own bowling, breaking the eight-run
stand.
India scored 150 off 16.1 overs (97
balls). Nepal had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.
Jaiswal eventually scored 100 off 49
balls. Twenty-one balls after Jitesh’s dismissal, he was caught by Abinash
Bohara. Airee broke the 31-run stand.
India scored 200 off 19.5 overs (119
balls). Nepal had conceded eight extras at that point. That was, incidentally,
the number of extras they eventually conceded.
The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off
21 balls. While Shivam Dube’s contribution to the partnership was 13, Rinku
Singh’s contribution to it was 35. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was
a couple.
Dube eventually scored 25 off 19
balls, which included a couple of boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten, as was
Rinku, who eventually scored 37 off 15 balls, which included a couple of
boundaries and four sixes.
India scored 202 for the loss of four
wickets off 20 overs.
Karan K C, who bowled a couple of
wicketless overs, conceded 23.
Paudel, who bowled three wicketless
overs, conceded 26.
Bohara, who bowled four wicketless
overs, conceded 53.
Lamichhane, who bowled three overs,
conceded 28. He picked up a wicket, as did Kami, who bowled four overs,
conceding 38.
Airee, who bowled four overs,
conceded 31. He picked up a couple of wickets.
The first Powerplay of Nepal’s
innings – which was the mandatory over – was between the first and the sixth
over. They scored 46, and lost a wicket.
Aasif Sheikh, who faced half-a-dozen
balls, scored 10. His runs came by way of a boundary and a six. Twenty-two
balls into the chase, he was caught by Jitesh. Avesh broke the 29-run stand.
Nepal scored 50 off 7.3 overs (45
balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.
Kushal Bhurtel, whose 32-ball innings
included four boundaries and a six, scored 28. Thirty-one balls after Sheikh’s
dismissal, he was caught by Avesh. Kishore broke the 33-run stand.
Ten overs into the chase, the drinks
break was taken. Nepal had scored 73 for the loss of a couple of wickets at
that point. While Kushal Malla was batting on 28, Paudel had scored a couple.
Sixty-four balls (10.4 overs) into
the chase, there was a, relay catch. Malla, the batsman, scored 29 off 22
balls, which included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes. While Tripathi
was the relay fielder, Rinku was the catcher. Ravi Bishnoi broke the 14-run
stand.
Paudel, who faced five balls, scored
three. A couple of balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bishnoi,
who broke the one-run stand.
Nepal scored 100 off 13.2 overs (80
balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point.
Airee, whose 15-ball innings included
four sixes, scored 32. Twenty-six balls after Paudel’s dismissal, he was caught
by Kishore. Bishnoi broke the 45-run stand.
Sundeep Jora, whose 12-ball innings
included a boundary and three sixes, scored 29. Eight balls later, he was
caught by Jaiswal. Arshdeep Singh broke the 18-run stand.
Nepal scored 150 off 16.2 overs (98
balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point.
Although his five-ball innings
included a six, Kami had no reason to be in seventh heaven – eight balls after
Jora’s dismissal, he was caught by Kishore. Arshdeep broke the 16-run stand.
The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off
the mark. Gulsan Jha, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored
half-a-dozen. The next ball, he was caught by Jaiswal off the bowling of
Arshdeep.
Karan, whose 13-ball innings included
a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 18. He was unbeaten.
Lamichhane, whose four-ball innings
included a boundary, scored five. Eleven balls after Jha’s dismissal, he was
caught by Kishore. Avesh broke the 17-run stand.
Bohara, who didn’t face a ball, was
unbeaten.
India eventually conceded 12 extras. Nepal, who scored 179 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost
by 23 runs.
Sundar, who bowled an over, conceded
11. He was wicketless, as was Dube, who bowled three overs, conceding 37.
Kishore, who bowled four overs,
conceded 25. He picked up a wicket.
Arshdeep, who bowled four overs,
conceded 43. He picked up a couple of wickets.
Avesh and Bishnoi bowled four overs
each, picking up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter
conceded 24.
India advanced to the semi-final.
