Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Kuwait presented a 50-run target to Nepal at the Indian Associate Ground. Player-of-the-match Geeta Chudal hauled three wickets to restrict Kuwait to a paltry total of 49/9.[break]
In reply, Nepal achieved the target in 8.3 overs losing only three wickets. Sarita Magar topscored with an unbeaten 14 runs. She hit two fences facing nine deliveries.
The opening pair of Sita Rana (4) and Neema Tamang (5) played a 17-run partnership before Rana was bowled out by Anisha D´Silva in the sixth over. Tamang was caught behind by wicketkeeper Priyada Murali.
Skipper Nary Thapa scored 10, the second highest score for Nepal, with two boundaries facing six balls. She was caught by Sabreen Zaki. Thapa had scored 38 runs against Hong Kong in the first match of the tournament that Nepal won by 79 runs.
Kuwait´s Anisha D´Silva, Khadija Khalil and Khansa Irfan pocketed a wicket each.
Earlier, Kuwait lost their first wicket with four runs on the board when Afia Khan (2) was bowled by Sonu Khadka in the third over. Priya Murali (13) and Khalil (unbeaten 10) were the only players to score in double digits for Kuwait.
Chudal in her five over spell conceded 10 runs claiming three wickets, while Sarita Magar conceded seven runs for two wickets. Rubina Chhetri, Sonu Chhetri and Sita Rana claimed a wicket each.
Nepal will play Singapore in the next league match on Thursday.
In another match of the same group, Hong Kong defeated the hosts Singapore by a wide margin of 171 runs to hand them their second defeat of the tournament.
After the victory Nepali coach Shyamson Jung Thapa commented that they had an easy victory due to strong fielding. "Bowling and fielding was as per the expectations, so we had an easy win. Every player did their job very well. We need to repeat the performance in the upcoming matches also," Thapa said.
Captain Thapa said that the performance was better than what they had expected. "We had targeted to bundle out the opponents for less than 50 runs and we succeeded in it," Thapa said, adding, "The victories in two consecutive matches will motivate us to put up better performances in matches to come as well."
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