Nepal has taken the first wicket with the bowling against the home team UAE in the ICC Under-19 World Cup Asia Qualifier.
For Nepal, UAE’s Arenas Sharma was dismissed by Subas Bhandari in 18 overs.
Earlier, winning the toss at Ajman’s Eden Garden Oval, Nepal batting first scored 191 runs in 48 overs and 5 balls.
Captain Dev Khanal scored an inning of 51 runs for Nepal. Dev played 84 balls and hit 3 fours and 1 six.
Similarly, Vishal Vikram KC scored 38 runs while Uttam Magar contributed 36 runs. Where Deepesh Kadel scored runs for Nepal, Hemant Dhami contributed 13 runs and Milan Bohora contributed 10 runs.
For UAE, Dhruv Parasaran took three wickets while Harit Haris Shetty and Aryan Afiz Khan took two wickets each.
Singapore, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Malaysia and host UAE are participating in the competition along with Nepal. The top team from the round-robin tournament will qualify for the Under-19 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka in 2024.
Nepal has not made it to the Under-19 World Cup since 2016. Nepal has lost three U-10 World Cups in 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Nepal played the U-19 World Cup for the first time in 2000 and then played in five consecutive World Cups in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008. Nepal, which did not qualify in 2010, also played in the 2012 World Cup.
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