Nepal vs South Africa
Nepal vs South Africa ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Nepal’s team had to face defeat by one run against South Africa. In this match, Nepal’s captain Rohit Paudel won the toss and decided to bowl first. The African team gave Nepal a target of 116 runs while batting first, in response to which Nepal could score only 114 runs. Nepal’s batsmen could not perform well in the last overs of the match and the team had to face defeat.
Gulshan Jha made a mistake in the last over
Nepal’s team needed 8 runs to win in the last over. Then Sompal Kami and Gulshan Jha were batting for Nepal. Otniel Bartman took the responsibility of bowling for Africa. No runs were scored on the first and second ball of Bartman. After this, Gulshan Jha hit a four on the third ball. Then two runs came on the fourth ball. In this way the match became exciting. No runs were scored on the fifth ball as well. In this way Nepal needed two runs on the last ball. Then Gulshan tried to play an upper cut on the last ball, but the ball went straight into the hands of wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock. Still Gulshan ran to take the run. So that the match could be drawn. Then de Kock threw the ball, which hit Gulshan. After this the ball went to Heinrich Klaasen who was fielding at cover. He hit the ball on the stump, due to which Gulshan was run out and the African team won the match by one run.
When the ball bowled by Quinton de Kock hit Gulshan, he slowed down his speed. He also saw where the ball went, due to which he got late in completing his run. Whereas he should have completed the run first. This mistake proved costly for the Nepal team. If he had completed the run without getting distracted, the result of the match could have been decided in the super over.
South Africa won the match
The bowlers performed well in the match for Nepal. Kushal Bhurtel took four wickets for the team. Dipendra Singh Airee took 3 wickets. Asif Sheikh did play an innings of 42 runs for Nepal, but apart from him no other player could bat consistently. Anil Kumar scored 27 runs for the team. Tabrez Shamsi took 4 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs for South Africa. It was because of him that the African team was able to win the match. Shamsi was given the Player of the Match award for his brilliant performance.
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