Cricket is also one of the sports which are being played in the Asian Games 2023 and Nepal cricketers have made the most of this chance by performing magnificently in the match against Mongolia. The match was played yesterday at ZJUT Cricket Field, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Nepal shattered many records in this match.
First of all, Nepal posted the biggest total of T20s which was 314/3 and this is the first instance when a team has crossed the 300 mark, while Kushal Malla scored the fastest century as he touched the three digit mark in 34 balls, Dipendra Singh Airee scored the fastest fifty as he played only 9 balls for it and his innings included 8 sixes and not a single six.
In response, the whole team of Mongolia got out for 41 runs and Nepal won the match by 273 runs which is the biggest victory margin of T20Is till date. Dipendra Singh scored 52 runs in 10 balls and this was the first time that a batter scored runs with a strike rate of 500 plus.
26 sixes were scored by Nepal batters which is the highest by any team in T20Is and with this innings, Kushal Malla (19 yrs 206 days) became the second youngest cricketer to score a century in T20Is.
Yesterday was a great day for Nepal cricket!
