India: Nepal, playing its first match under the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, has a strong target to win the match against England.
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| Source: onlinekhabar |
• Nepal has got a target of 185 runs against England under ICC T20 World Cup 2026.
• England scored 184 for 7 in 20 overs, with Jacob Bethel top scoring with 55 runs.
• Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airi and Nandan Yadav took 2 wickets each while Sher Mall dismissed Phil Salt in the first ball.
For England, Jacob Bethel scored 55 runs off 35 balls with four fours and four sixes. Captain Harry Brook scored 53 runs off 32 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. Will Jacks scored an unbeaten 39 off 18 balls. He finished with 1 four and 4 sixes.
England lost their first wicket early when opener Phil Salt was dismissed by Nepal's Sher Malla in his first ball. In the situation of 57-3, Bethel and captain Brook shared 71 runs for the fourth wicket and handled the English innings.
In bowling, Dipendra Singh Airi and Nandan Yadav took 2 wickets each for Nepal. Debutants Sher Mall and Sandeep Lamichhane took 1 wicket each.
Sher made his debut in Nepal's senior national team from the T20 World Cup. Along with Sher, Arif Sheikh, Lokesh Bam and Nandan Yadav also made their debut in this Khelba6 T20 World Cup.
Sompal Kami, who has played two World Cups before, was on the bench against England.
