ICC World T20 Qualifier : Nepal began with victory over Denmark

DUBAI : Nepal began their campaign with a huge victory over Denmark, but they will be concerned that they lost five wickets in the chase of a low target, and had to depend on their captain Paras Khadka. Nepal's bowlers shot out Denmark for 79 in 19.4 overs, with Sagar Pun taking 3 for 12 and Basant Regmi 2 for 8. Only three Denmark batsmen made it into double figures. Nepal's chase got off to a horrific start though, with two wickets falling before they had scored. Khadka then dominated a 67-run partnership for the third wicket by scoring 48 off 34 balls. After he was dismissed, Nepal lost two more wickets with the score on 68, before they achieved the target in 13.1 overs.

FULL SCORECARD

• ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier - 3rd match, Group B
• Twenty20 match | 2013/14 season
• Played at ICC Academy Ground No 2, Dubai (neutral venue)
• 15 November 2013 (20-over match)

	Denmark innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	FA Klokker†	lbw b Mukhiya	1	6	5	0	0	20.00
	Yasir Iqbal	c Khadka b Regmi	17	36	22	2	0	77.27
	Aftab Ahmed (2)	run out (Malla)	7	20	11	0	0	63.63
	Kamran Mahmood	c Khadka b Mukhiya	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
	Rizwan Mahmood	lbw b Khadka	6	19	15	0	0	40.00
	HAM Shah	c Regmi b Sagar Pun	18	27	25	1	1	72.00
	MR Pedersen*	c Khadka b Sagar Pun	15	28	17	1	0	88.23
	Pawan Kumar	b Gauchan	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
	CJ Botma	c Regmi b Sagar Pun	6	12	13	0	0	46.15
	Bashir Shah	st †Khakurel b Regmi	1	5	5	0	0	20.00
	RB Javed	not out	1	3	2	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(lb 4, w 3)	7
	Total	(all out; 19.4 overs)	79	(4.01 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-3 (Klokker, 1.2 ov), 2-25 (Aftab Ahmed, 5.3 ov), 3-27 (Kamran Mahmood, 5.5 ov), 4-31 (Yasir Iqbal, 7.1 ov), 5-43 (Rizwan Mahmood, 10.6 ov), 6-66 (Shah, 14.5 ov), 7-68 (Pawan Kumar, 15.3 ov), 8-76 (Pedersen, 18.1 ov), 9-78 (Botma, 18.4 ov), 10-79 (Bashir Shah, 19.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Bhattarai	3	0	10	0	3.33
	JK Mukhiya	3	0	16	2	5.33	(3w)
	P Khadka	4	0	16	1	4.00
	B Regmi	2.4	1	8	2	3.00
	SP Gauchan	4	0	13	1	3.25
	Sagar Pun	3	0	12	3	4.00

	Nepal innings (target: 80 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	P Airee	c Pedersen b Bashir Shah	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
	SP Khakurel†	c Javed b Kamran Mahmood	17	43	28	2	0	60.71
	G Malla	c Shah b Aftab Ahmed	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	P Khadka*	c Pedersen b Yasir Iqbal	48	33	34	1	5	141.17
	B Bhandari	c Aftab Ahmed b Kamran Mahmood	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
	S Vesawkar	not out	5	7	5	0	0	100.00
	Sagar Pun	not out	2	6	4	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(lb 1, w 7)	8
	Total	(5 wickets; 13.1 overs)	80	(6.07 runs per over)

Did not bat B Regmi, SP Gauchan, A Bhattarai, JK Mukhiya

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Airee, 0.4 ov), 2-0 (Malla, 1.1 ov), 3-67 (Khadka, 10.5 ov), 4-68 (Bhandari, 11.3 ov), 5-68 (Khakurel, 11.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Bashir Shah	3	1	9	1	3.00
	Aftab Ahmed (2)	3	0	13	1	4.33
	HAM Shah	2	0	27	0	13.50	(1w)
	MR Pedersen	2	0	13	0	6.50	(1w)
	Yasir Iqbal	2	0	13	1	6.50	(1w)
	Kamran Mahmood	1.1	0	4	2	3.42

Match details

Toss Denmark, who chose to bat Points Nepal 2, Denmark 0

Twenty20 debuts CJ Botma, Pawan Kumar, HAM Shah and Yasir Iqbal (Denmark); B Bhandari, SP Khakurel, JK Mukhiya and Sagar Pun (Nepal) Player of the match P Khadka (Nepal)

Umpires CB Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Sarika Prasad (Singapore) Match referee GF Labrooy (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire AT Holdstock (South Africa)