West Indies had been defeated as soon as once more, this time towards minnows Nepal, by a humiliating 19-runs of their opening T201 on the Sharjah Cricket Stadium to propel them to a 1-0 lead within the three-match Unity Cup sequence.
Jason Holder and Navin Bidaisee shared seven wickets between them to restrict Nepal to 148 for 8 from 20 overs, after being despatched in to bat.
Of their run chase, Bidaisee was the one batter to attain greater than 20, because the Windies had been restricted to 129 for 9 of their 20 overs to present Nepal their first-ever win towards an Worldwide Cricket Council full member.
Captain and Participant-of-the-Match, Rohit Paudel stated the victory was not solely historic, but in addition welcomed, because it capped off a troublesome few weeks for the individuals of Nepal.
“I feel it feels nice, particularly after a protracted wait to beat a Check-playing nation. It lastly got here in a historic sequence the place we hosted it within the UAE.”
“… I need to dedicate this Man of the Match award to the martyrs who misplaced their lives within the Gen-Z protest in Nepal. The final month has not been nice for us, so if we can provide a bit little bit of happiness to the individuals of Nepal, I feel that will be nice,” Paudel stated in a post-match interview.
Once more, the West Indies’ prime order batsmen didn’t ship. Opener Kyle Mayers drove the primary ball of the innings from pacer Dipendra Singh Airee for 4, however after added only one extra run earlier than he was run out by a direct throw from Kushal Bhurtel.
Debutant Ackeem Auguste, scored 15 off seven balls in his transient knock, and along with Amir Jangoo carried the rating to 32 for 1 within the fifth over.
However Auguste was caught off Nandan Yadav, triggering a collapse that noticed them lose 5 wickets for simply 44 runs.
Paudel had Jewel Andrew caught for 5, Jangoo was caught by Lalit Rajbanshi for 19, Keacy Carty was run out for 16 and Holder made simply 5 earlier than being dismissed by Bhurtel to see the Windies hunch to 76 for six within the fifteenth over.
Bidaisee prime scored with 22, Fabian Allen made 19 and captain Akeal Hosein hit 18 from 9 balls as they tried their finest to revive the innings however couldn’t sustain and finally fell wanting their goal.
Earlier, Holder grabbed 4 wickets whereas Bidaisee bagged three, as West Indies did nicely to comprise Nepal.
Nepal additionally discovered themselves in hassle early following the lack of openers Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh that noticed them slip to 12 for two, however Paudel, who topscored with 38 and Kushal Malla, who made 30, joined forces in a 58-run partnership for the third wicket to rescue their facet.
Bidaisee then eliminated each batsmen in fast succession to go away Nepal 89 for 4 within the thirteenth over. Gulshan Jha contributed with 22 and Singh Airee made 17 to assist get them as much as their eventual complete.
Holder completed with figures of 4-20 from his 4 overs, whereas Bidaisee took 3-29.
