KATHMANDU, April 10: Nepal on Thursday secured a big second consecutive win in the four-nation T20 series, thrashing Kuwait by six wickets and hugely boosting chances of making it to the finals. The four-nation T20 series is currently underway in Hong Kong.
Nepal chased down Kuwait's target of 186 runs in 18.5 overs for a loss of 4 wickets.
Opener Kushal Bhurtel hit 6 boundaries and a sixer garnering the highest of 81 runs off 50 balls. Another opener, Aasif Sheikh, made 53 runs from 38 balls, including 2 boundaries and 4 sixes.
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Kushal Malla was dismissed for 4 runs, and Dipendra Singh Airee was out for 31. Captain Rohit Kumar Paudel and Gulshan Kumar Jha remained not out at 4 and 9 runs, respectively.
Kuwait's Yasin Patel took two wickets in four overs giving away 17 runs.
In the first match on Wednesday, Nepal defeated Qatar by 8 wickets and Nepal currently stand at the top of the table with 4 points. Nepal will play their final group stage match on Saturday against the host team, Hong Kong.
Earlier, Kuwait, batting first, scored 185 runs in their allotted 20 overs, losing eight precious wickets.
