ACC Elite Cup 2012 Final Nepal Vs UAE Match Summary
Nepal(SP Khakurel 55(74),SP Gauchan 3/36) Shared ACC Elite Cup 2012 with UAE(*Saqib Ali 101(103), Ahmed Raza 2/44) after the match is tied in Sharjah.
Nepali skipper won the toss and elected to field first as Nepal have got strong bowling attack.At the beginning UAE bating seemed to be in trouble when they had loose Arshad Ali without scoring a single run and that of team,consequently they loose 4 wickets at just 70 runs in 20 overs.It was a day for the captain Khurraum Khan and Saqib Ali.Both of them controlled the whole inning and managed to make a grand total of 241 in the final.Khan scored 61 runs of 79 balls with 5 fours before he was send back to pavilion by Gauchan and Ali managed to score an unbeaten century.He scored 101 runs of 103 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes and finally managed to drag the team score to competitive level. Nepali bowler seemed economical rather than successful today.They just succeed to take 6 wickets of the opponent among which Gauchan took 3, S Regmi took 1 and 2 of the batsman of UAE were run-out.
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The target of 241 was given to Nepal in 50 overs where Nepal produced an excellent start.The first wickets partnership between Mandal and Khakurel was of 94 runs meantime team lost Mandal with his personal score of 45 of 67 balls with 2 fours and 1 six.The tragedy of partner drag Khakurel along with him and thus he got to pavilion hiting 55(74).At this stage team total was of 106 in 24.3 overs so as it was thought Nepal would meet target easily but who knows, problems doesn't comes along with notification.The partnership between Captain and vice-captain creeped the team total to 165 but the star bowler Raza Hasha came in attack taking two wickets of Paras and G.Malla in consecutive balls.Team seemed critical at that moment but S.Vesawkar batted exceptionally well, he scored unbeaten 38 runs of 36 balls with a four and 2 sixes rescuing Nepal team till the last.
The most thrilling part of the match was final over where Nepal was requiring 12 runs of it and Gauchan was on strike who was going to face S.Silva.The first three balls of last over brought only 2 runs and hope to win was nearly fading along with setting sun in Sharjah, but fortunately Gauchan hits a massive six over the long and brought required runs at 4 for just 2 balls.This humongous six gave a water to a dead man and made him wake up.The second last ball brought 2 runs leaving 2 runs to score from the last ball of last over.Unfortunately Gauchan the the hero of today's match managed to score 1 run and got back to pavilion while tried to bring the second one to win the match, finally match ended in tie and both team share the Cup.
Players to watch
Saqib is the Man of the match for his brilliant century and Paras Khadka, the Man of the series for his consistent performances with the bat and the ball.
Man of the Tournament Nepali Skipper and All rounder Paras Khadka have scored all together 291 runs, taken 7 catches and altogether 9 wickets in the tournament.
SP Gauchan remained as the highest wicket taker of the tournament with his 15 wickets with an economy of just 3.18.
B Regmi took 10 wickets in the tournament with an economy of 3.81.
G Malla remained as second highest scorer from Nepal.He scored 212 runs and AK Mandal remained as third highest scores with his 200 runs.
********** Congratulation to Both the team for winning the ACC ELITE CUP 2012************
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