WI crush Nepal, qualify for Super Eight stage
Mumbai, Feb. 16 -- In September 2023, Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee set a world record. He took just nine deliveries to score the fastest half-century in international cricket, in an Asian Games match against Mongolia.
On Sunday, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Airee scored another half-century, this time a fighting 58 off 47 deliveries. What it did was make him his country's highest run-scorer in the history of the T20 World Cup - with a total of 143.
What it could not do however, was help Nepal get to a strong enough total in their Group C match against the West Indies. Asked to bat first, Nepal managed to score 133/8 in their 20 overs, before the 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cup winners chased it down to register a nine-wicket win.
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