Nepal thrashed Malaysia in their opening match of the ICC World T20. With this win, they join Australia and England as

Key Highlights :

1. Nepal defeated Malaysia by six wickets with Batting First.

2. Malaysia posted 235-9 in their allotted 50 overs before the home team reached 237-4 with 82 balls to spare.

3. Kushal Malla and Bhim Sharki added 112-run partnership for the fourth wicket to propel Nepal to easy victory.

4. Chasing the 238-run target, Nepal lost opener Aasif Sheikh (one) in the sixth ball of the innings with just five runs on the board after Muhammad Wafiq took a return catch.

5. Virandeep Singh dismissed the latter.

6. Paudel hit five boundaries in his 43-ball 42.

7. Sharki and Malla then took Nepal close to victory with a 112-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

8. Sharki - who scored 71 off 98 balls with the help of five boundaries - was dismissed at a time when Nepal needed five runs to complete the victory.

9. Malla and Dipendra Singh Airee completed the formality.

10. Airee (five not out) hit the winning boundary off Muhamad Syahadat, while Malla remained unbeaten on 70 off 40 balls that included five each fours and sixes.

11. Muhammad Wafiq, Rizwan Haider, Vijay Unni and Virandeep Singh grabbed one wicket each for Malaysia.

12. Earlier, skipper Ahmad Faiz top scored for Malaysia with 76 off 85 balls with the help of eight boundaries and a six, while Virandeep Singh contributed 94-ball 46.

13. Other batters failed to make notable contributions although six players scored in double figures.

14. Faiz and Singh shared a 116- run stand for the second wicket but others could not build partnerships after they were dismissed in the space of 17 runs and Malaysia lost seven wickets for 80 runs in 13 overs.

15. Sompal Kami (3-40) and Sandeep Lamichhane (3-48) shared six wickets between them, while Lalit Rajbanshi grabbed two wickets for Nepal and Gulsan Jha pocketed one.

16. At the Mulpani grounds, Hong Kong skittled Singapore out for a paltry 174 runs and raced to 175-2 with 102 balls remaining.

17. Babar Hayat scored an unbeaten century, while skipper Nizakat Khan hit half century for Hong Kong.

18. Chasing a 175-run target, Hong Kong made a slow start scoring 14 runs in the first five overs and they lost opener Anshy Rath (

     Kathmandu, April 18Bhim Sharki and Kushal Malla scored half centuries as Nepal defeated Malaysia by six wickets, while Hong Kong outplayed Singapore by eight wickets in the opening match of the ICC World Cricket League Division Four in Kathmandu.

     Bhim Sharki, who scored an unbeaten 55 off just 33 balls, and Kushal Malla, who made an unbeaten 49 off 38 balls, helped Nepal post a total of 183 for six, which was enough to defeat Malaysia by six wickets.

     Hong Kong, who were batting first, reached their target in just 19.5 overs, thanks to an unbeaten century from Tanwir Afzal.

     The other two matches of the day saw Singapore fall to Hong Kong by eight wickets, while Japan defeated Macau by five wickets.

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