A five-wicket haul from Shahnawaz and Tayyab Tahir’s half-century helped Pakistan Shaheens move towards defending their title in the Emerging Asia Cup with a win.
Pakistan Shaheens defeated Nepal by 4 wickets in their first match played at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground on Friday.
Nepal won the toss and batted first and the entire team was bowled out for 179 runs in 37 overs.
Pakistan Shaheens achieved the target of 180 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 32.5 overs.
At one point, Nepal were 8 wickets down for 72 runs, but they managed to reach 179 thanks to Sompal Kami’s excellent batting.
Sompal Kami scored 75 runs from 101 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes.
Pratash Chetri scored 26 runs, his innings included 2 sixes and 1 four, the duo added 58 runs in the 9th wicket partnership, a partnership that was ended by Mubaser Khan dismissing Pratash Chetri.
Sompal Kami also added a valuable 49 runs in a last-wicket partnership with Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, in which Lalit Narayan’s contribution was just 1 run.
Shahnawaz Durmira took 5 wickets for 38 runs in 10 overs while Muhammad Wasim Jr got 51 runs out in 10 overs and dismissed 4 players.
Saeem Ayub and Haseebullah gave their team a 37-run start, Haseebullah scored 12 runs and Saeem Ayub scored 24 runs with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Added runs.
Umeer bin Yusuf got out by scoring 36 runs with the help of 4 fours, Tayyab Tahir played an innings of 51 runs off 67 balls with the help of 6 fours, Kamran Ghulam got out by scoring 31 runs while captain Mohammad Haris scored 9 runs.
Lalit Narine took 3 wickets for 50 runs.
The second match of Pakistan Shaheens will be against UAE A on July 17, while on July 19 they will compete against India A.
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