Asian Games / India set Nepal a target of 203 runs due to Jaiswal's century and Rinku Singh's brilliant innings.

Zoom News : Oct 03, 2023, 08:22 AM
Asian Games: The first quarter-final of men's cricket of the 19th Asian Games is being played between India and Nepal. India has given a target of 203 runs to Nepal. India won the toss and batted first and scored 202 runs losing four wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out after scoring 100 runs. He was caught by Deependra Singh Airi at the hands of captain Rohit Paudel. This is Deependra's second wicket. He also dismissed Ruturaj Gaikwad (25 runs).

Jaiswal has scored the first century of his T-20 career. He has become the youngest batsman to score a century in T-20 International.

Jitesh Sharma was out after scoring 5 runs. He was caught and bowled on the 5th ball of the 13th over.

Tilak Verma was out after scoring 2 runs. He was bowled by Sompal Kami.

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: Caught and bowled by Sandeep Lamichhane 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: Ruturaj 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 Shaikh (wicketkeeper), Sandeep Jora, Gulsan Jha, Kushal Malla, Deepender Singh Airey, Sompal Kami, Karan Casey, Avinash Bohra and Sandeep Lamichhane.

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER