Kathmandu: Nepal was defeated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 43 runs in today’s match of the ongoing Hong Kong International Sixes Cricket Tournament in Hong Kong.

Nepal, chasing the target of 130 runs set by the UAE, were bowled out for 84 runs in 6 overs, losing 4 wickets.
Mohamad Adil Alam scored 32 and Sandeep Jora an unbeaten 31 runs for Nepal.

Earlier, UAE, who batted first, scored a total of 129 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 6 overs. Nilash Keswani scored the highest 73 runs and Zahid Ali added 30 runs for them.

Rashid Khan took two wickets while Rupesh Singh took one wicket for Nepal.

Nepal’s journey in the ongoing competition has ended with this defeat.

Nepal was only able to defeat India in this tournament where 12 different teams are competing. Apart from that, Nepal was defeated in all the games. Nepal was defeated by Afghanistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka.