Afghanistan outplayed Nepal in the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 final.
Paras Khadka receives runners-up trophy. Photo by CricketKuwait.com
It was experience versus enthusiasm and Afghanistan used their experience at world level to recover twice during their innings to post 224 and used their bowling power to bowl out Nepal for merely 129 to win by huge margin of 95 runs.
Facing the pacers of Afghanistan proved impossible for Nepali batsmen as they lost wickets regularly. Only Sharad Vesawkar (35) and Gyanendra Malla (30) could make some runs.
Binod Das took three wickets while Paras Khadka and Rahul BK each took two wickets as Afghanistan´s formidable batting lineup struggled to make runs. Karim Sadiq topscored 58 while Raees Ahzamdi got 52. Mohd Nabi was out on 48.
After M Ashraf and Sadiq featured in 59-run partnership for fourth wicket while Nabi and Ahmadzi played well for 97-run partnership for seventh wicket. Nabi and Ahmadzi rescued the team from 114/6.
Mehboob Alam could not play due to injury on his foot and Binod replaced him, the only change in the team that played in the semifinal. Afghanistan played the same team from the semifinals against UAE.
| Afghanistan Innings 224 all out (Overs 50) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| K Sadiq | c P Khadka | b R Biwhwakarma | 58 | 105 | 2 | 2 |
| N Ali | run out G Malla | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| M Shahzad+ | c M Chhetri | b B Das | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| N Mangal* | c A Mandal | b B Das | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| M Ashraf | c G Malla | b R Biwhwakarma | 24 | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| A Stanikzai | run out B Regmi | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| R Ahmadzi | c D Chaudhary | b P Khadka | 52 | 64 | 5 | 1 |
| M Nabi | st M Chhetri | b B Regmi | 48 | 46 | 1 | 2 |
| S Samiullah | b P Khadka | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| H Hassan | not out | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| S Zadran | b B Das | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| extras | (b0 lb3 w2 nb0) | 5 | ||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 224 |
| FOW |
| 1-14(N Ali) 2-14(M Shahzad) 3-39(N Mangal) 4-98(M Ashraf) 5-110(K Sadiq) 6-114(A Stanikzai) 7-211(M Nabi) 8-217(R Ahmadzi) 9-217(S Samiullah) 10-224(S Zadran) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| SP Gauchan | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | – | – |
| B Das | 8 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 1 | – |
| P Khadka | 8 | 1 | 35 | 2 | – | – |
| B Regmi | 10 | 1 | 44 | 1 | – | – |
| R Biwhwakarma | 9 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 1 | – |
| S Regmi | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | – | – |
| Nepal Innings 128 All Out (Overs 40) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| M Chhetri+ | c M Shahzad | b M Ashraf | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| A Mandal | c A Stanikzai | b M Ashraf | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| SP Gauchan | c M Nabi | b S Zadran | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| P Khadka* | lbw | b M Nabi | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| G Malla | run out M Shahzad/H Hass. | 30 | 43 | 3 | 0 | |
| S Vesawkar | run out M Ashraf/N Manga. | 35 | 62 | 3 | 0 | |
| B Regmi | b N Mangal | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| D Chaudhary | b H Hassan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| B Das | c M Shahzad | b S Samiullah | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| S Regmi | not out | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| R Biwhwakarma | b N Mangal | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| extras | (b0 lb1 w10 nb1) | 12 | ||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 128 |
| FOW |
| 1-16(M Chhetri) 2-18(A Mandal) 3-28(SP Gauchan) 4-49(P Khadka) 5-75(G Malla) 6-85(B Regmi) 7-86(D Chaudhary) 8-102(B Das) 9-124(S Vesawkar) 10-128(R Biwhwakarma) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| S Zadran | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | – |
| M Ashraf | 7 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 5 | – |
| M Nabi | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | – |
| S Samiullah | 10 | 1 | 32 | 1 | – | – |
| H Hassan | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | – |
| N Mangal | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | – |