Kathmandu: Nepal lost to UAE by 48 runs in ODI cricket after failing to meet the target of 169 runs.
Nepal’s batting performance has been criticized for not taking responsibility. Nepal beat Papua New Guinea by 2 wickets in the first match of the ICC World Cup League 2 on Wednesday.
However, the Nepalese batsmen did not show patience from the start against the home team. The ‘fearless batting’ style taught by World Cup-winning coach Dave Whatmore a year ago did not materialize in this series. Coach Jagat Tomata, who gave recognition to Nepal in ODIs after being all out for 120 runs in 50 overs, has seen a lack of patience in the players.
“T20 and ODI cricket are definitely different. However, the players could not bat patiently. Tomato, who won the series against UAE on his own soil three years ago, said, “Shot selection is very important while batting.” Nepalese batsmen have not played even well Yesterday.
It was not easy to bat on the pitch where UAE was all out for 168. If we didn’t implement the plan Yesterday. There was definitely a plan during the batting. Players failed to implement it.
Tamata has also blamed unnecessary shot selection and inability to deal with fast bowling as the batsmen tend to play with ease when there are few goals. He added, “You have to be able to play well with new strength and pace. If there was a good partnership between the two, it would not have been difficult but the game would not play up to its potential.’
Nepalese team not accustomed to ODIs? That question was dismissed by Coach Tamata. “It came to our notice then. Allies like Nepal will not be allowed to lose the game because they are not used to ODIs. Today our batsmen have not been able to show their potential,’ Tomato explained.
Former national team captain Pawan Agarwal said that the failure to meet the target of 169 runs should be seriously reviewed. “We don’t have a cricket structure. Other teams are getting better. But we’re still participating. Basically, that’s the reason for the defeat. One day’s loss is a technical thing,” he said. Doing well. Performing better than us. But not achieving such a small target means we have to think about a lot of things.
Pawan did not say anything about the technical reasons behind the loss to UAE on Friday. He emphasized the principled argument that Najita should not be expected when nothing is necessary to facilitate the Nepal cricket team.
Despite getting a lesser target in ODIs in T20 with UAE, Nepal could not get it. Chasing the target of 169 runs, Nepal could not even play the entire over and were all out for 120 runs in 35.1 overs and lost by 48 runs. Although the target seemed normal, the Nepalese batsmen could not stay at the crease for long and with 14.5 overs remaining, the UAE bowlers returned the entire Nepalese team to the pavilion.
Playing for the first time at the Dubai International Cricket Ground, the Nepalese bowler kept the pressure on the UAE from the very beginning in the first innings itself. Sompal Kami took 4 and Karan KC took 3 wickets. But the batsmen kept shying away from their responsibility.
Rohit Kumar Poudel was the top scorer with 46 runs. He missed the fifth half-century of his ODI career by four runs. Rohit had scored 60 runs against Papua New Guinea on Wednesday.
The Nepalese cricket team, which started batting openly after the arrival of Dav Whatmore last April, has been unable to bat for some time now. Nepal lost to the UAE in the semi-finals after not batting in the T20 World Cup qualifier in Oman a month ago and failed to qualify for the T20 World Cup after eight years.
This time also the same result was repeated. In the previous match of League Two against Puwa New Guinea, Nepal lost 8 wickets to chase down the target of 205 runs.
In that match, Rohit Kumar Poudel and Arif Shaikh batted wisely while Karan KC played the role of the finisher. But this time Rohit tried to handle the innings but the other players could not support him fast.
The 55-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Gyanendra Malla and Rohit became the highest partnership of Nepal’s innings. Apart from this, Nepal’s partnership has also not been good.
After this defeat, Nepal are at the sixth position in League Two with 10 points from 10 matches. UAE are second with 20 points from 16 matches. Nepal’s upcoming games will be even more challenging after this loss to the United Arab Emirates in the preliminary selection process for the 2023 ODI World Cup.
