TEAM NEPAL starts winning at ACC U19 Elite Cup

The TEAM NEPAL has begun winning their to the title against Saudi Arabia by 137 runs.

This is very good start of the tournament to boost their confidence high, though Saudis are not as strong as others but still win is the win which matters most.

Earlier, Nepal won the toss and elected to bat first to give more batting practice to their batsmen which they didn’t get prior to the tournament. Suddenly, lack of batting practice has shown asupper order again failed and gave responsibility to lower order batsmen to keep NEPAL’s head high which is happily accepted by Amrit, a bowler, who aggressively hit his Carrier best 82 runs with 9 fours and 2 sixes. And he was well supported, partnering 76 runs, by Chandra Saut, another bowler, with 28 valuable runs. Second highest score of Nepalese inning was 38, made by Rom Shrestha and Captain Gyanendra chipped away for 20, who recently made a century against MCC in 3 days match in kathmandu. Nepal finished it’s inning for 233 runs before being bowled out in 49 overs which Saudi’s bowler Waqas took 5 wickets for 35 runs.

Then, it’s turn for our bowlers to defend 200 plus score which is always be easy and they rattled out them for mere 96 runs in 38.3 overs. here, Nepalese specialist batsman Anil Mandal surprising took 2 wickets for 9 runs, Sagar and Lal Bahadur Adhikari also took same 2 wickets and 2 batsmen were got run out.

A big congratulation to winning team NEPAL for getting first win comprehensively, keep doing same…
Well done guys.

Nepali cricketers get raw deal in Kuwait

KATHMANDU POST REPORT, April 21 -

The boys had left for Kuwait on a high to defend The Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) U-19 Elite Cup for the fifth straight time. On the eve of their departure on Monday, coach Roy Dias had said he was banking on his two main spinners Lal Bahadur Adhikari and Sagar Khadka to deliver in the flat pitch of Kuwait.

Dais will now have to change his game plan as Khadka is ill with fever and missed the practice session as well. Nepal begin their quest to retain the title when they take on Saudi Arabia at the Hubara Ground in Kuwait on Wednesday.

Injuries apart, Dias is also not happy with the welcome his boys have received so far form the organisers. Having reached a day earlier, all that his team managed to do a day before their match was some stretching and catching practice.

Even the first practice session was on cemented wickets and the coach was clearly unhappy while talking to The Post from Kuwait, “We must practice on turf as we will be playing in turf throughout the tournament.”

This isn’t the only worry for the coach as he suddenly finds himself in a position where he also has to work on his boys’ self confidence as well, as the title holders find themselves discriminated from the organisers.

Nepali team has been isolated from the rest of the teams and instead of a five-star hotel as per the ACC tournament regulations, the team has been kept in an apartment where there is no room service, laundry and other facilities the rest of the participants are enjoying, so much so that the players are having to wash their own clothes.

“The problems have made us more determined to win the tournaments,” captain Gyanendra Malla said. “Added to it is the pressure of living up to our reputation. That is why our approach is to take one match at a time.”