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Nepal lose to India by 99 runs in ACC Women's Asia Cup
Nepali Women Cricket Team suffered a 99-run loss against India in the ACC Women’s Asia Cup being held at Thailand on Friday. With this win India entered the finals of the tournament.Nepali Women Cricket Team suffered a 99-run loss against India in the ACC Women’s Asia Cup being held at Thailand on Friday. With this win India entered the finals of the tournament.
Nepal won the toss and chose to field first.
Chasing the 121-run target put up by India in the first innings, Nepali batting order continued with their dismal performance and was able to garner just 21 runs before being all out in 16.3 overs. The 21-run fiasco put up by Nepali Women Cricket Team is the lowest score in International Women's Cricket history.
Four Nepali batswomen went for a duck and none of the remaining batting order were able to score in double figures. Indian bowler Punam Yadav took 3 wickets while Anuja Patil and Sabineni meghna took two wickets each.
Earlier, Indian players scored 120 runs losing 5 wickets with Sikha Pandey (39) and Indian skipper Harmanprit Kaur (14) showcasing a solid 6th wicket partnership of 51 runs without losing their wickets. Nepali Captain Rubina Chhetri took two wickets while Sita Rana Magar and Karuna Bhandari claimed one wicket each.
Nepal had crashed to low totals of 47 (against Pakistan), 23 (against Sri Lanka) and 41 (against Bangladesh) in the first three matches.