Nepal are into T20 WorldCup Bangladesh
Its not dream. Yes, Nepal is through to the ICC Cricket World Cup which will be held at Bangladesh. It was an excellent effort from the guys. Paras Khadka lead from the front. And was fantastic with the both bat and bowl. Gyanendra Malla found form when it was required. Subash Khakurel was consistent in every game. Sagar Pun was that youth flair required in T20 competition. Binod Bhandari made his reputation as a fantastic finisher. Veswakar played two match winning knocks, Jitendra Mukhiya, Shakti Gauchan and Basanta Regmi were excellent with the ball. This was complete team performance throughout the Tournament. With exception of Anil Mandal, Pradeep Airee with bat and Amrit Bhattarai with ball every one performed. Nobody expected us to win considering the group we were into. It was tough group but Nepal made it through.
Analyzing the tournament:
Nepal won against Denmark, PNG, Kenya, Bermuda and finished third in the group. Nepal proved to be excellent run chasers. Out of four wins 3 wins(Denmark, PNG, Kenya) were run chases. And all three run chases were guided by excellent Paras Khadka and other guys playing around him. Against Bermuda Nepal defended the total by virtue of excellent Opening spells of Jitendra Mukhiya and Avinash Karn. Nepal again chased down the total against Hongkong and were once again guided by the Paras Khadka.
Nepal's loses were down to rain curt led Afghanistan, poor batting performance against Netherlands and excellent Scottish batting.
Nepali hero with the bat was obviously Paras Khadka who always performed when nation required him, whereas Jitendra Mukhiya was gem with the ball in hand.
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