Live Cricket Score Nepal vs World XI earthquake fundraising T20 Match at Kuala Lumpur, Nepal 98 in 19.2 Overs: World XI win by 37 runs
Live Cricket Score Nepal vs World XI earthquake fundraising T20 Match at Kuala Lumpur, Nepal 98 in 19.2 Overs: World XI win by 37 runs
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of Nepal vs World XI earthquake fundraising T20 Match at Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Cricket Association officially extended the invitation to the government of Nepal to organise a benefit match between the Nepal National Team and a World XI which will be made up of several high profile players both current and recently retired. The match will be played at Kinrara Oval which is an One-Day International (ODI) status ground with the facilities to host such a match. We will be bringing you all the updates from this game here. Paras Khadka will lead the Nepal side whereas Sanath Jayasuriya is World XI’s captain.
Live Cricket Score Nepal 98 | Overs 19.2: Another poor display by the Nepal batting line-up as they lose the game by 37 runs. They even failed to cross the 100-run mark. Suresh Navaratnam is the most successful bowler for World XI, taking 3 for 27 in his four overs. The Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya has also taken two for 10. For Nepal, Anil Mandal and Raju Rijal are join-highest scorers with 17. Read Match report here
Live Cricket Score Nepal 73/5 | Overs 14: Nepal need 63 off 36 balls. Batting: Raju Rijal 17 (17), Paras Khadka 1 (2)
Live Cricket Score Nepal 51/4 | Overs 11: Again the middle-order of Nepal is collapsing. The World XI spinners have tightened their grip in the game. Nepal need 85 off 54 balls. Batting: Mahaboob Alam 1 (5), Raju Rijal 6 (9)
Live Cricket Score Nepal 40/1 | Overs 7: Good start for Nepal in their chase of 136. Though they have lost the wicket of Anil Mandal. Nepal should look to up the scoring rate from here on. Batting: Naresh Budayair 13 (17) Sharad Vesawkar 8 (5)
Live Cricket Score World XI 135 | Overs 19.4: Abdur Razzak played a handy knock as World XI are bowled out for 135 in 19.4 overs. Opener Marcus Stoinis top scored for them with 48. For Nepal apart from Sompal Kami, all other bowlers are amongnst the wickets. This target is very much achievable, for this team.
Live Cricket Score World XI 116/8 | Overs 18: Nepal is back with a bang in the game. The World XI are struggling big time. Their spinners have bowled well. Batting: Ahmed Faiz 17 (29), Sohag Gazi 0 (0)
Live Cricket Score World XI 97/5 | Overs 12: World XI have lost their way by losing three quick wickets. Offspinner Siddhant Lohani has taken two wickets, those of Suryavanshi and Aminul Islam. Batting: Rashid Latif 1 (2) Ahmed Faiz 6 (9)
Live Cricket Score World XI 76/2 | Overs 8: So the World XI have los their second wicket. Venugopal Rao, who was looking good at the crease has got out to Shakti Gauchan. Marcus Stoinis is batting well at the other end. He is nearing his half-century. Ahmed Faiz is the new man in. Batting: Marcus Stoinis 43 (25) Ahmed Faiz 0 (1)
Live Cricket Score World XI 34/1 | Overs 4: Good start for the World XI side. The openers, especially Marcus Stoinis is off to a flyer. Though they have lost the wicket of captain Sanath Jayasuriya. Venugopal Rao is the new man in. Avinash Karn got rid off him. Batting: Marcus Stoinis 24 (16) Venugopal Rao (0)
World XI captain Sanath Jayasuriya has won the toss decides to bat first.
Teams:
Nepal: Paras Khadka (c), Raju Rijal (wk), Naresh Budayair, Shakti Gauchan, Avinash Karn, Siddhant Lohani, Rajesh Magar, Anil Mandal, Sompal Kami, Sharad Vesawkar, Mehaboob Alam
World XI: Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Rashid Latif (wk), Abdur Razzak, Ahmed Faiz, Aminul Islam, Suresh Navaratnam, Steve O’Keefe, , Sohag Gazi, Marcus Stoinis, Chetan Suryawanshi, Venugopal Rao
The World XI team has a nice mixture of current and former players, with the most accomplished player in their ranks being the legendary former Sri Lankan opener and skipper Sanath Jayasuriya. The other members of the side includes, the former Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper Rashid Latif, Bangladesh spin duo Abdur Razzak and Sohag Gazi as well as the Australian cricketers, Steve O’Keefe and Marcus Stoinis. Venugopal Rao will be the Indian representative in this team.
Squads:
Nepal: Paras Khadka (c), Mahaboob Alam, Naresh Budayair(wk), Shakti Gauchan, Karan KC, Bhuvan Karki, Avinash Karn, Siddhant Lohani, Rajesh Magar, Anil Mandal, Raju Rijal, Sompal Kami, Sharad Vesawkar
World XI: Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Rashid Latif (wk), Abdur Razzak, Ahmed Faiz, Aminul Islam, Suresh Navaratnam, Steve O’Keefe, , Sohag Gazi, Marcus Stoinis, Chetan Suryawanshi, Venugopal Rao