Kathmandu, Feb 12: Nepal suffered a defeat against Italy in today's match held under ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India. Nepal lost the match by 10 wickets.
Chasing a target of 124-run victory target posted by Nepal, Italy completed the target in 12.4 overs. For Italy, Anthony Mosca scored 62 runs while Justin Mosca gathered 60 runs.
Earlier, invited to bat first after losing the toss, Nepal gathered 123 runs in 19.3 overs at the loss of all wickets.
For Nepal, Aarif Sheikh scored the highest 27 runs while Rohit Poudel made 23 runs, Aasif Sheikh 20 runs, Dipendra Singh Airee 17 runs and Karan KC 18 runs (not out).
Italy's Crishan Kalugamage and Ben Manenti took three wickets and two wickets respectively while Jaspreet Singh and JJ Smuts took one wicket each. This is the second consecutive defeat of Nepal, which is in Group 'C'. With this consecutive loss, Nepal's possibility of entering Super Eight has become weak.
However, this is the first win of Italy.
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