KATHMANDU, July 7: Canada has defeated Nepal in the second and final one-day cricket tournament.
Canada edged Nepal by 83 runs in the tournament held last night at Maple Leaf Cricket Stadium in King City, Canada.
Canada had presented a 189-run target before Nepal. Nepal was limited to 105 runs at the loss of all wickets in 39.2 overs.
Dev Khanal was the top scorer for Nepal with 26 runs while Pawan Saraf contributed 14 runs.
ODI Series : Canada XI defeats Nepal A by four wickets
Likewise, Binod Bhandari, Basir Ahamed and Adil Alam added 13 runs each.
Captain Sandeep Lamichhane made 11 runs, Rohit Poudel six, Karan KC 5 and Kushal Bhurtel 1 for Nepal. Deependra Singh Airi and Arif Sheikh were sent to the pavilion without any score.
Canada's bowlers Amar Khalid, Salman Najar, Romel Sahajad, Sad Win Jafar and Harsha Thaker took two wickets each.
Put to bat first after losing the toss, Canada gathered 188 runs at the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 50 overs.
Canada's Shreyas Mova made 50 runs while Aron Johnson contributed 44 runs. Likewise, Amar Khalid gathered 30 runs for Canada.
The first ODI against Canada was canceled due to rain.
Nepal made a Canada visit before the triangular ODI series to be organized in Scotland under the ICC World Cup League-2. Nepal will take on Scotland and Namibia in the second league.
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