Nepal Beat Kenya By 6 Wickets | Nepal Vs Kenya | WorldCup T20 Qualifier 2013

Nepal gets 2 victories in a row as Nepal beats Kenya by 6 wickets

Nepal 186 for 4 (Khakurel 54, Khadka 54*) beat Kenya 182 for 7 (Patel 103) by six wickets

Last over, Veswakar( 5 balls 23 runs) on strike, for me it was game over for Nepal. Veswakar gave 30 runs in his only over of his game and It was seemingly looking like being the difference between the sides. For a fan, it was not easy to believe that Veswakar was bit nervy. But Sharad had his own ideas. He was there to rise in occasion and make his name. What a time it was, blasting 3 sixes against one-time World Cup semifinalist and winning the game for the country.

Nepal's Bowling against Kenya(source ICC)

Nepal is traditionally a tight bowling unit. The problem always has been an inconsistent batting performances. It was again exposed against Denmark when score read 0-2. It was the Mr. consistent Paras Khadka to the rescue mission again. But against Kenya it was a total batting performance with exception of Pradeep Airee. Apart from Veswakar’s Blitz it was again fantastic batting display from Paras Khadka(54* of 40 balls), Khakurel(54 of 64 balls) played a openers inning whereas Gyanendra Malla’s inning also cant be ignored who scored 32 runs of 36 balls.

Is Nepal’s performance against Kenya and Denmark suggests that they can qualify for World Cup? Well it’s a million dollar question but there has been one and two areas where Nepal needs to improve.

        T-twenty innings always builds on Opening stands and Nepal cant afford another failure from Pradeep. He is a good player but if he is to keep his place in team he needs to perform in next two game or else something has to be done, either changing his batting position or dropping him.

1.     It has always been the case that Nepal’s inning builds on Paras Khadka. Over dependent on Khadka means there will always be a mental pressure more than anything if our Mr. consistent fails in any game. So remaining batting line up should increase their performance level and take the pressure away from the captain.
2.     Death bowling: Nepal’s death bowling has not been at best which was shown by yesterday’s bowling  performances against Kenya which should be addressed as we cant afford to give way too many runs in death against the likes of PNG and Netherlands.

We all hope that Nepal will be in World Cup but for now lets all fan concentrate just one game at a time and hope Nepal will win their game against Scotland.

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