Bhutan lost to Nepal in ACC trophy

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), August 17: Bhutan lost to Nepal by 281 runs in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Trophy match at Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday.

Bhutan lost all 10 wickets with a score of 36 runs in 18.5 overs. Bikash Sharma Luitel scored the highest 14 runs for the Bhutanese team.

Batting first after losing the toss, Nepal scored 317 runs for the loss of eight wickets in all 50 overs. Two youngsters Paras Khadka, Gyanendra Malla and Mahesh Chettri lead Nepal to win against Bhutan by securing over half centuries each.

Paras top scored with 87 runs while Gyanendra scored 52 runs and Mahesh collected 56 runs not out.
 
Binod Das, Mehboob Alam and Shakti Gauchan claimed five, three and two wickets respectively for Nepal. Binod Das was declared the man of the match.

Scorecard
Nepal Innings
Paresh Lohani lbw T Wangchuk – 27 (37)
Gyanendra Malla lbw T Wangchuk – 52 (81)
Sharad Veshawkar ct D Gurung b P Wangdi – 0 (4)
Shakti Gauchan b P Wangdi – 0 (1)
Mehboob Alam lbw D Gurung – 39 (32)
Paras Khadka ct J Singhe b L Yonten -87 (68)
Basant Regmi lbw M Adhikari – 18 (33)
Binod Das c M Adhikari b P Wangdi – 4 (8)
Mahesh Chhetri not out – 56 (37)
Dhirendra Chand not out – 0 (0)

Extras (nb 3, w 26, lb 5) – 34

Total (for 8 wkts in 50 overs) – 317

FoW: 67, 73, 73, 142, 142, 196, 210, 303

Bhutan Bowling
Lobzang Yonten 9-1-48-1
Damber Singh Gurung 10-1-61-1
Tandin Wangchuk 10-1-33-2
Phuntsho Wangdi 10-0-60-3
Jigme Singe 1-0-24-0
Manoj Adhikari 6-0-40-0
Bikash Gurung 4-0-45-0

Bhutan Innings
Tashi lbw M Alam – 0 (5)
Tandin Wangchuk ct M Chhetri b B Das – 3 (11)
Manoj Adhikari ct P Lohani b B Das – 1 (8)
Tshering Dorji b B Das – 1 (15)
Damber Gurung c P Lohani b B Das – 0 (3)
Bikash Sharma Luitel c Shard b M Alam – 14 (20)
Phuntsho Wangdi c G Malla b M Alam 2 (13)
Jigme Singhe b S Gauchan – 3 (23)
Bikash Gurung b B Das – 0 (6)
Thinley W Dorje not out – 0 (0)
Lobzang Yonten c M Alam b S Gauchan – 0 (3)

Extras (w 11) – 11

Total (all out in 18.5 overs) – 36

FoW: 0, 3, 5, 6, 11, 20, 30, 32, 36, 36

Nepal Bowling
Mehboob Alam 7-3-10-3
Binod Das 8-0-24-5
Shakti Gauchan 2.5-1-1-2
Raj Kumar Pradhan 1-0-1-0

Bhutan News Service