Asia Cup: India beat Nepal by 10 wickets to qualify for Super 4s
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India won the toss and decided to field
PALLEKELE, SRI LANKA ((Web Desk) - India on Monday qualified for Super Fours stage after beating Nepal by 10 wickets under under the DLS method in fifth game of the Asia Cup 2023 in Pallekele.
After rain delayed the India's innings, the 231-run target set by Nepal was revised down to 145. The Team Blue surpassed the target in 20.1 over with first wicket partnership between Rohit Sharma (74) and Shubman Gill (67).
Earlier, Nepal set a target of 231 runs for India. Kushal Bhurtel (38) and Mahammad Asif Sheikh (58) built a strong opening stand as the favourite India struggled to serve early blows to the rival team.
After their removal, Nepal last quick three more wickets, putting burden on the middle and tail orders. Gulshan Kumar Jha made 28 runs while Sompal Kami smashed 48 to give a final push to the total. India restricted Nepal to 230 in 48.2 overs.
Rain has delayed the resumption of game as India stood at 17-0 in 2.1 overs.
Rohit Sharma, the India captain, won the toss and decided to bowl against Nepal.
It's the first international game between the two teams in Pallekele. The weather condition at the Pallekele creating plethora of problems for the organizers to organize remaining matches. The Pakistan Cricket Board Management Committee chairman Zaka Ashraf had phoned the BCCI secretary Jay Shah suggesting that remaining matches of the tournament be shifted to Pakistan.
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Ishan Kishan (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Mohammed Siraj
Nepal: 1 Kushal Bhurtel, 2 Aasif Sheikh (wk), 3 Rohit Paudel (capt), 4 Bhim Sharki, 5 Sompal Kami, 6 Dipendra Singh Airee, 7 Gulsan Jha, 8 Kushal Malla, 9 Karan KC, 10 Sandeep Lamichhane, 11 Lalit Rajbanshi
