KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Nepal has bagged the bronze medal in men's T-20 cricket at the ongoing 13th South Asian Games.
In the match played at Tribhuwan University cricket ground, Kirtipur on Monday, Nepal defeated the Maldives by five wickets.
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Earlier, Nepal invited the visiting team to bat first after winning the toss. The Maldives could score only 94 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. Leem Shafeeg and Mohamed Rishwan contributed 19 and 17 runs respectively for their team. Similarly, captain Mohamed Mahfooz scored 16 runs.
Nepal's Lalit Rajbanshi took 3 Maldivian wickets while Sushan Bhari and Paras Khadka claimed 2 and 1 wicket respectively.
Chasing the target, Nepal met the target in the 17th over for the loss of 5 wickets. For Nepal, Aarif Sheikh scored 33 runs followed by captain Gyanendra Malla's 22, Rohit Poudel's 15 and Pawan Sarraf's 10 runs. Former captain Paras Khadka scored only 3 runs. Umar Adam sent three Nepali batsmen to the pavilion.
Bangladesh U-23 and Sri Lanka U-23 will play for gold later this afternoon.
