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Nepal in a position of ascendancy to qualify for 2024 ICC Twenty20 World Cup

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The men’s national cricket team  of Nepal gears up for  the  2024 ICC Twenty20 World Cup Asia  Qualifier starting Monday in Kathmandu. Without a doubt Nepal has a glorious  chance to come out on top on home soil yet again.More importantly,they must not squander the opportunity to prove themselves. Hosts  Nepal, United Arab Emirates,Oman, Malaysia, Hongkong, Singapore, Bahrain and Kuwait  are in the fray. The winners and runners up of the competition will advance to the  final round of the 2024 World Cup in the United  States and the West Indies. The  eight  teams  are divided  into two groups and matches will be held in two venues-Tribhuvan University  cricket ground  and Mulpani cricket ground. As always,like in the past, cricket frenzy is expected to grip Kathmandu Valley.The charged environment and vocal partisan support gives the home team an edge over the opponents. In addition, as the pitch report suggests,it is batting friendly and slightly favors  pacers over spinners. Home sup

Nepal must have killer instinct to beat India

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The men’s national cricket team of Nepal  have made headlines in the ongoing Asian Games cricket in China,following two successive  runaway victories against minnows Mongolia and Maldives.   In the opener, they  wreaked havoc on  a relatively inexperienced and weak Mongolia who played their first T20 international match,after gaining ICC membership in 2021. The debut match turned out to be a nightmare for the Mongolian outfit as they got absolutely walloped by the vastly experienced and formidable opposition. On the other hand Nepal took  full advantage of the opponent’s weaknesses and  plundered them to submission in a match that shattered a series of  standing records. The one-sided  victory saw Nepal set the highest ever total (314/3) in the T20 international. In addition,Kushal Malla broke the  existing record  for  the fastest  century . His century came off just 33 balls. Another record breaking performance came from DS Airee who cracked the fastest half century ever off only 9 b