Kathmandu. Nepal has won the ACC Premier Cup One-Day Cricket Tournament.
Nepal defeated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 44 runs in the final match held on Saturday. This is Nepal’
s second title. Earlier, Nepal had won the title by defeating UAE by seven wickets in the first edition of the tournament in 2023.
The UAE won the title in 2024 by defeating the host Oman. Chasing the target of 314 runs, UAE scored only 268 runs in 49.2 overs. Rahul Chopra scored a century but could not avoid the team’s defeat. He remained unbeaten on 100 runs. Shoaib Khan scored 52 runs, Tanish Suri scored 42 runs and Harpreet Singh scored 33 runs. Lalit Rajbanshi took two wickets while Sandeep Lamichhane, Rohit Poudel, Gulshan Jha, Dipendra Singh Airee and Bashir Ahmed took one wicket each. Invited to bat first after winning the toss, Nepal scored 313 runs in 50 overs at the loss of 9 wickets.
Opener Asif Sheikh scored a century innings. He scored 102 runs in 106 balls with 8 fours and 4 sixes.
Gulshan Jha scored 52 runs. Arjun Kumal scored 43 runs, Rohit Paudel scored 40 runs and Dipendra Singh Airee scored 18 runs. Bashir Ahmed remained unbeaten on 15 runs. Ibrar Ahmed took four wickets for UAE. Tanvir took two wickets while Haider Ali and Adeeb Usmani took one wicket each. With this win, Nepal has secured its place in the Asia Cup to be held in Bangladesh in 2027.
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