#2 31(14)* vs Netherlands | Oct 7, 2019
Nepal won the toss and invited the Dutch side to field first during the 5th match of the Oman Pentangular T20I series last year. Karan KC picked up 4 wickets for 17 runs as Netherlands got rolled over for a mere 133.
Chasing 134, the Nepalese batting line-up could never find momentum in their innings. While other batsmen failed to get going, Paras Khadka scored 33 runs but at a ridiculously slow strike rate of 80 adding even more pressure to the coming batsmen.
Nepal won the toss and invited the Dutch side to field first during the 5th match of the Oman Pentangular T20I series last year. Karan KC picked up 4 wickets for 17 runs as Netherlands got rolled over for a mere 133.
The score read 93/5 in 16.2 overs when Karan KC was sent in to bat. With 22 balls left, Nepal required 41 runs and the onus was on Karan KC and Binod Bhandari to complete the chase. Unfortunately, Bhandari got out on the final delivery of the 18th over with 28 runs still left to score.
Karan hit a six off the fourth ball of the penultinate over as the over yielded 11 runs for Nepal. With an over left, Nepal required 17 runs and, Sompal (3) and Karan (14) were the batsmen on the crease.
The last over:
19.1 Karan pulled a slightly short-pitched delivery for a six over the mid-wicket boundary.
Now, 11 required off 5 balls.
19.2 Karan swung hard, only to miss it completely.
Now, 11 required off 4 balls.
19.3 Karan swung hard at an outside-off delivery to score a four towards the deep gully region.
Now, 7 required off 3 balls.
19.4 Karan KC cleared the mid-off boundary for a six off a length delivery bowled by Shane Snater.
Now, 1 required off 2 balls.
19.5 Karan KC got bat on a yorker-delivery bowled by Snater and both batsmen scampered through for a single.
Nepal won the match by 4 wickets with a ball to spare courtesy of Karan KC’s quick-fire knock of 31(14)*.
