Nepal beats Dronacharya Club but loses to Telefunkin

Nepal defeated Dronacharya Club, Greater Noida by nine wickets on Thursday in its fourth practice match.

Nepal is touring to Delhi, India in its preparation bid for the upcoming ACC T20 Elite Cup and ICC World Cricket League Division 3.

The host, Dronacharya Club, elected to bat but was all out for 73 runs in 28.5 overs. The match was reduced to 35 overs per side due to technical reasons. Rahul Vishwakarma claimed three wickets while Basant Regmi and Ram Naresh Giri took two wickets for Nepal. Amrit Bhattarai and Shakti Gauchan dismissed a batsman each. Shubhankar Shudha was the top scorer for home team with 22 runs off 33 balls. Abhay Pratap and Rahul Siddhu added 16 runs each.

In reply, Nepal met the target in 11.5 overs losing only one wicket. Anil Mandal scored unbeaten 34 runs off 37 balls while Sagar Pun remained not out with nine runs. Opener Subash Khakurel added 28 runs before Anurag Pandey dismissed him.

Earlier on Wednesday, Nepali national cricket team lost to Telefunkin Cricket Club, Delhi by seven wickets in its third practice match.

Nepali team had won it first match against DI Khan Coaching Center on Sunday but lost to VijayDhaiyaAcademy on Monday.

On Wednesday, Telefunkin invited the visiting team for batting first and restricted Nepal to 217/9 in 45 overs. In the match reduced to 45 overs per side due to technical problems, Telefunkin reached the target in 36.3 overs losing only three wickets.

Sharad Vesawkar top scored for the Nepali side with 58 runs off 65 balls. In his anchoring innings, Vesawkar struck two boundaries and three sixes. Skipper Paras Khadka clobbered 57 runs off 44 balls including seven boundaries and a six. Gyanendra Malla and opener Subash Khakurel chipped in batting scoring 27 runs each. Malla faced 33 balls and struck five boundaries while Khakurel toiled hard to score 27 runs as he faced 65 balls and struck only two boundaries.

Gourav Kochar dismissed four Nepali batsmen while Pradeep Singh, Bharat Sindwani, Mayank Dagar, Nitesh Kumar and Ankit Dabas claimed a wicket each for the home team.

Chasing 218-run target, Deepak Khatri scored unbeaten 82 runs off 78 balls to guide the home team to an easy victory. Ankit Dabas clobbered 65 runs off 45 balls while Nirbhay Godlaw remained not out with 48 runs off 67 balls. Gaurav Kochar added 19 runs off 27 balls.

Sanjam Regmi, Rahul Vishwakarma and Ram Naresh Giri claimed a wicket each for Nepal.

Nepali team has a plan to play four 50-over matches and six T20s against local academies and clubs during the tour that ends on March 10.

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