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Yashasvi completed his first century on 48 balls.
India has made it to the semi-finals of the Asian Games Men’s Cricket. Team India defeated Nepal by 23 runs in the quarter-finals played on Tuesday.
After winning the toss and batting first, the Indian team scored 202 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored an excellent century. He played an inning of 100 runs in 49 balls. Rinku Singh scored 37 runs on 15 balls. In reply, Nepal team could score only 179 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs.
There may be a clash with Bangladesh in the semi-finals
India will face the winner of the match between Bangladesh and Malaysia in the semi-finals on October 6.
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have got direct entry into the quarter-finals in the men’s cricket event. At the same time, Nepal’s team reached the last-8 by defeating Mongolia and Maldives in the group stage.
Nepal’s innings
Chasing the target, Nepal team could score only 179 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Deependra Singh Airi scored the most runs for Nepal. He played an innings of 32 runs on 15 balls. Apart from them, Sandeep Jora and Kushal Malla contributed 29-29 runs. Kushal Bhurtel scored 28 runs.
Such is the fall of Nepal’s wickets
- First: Asif Shaikh- 10 runs: Avesh Khan got caught by wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma on the fourth ball of the fourth over.
- Second: Kushal Bhurtel – 28 runs: Sai Kishore got caught by Avesh Khan on the fifth ball of the 9th over.
- Third: Kushal Malla- 29 runs: On the fourth ball of the 11th over, Kushal Malla tried to play a big shot, but was caught by Rinku Singh at long on.
- Fourth: Rohit Paudel – 3 runs: Paudel tried to play a shot on Ravi Bishnoi’s ball, but was beaten by the spin and the ball hit the pad. In this way Paudel became LBW.
- Fifth: Deependra Singh Airi – 32 runs: On the second ball of the 15th over, Airi tried to play a shot on Ravi Bishnoi’s ball at long on, but was caught by Sai Kishore.
- Sixth: Sandeep Jora- 29 runs: Arshdeep Singh got caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal on the fourth ball of the 16th over.
- Seventh: Sompal Kami- 7 runs: Avesh Khan got caught by Sai Kishore on the last ball of the 17th over.
- Eighth: Gulsan Jha- 6 runs: Arshdeep Singh got caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal on the first ball of the 18th over.
- Ninth: Sandeep Lamichhane- 5 runs: Avesh Khan got caught by Sai Kishore on the last i.e. sixth ball of the 19th over.
India’s innings
India won the toss and batted first and scored 202 runs losing four wickets. For India, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 100 runs in 49 balls. Apart from them, Rinku Singh 37, Rituraj Gaikwad and Shivam Dubey played 25-25 innings. Deependra Singh Airi took two for Nepal. Sandeep Lamichhane and Sompal Kami got one wicket each.
This is how India’s wickets fell
- First: Rituraj Gaikwad- 25 runs: Deependra Singh Airi got caught by captain Rohit Paudel on the 5th ball of the 11th over.
- Second: Tilak Verma- 2 runs: Sompal Kami bowled the fourth ball of the 12th over. The ball took the inside edge of the bat and went onto the stump.
- Third: Jitesh Sharma- 5 runs: Sandeep Lamichhane was caught and bowled on the 5th ball of the 13th over.
- Fourth: Yashasvi Jaiswal- 100 runs: Deependra Singh Airi got caught by captain Rohit Paudel on the second ball of the 17th over.
Jaiswal-Gaikwad’s century partnership
Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad gave a great start to the Indian team. Both of them made an opening partnership of 103 runs on 59 balls. This partnership was broken by Deependra Singh Airi by dismissing Gaikwad.
Yashasvi’s first century
India’s young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the first century of his T20 career. He completed his century on 48 balls. Jaiswal was out after scoring 100 runs on 49 balls.
Playing-11 of both the teams
India: Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, R Sai Kishore, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan and Arshdeep Singh.
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh (wicketkeeper), Sandeep Jora, Gulsan Jha, Kushal Malla, Deependra Singh Airey, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Avinash Bohra and Sandeep Lamichhane.
Attention to youngsters in Indian
The Indian cricket team is adorned with youngsters in the Asian Games. Young batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad is the captain. Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma and Akash Deep, who performed brilliantly in the IPL, have also been given a place in the team. Here, know the performance of our two players in T-20 from this graphics.
Nepal had achieved a big victory
Nepal created a record for the biggest win in T20 International by defeating Mongolia by 273 runs in the first match. In the same match, Deependra Singh of Nepal also made the record of fastest half century. In the second match, Nepal defeated Maldives by 138 runs and made it to the quarter-finals.
