Nepal vs Mongolia
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| Nepal's Deependra broke Yuvraj Singh's record |
Nepal vs Mongolia Cricket, Asian Games 2023
A flurry of records was set in the match being played between Nepal and Mongolia in the Asian Games 2023. Batting first, Nepal team made many records in its name. Meanwhile, team's batsman Deependra Singh Airi broke the record of former Indian legend Yuvraj Singh by scoring the fastest half-century in T20 International. Yuvraj had completed his half-century in 12 balls, but Deependra scored his half-century in just 9 balls. Apart from this, Nepal made many records.
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| Nepal Cricket Team |
Deependra scored 52* runs in 10 balls at a staggering strike rate of 520 in the first innings for Nepal. His innings included 8 sixes. Apart from this, Kushal Malla played an inning of 137* runs in 50 balls at a strike rate of 274 for the team.
This innings of Kushal included 8 fours and 12 sixes. Kushal became the batsman to score the fastest century in T20 International. He completed his century in just 34 balls. Earlier, the record of scoring the fastest century in T20 International was held by David Miller of South Africa, who completed the century in 35 balls. Nepal hit a total of 26 sixes in the innings.
Became the first team to score more than 300 runs in T20 International
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| Nepal became the first team to cross the 300-run mark in T20 International |
Nepal became the first team to cross the 300-run mark in T20 International. In the first innings, very strong batting was seen from Nepal, due to which the team scored 314 runs for 3 wickets on the board in 20 overs. Earlier, the record of highest total in an innings of T20 International was held by Afghanistan (278/3).
Today, for Nepal, Kushal Malla scored the highest run of 137* while remaining unbeaten. Apart from this, captain Rohit Pauda played an inning of 61 runs in 27 balls at a strike rate of 225.93. Rohit's innings included 2 fours and 6 sixes. Apart from this, Deependra scored 52* runs in 10 balls.
