Kuwait v Nepal
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Nepal won by 7 wickets
Nepal won the toss and chose to bowl.
Player of the matchParas Khadka
Nepal (143/3) beat Kuwait (141/9) by 7 wickets in Match 8 of ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Region Final 2019 at Indian Association Ground, Singapore on Sat 27 Jul 2019. Paras Khadka top-scored with 68 off 42 balls and was player of the match, and Basanta Regmi took 3/20.
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| Innings | Score | Overs | Run rate | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait1st innings | 141/9 (141 for 9) | 20 | 7.05 | – |
| Nepal2nd innings | 143/3 (143 for 3) | 15.5 | 9.03 | 142 |
Top performers
Batters
- Paras KhadkaNepal68 (42)11 fours, 1 six, strike rate 161.9
- Muhammad KashifKuwait49 (36)2 fours, 4 sixes, strike rate 136.1
- Sharad VesawkarNepal38 (30)4 fours, 1 six, strike rate 126.7
Bowlers
- Basanta RegmiNepal3/20 (4 ov)economy 5.00
- Sandeep LamichhaneNepal3/21 (4 ov)economy 5.25
- Muhammad KashifKuwait3/30 (2.5 ov)economy 10.59
Kuwait1st innings
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Sandaruwanb B Regmi | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 93.75 |
| Meet Bhavsarc B Bhandari b Karan KC | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Adnan Idreesc S Vesawkar b B Regmi | 25 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 178.57 |
| Bilal Tahirc P Khadka b S Lamichhane | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 162.50 |
| MNM Aslamc B Regmi b A Bohara | 23 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 92.00 |
| Usman Waheedlbw b S Lamichhane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Muhammad Kashifnot out | 49 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 136.11 |
| Shiraz Khanb S Lamichhane | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mohammad Ahsanc P Khadka b B Regmi | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Jandu Hamoudc Sompal Kami b Karan KC | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Ilyas Ahmednot out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras b 1, lb 0, w 2, nb 1 | 4 | ||||
| Total 9 wkts, 20 ov, RR 7.05 | 141 | ||||
Fall of wickets
- 6-1Meet Bhavsar1.1 ov
- 37-2R Sandaruwan5.1 ov
- 46-3Adnan Idrees6.0 ov
- 63-4Bilal Tahir8.3 ov
- 64-5Usman Waheed9.0 ov
- 94-6MNM Aslam13.5 ov
- 95-7Shiraz Khan14.5 ov
- 106-8Mohammad Ahsan17.0 ov
- 112-9Jandu Hamoud18.2 ov
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dot balls | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sompal Kami | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Karan KC | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10.00 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Basanta Regmi | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 5.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Abinash Bohara | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 8.75 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
- 1st wktMeet Bhavsar & R Sandaruwan6 (7)
- 2nd wktR Sandaruwan & Adnan Idrees31 (24)
- 3rd wktAdnan Idrees & Bilal Tahir9 (5)
- 4th wktBilal Tahir & MNM Aslam17 (15)
- 5th wktUsman Waheed & MNM Aslam1 (3)
- 6th wktMNM Aslam & Muhammad Kashif30 (29)
- 7th wktShiraz Khan & Muhammad Kashif1 (6)
- 8th wktMohammad Ahsan & Muhammad Kashif11 (13)
- 9th wktJandu Hamoud & Muhammad Kashif6 (8)
- 10th wktMuhammad Kashif & Ilyas Ahmed29 (10)
Nepal2nd innings
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paras Khadkac Shiraz Khan b Muhammad Kashif | 68 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 161.90 |
| Gyanendra Mallac Bilal Tahir b Muhammad Kashif | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 146.15 |
| Sharad Vesawkarnot out | 38 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 126.67 |
| Dipendra Singh Aireec Adnan Idrees b Muhammad Kashif | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Rohit Paudelnot out | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Extras b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 | 11 | ||||
| Total 3 wkts, 15.5 ov, RR 9.03 | 143 | ||||
Did not bat Basanta Regmi, Sandeep Lamichhane, Karan KC, Sompal Kami, Binod Bhandari, Abinash Bohara
Fall of wickets
- 44-1Gyanendra Malla3.5 ov
- 122-2Paras Khadka13.1 ov
- 124-3Dipendra Singh Airee13.4 ov
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dot balls | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilyas Ahmed | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Mohammad Ahsan | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Muhammad Kashif | 2.5 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 10.59 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jandu Hamoud | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shiraz Khan | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| MNM Aslam | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Meet Bhavsar | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
- 1st wktGyanendra Malla & Paras Khadka44 (23)
- 2nd wktParas Khadka & Sharad Vesawkar78 (56)
- 3rd wktDipendra Singh Airee & Sharad Vesawkar2 (3)
- 4th wktSharad Vesawkar & Rohit Paudel19 (13)
Graphs arrive after the match
The worm, the Manhattan, the run rate and the partnerships are drawn from the ball-by-ball data. This match has the score only so far, so the graphs are added about a day after the final ball.
Match information
- Series
- ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Region Final 2019
- Match
- Match 8
- Stage
- League stage
- Format
- T20I, 20 overs a side
- Date
- Saturday, 27 July 2019
- Toss
- Nepal won the toss and chose to bowl
- Result
- Nepal won by 7 wickets
- Player of the match
- Paras Khadka
- Umpires
- V Kalidas and Tabarak Dar
- Reserve umpire
- BB Pradhan
- Match referee
- M Nayyar
Playing XIs
Nepal
- Paras KhadkaAll-rounder
- Gyanendra MallaWicketkeeper
- Sharad VesawkarAll-rounder
- Dipendra Singh AireeAll-rounder
- Rohit PaudelAll-rounder
- Basanta RegmiAll-rounder
- Sandeep Lamichhane
- Karan KCAll-rounder
- Sompal KamiAll-rounder
- Binod BhandariWicketkeeper
- Abinash BoharaBowler
Also played this season Lalit Rajbanshi, Pradeep Airee
Data source
Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet, licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY 1.0). Cricsheet is at cricsheet.org, and the licence is at opendatacommons.org.



