In an important group match, Nepal limits South Africa to 115/7
An important game for Nepal as they want to defeat the Proteas and advance to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup second round.
Nepal has held South Africa to 115/7 in their vital ICC Men’s T20 World Cup encounter on Friday in St. Vincent thanks to a disciplined bowling display.
With three wickets, Dipendra Singh Airee (3/21) was Nepal’s best bowler, and Kushal Bhurtel (4/19) put up a strong showing to claim four wickets as the Asian team looks to win to keep themselves in the running to advance to the Super Eight stage of the competition.
With a solid 43 at the top of the order, Proteas opener Reeza Hendricks scored the most.
Groups:
South Africa: Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Ottneil Baartman, Anrich Nortje, Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c),
Nepal: Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Sompal Kami, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Abinash Bohara; Aasif Sheikh (wk), Anil Sah, Rohit Paudel (c).