Player of the Match
Player of the Match

That's all from our side for now. But don't go far away; we have India vs Pakistan lined up later tonight.

Indu Barma: It's a great win and we are were happy. Thanks to CAN and our fans. It was our coach and captain's decision to make Samjhana open. We believe she can do well opening the batting. I am very happy with my team. They kept believing and I am very, very happy.

Esha Oza: It was a pretty decent wicket and we didn't post a par total. Everybody got a good start but we couldn't convert, and losing three wickets in the powerplay isn't an ideal start. At times we were bowling too short. There were too many bad balls.

Samjhana Khadka is the Player of the Match. "I am very happy that I had the opportunity to make the country proud. I would like to thank everybody," says an emotional Khadka.

Time for the presentation ceremony.

Sampath Bandarupalli tells me that Khadka's unbeaten 72 is the third-highest T20I score by a Nepal Women's batter. And this was their highest successful chase in the format.

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5.15pm Jubilant scenes in Dambulla as Nepal complete a comfortable chase, thanks to Khadka who finishes on 72* off 45 balls with the help of 11 fours. It's easily the highest score by a Nepal batter in the Asia Cup history, the previous best for them was 16 by Jyoti Pandey. The whole Nepal team gets together and poses for a group photo.

16.1
4
Oza to Samjhana Khadka, FOUR, and that's history. Nepal register their first win in Asia Cup in nine attempts. And it's fitting that the winning runs come from Khadka's bat - off a short ball pulled behind square leg for a boundary, her most productive shot today

Just two required now

END OF OVER:
16 | 12 Runs | NEP-W: 114/4 (2 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.12, RRR: 0.50)

  • Puja Mahato7 (7b)
  • Samjhana Khadka68 (44b)
  • Vaishnave Mahesh3-0-26-0
  • Indhuja Nandakumar2-0-13-0

Sonam: "Never seen Nepali batter (women) playing with such a ease against any team in my life. KUDOS to Samjhana. Thank you for this wonderful innings against UAE can't express how happy I am."

15.6
2
Vaishnave Mahesh to Puja Mahato, 2 runs, a googly. Cut towards point where there's another misfield. Nepal pick up two more
15.5
1
Vaishnave Mahesh to Samjhana Khadka, 1 run, length ball outside off. Cuts it towards extra cover who lets it go through but the sweeper cuts it off
15.4
1
Vaishnave Mahesh to Puja Mahato, 1 run, down the track and hits it towards long-on
15.4
1w
Vaishnave Mahesh to Puja Mahato, 1 wide, tossed up but way too outside off. Left alone

NEP Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st39SR MagarSamjhana Khadka
2nd12K KunwarSamjhana Khadka
3rd23I BarmaSamjhana Khadka
4th15RC BelbashiSamjhana Khadka
5th29Samjhana KhadkaPuja Mahato