India ‘A’ thump Nepal by 9-wicket

COLOMBO: Fiery bowling from Nishant Sindhu and RS Hangargekar followed by a splendid 139-run opening partnership stand between Sai Sudharsan and Abhishek Sharma guided India 'A' to a 9-wicket victory over Nepal in their ACC Mens Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 match here at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday.

In their next match, India 'A' will face arch-rivals Pakistan at R. Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday. With this win, India have consolidated their position at the top of the points table. Abhishek Sharma scored the highest for India with his classy knock of 87 off 69 balls while Sai Sudharsan played an unbeaten innings of 58 off 52 deliver-ies. Chasing a target of 168, India got off to flying as their openers Abhishek Sharma and Sai Sudharsan slammed Nepal bowlers from the beginning of their run chase. It did not take both openers to take India's total beyond the 100-run mark as they kept hammering boundaries at regular intervals. India finally reached the target in 23rd overs losing the wicket of Abhishek Sharma.

Earlier put to bowl first, the Men in Blue skittle out their opponents for a meagre total of 167 runs. Brief score: Nepal 167 (Rohit Paudel 65, Gulsan Jha 38; Nishant Sindhu 4-14) vs India 172/1 (Abhishek Sharma 87, Sai Sudharsan 58; Sompal Kami 2-19). (IANS)

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