India vs Nepal Match Stats

Full and quick on off, drilled through extra covers for a couple.

OUT! TAKEN! Bishnoi gets his third! Shortish and quicker around off. Dipendra Singh Airee goes back and pulls it to the wide long-on region. Sai Kishore settles under it and takes a sharp catch. A breezy cameo from Airee comes to an end. 

Googly, on the middle and leg. Kami plays across and misses, gets a thud on the pad.

Short and wide outside off. Kami pulls it toward deep mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! Nicely done! Low full toss, around off. Jora gets across and swipes it to the deep square leg region for a boundary. 

Flat and quick on off. Jora pulls it to wide long-on for one.

SIX! Clean strike! Starts from around the wicket and bowls it right in the slot at the stumps. Sundeep Jora clears the front leg and smokes it straight down the ground for a biggie.

Short and quick around off. Jora attempts the ramp but gets beaten. 

SIX! Another mammoth hit and Nepal aren't going away without a fight. Banged in a bit short over middle, Sundeep Jora muscvles this one away a long way over the wide long on fence for a maximum.

OUT! TAKEN! Find the fielder this time! Full and around off, Sundeep Jora stays deep in his crease and looks to slog it away. Jora though ends up hitting it flat toward long off where Yashasvi Jaiswal takes a good catch. A good cameo from Jora comes to an end.

Right in the blockhole around off, dug out past backward point for one.

SIX! Carved away for a third maximum of the over! Full and wide outside off, Sompal Kami frees his arms and hammers it over the point fence for a maximum.

Nicely bowled! Full and wide, gets it in the blockhole, Gulsan Jha is beaten all ends up.

FOUR! Up and over! Hard length around off, Gulsan Jha plays it on the up and goes over extra cover to get a one-bounce boundary. 

Bangs one in now over the stumps, at a good pace and gets good bounce from the deck as well. Gulsan Jha looks to take it on but is well beaten.

Very full and right at the base of leg stump, Gulsan Jha manages to jam it out on the leg side for a single.

FOUR BYES! Slower delivery that beats everyone. This is bowled on a length around off, Sompal Kami swings and misses and Jitesh Sharma gets a bad bounce as the ball goes past him and runs away to the third man fence.

OUT! TAKEN! A stellar catch from Sai Kishore and Avesh Khan gets his second wicket of the game. Hits the length hard and bowls it over the stumps, Sompal Kami backs away and looks to slog it away but gets it high on the bat. The ball goes toward wide long on where Sai Kishore runs in from long on and puts in the dive to catch it with both hands.

OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust and everything is falling apart quickly here for Nepal. Arshdeep Singh pitches this one up around middle and leg. Gulsan Jha gets his front leg out of the way and looks to heave it away. The timing isn't great and the ball carries only to Yashasvi Jaiswal at long on and he makes no mistake.

Shorter and slower around off, Sandeep Lamichhane keeps it down in front of covers for a quick single.

Around the hips, nudged away toward short fine leg. Sandeep Lamichhane at the bowler's end, wants the run and has to go back halfway through. Avesh Khan has time but misses the shy at the non-striker's end.

Very full on middle, hit away down to long on for a single.

Slower one, on a shorter length and outside off, Sandeep Lamichhane looks to pull but is beaten all ends up.

FOUR! Oh, dear! That is a howler from Ravi Bishnoi. Full and straight, chipped away down to long on where Bishnoi runs around to his left and overruns the ball, conceding a four.

Slower one, full and around off, Karan KC swings and misses.

SIX! Avesh Khan misses his mark and Karan KC punishes him. Full and straight but in the slot, Karan KC smokes it down the ground for a maximum.

EDGED AND FOUR! Short ball, the pace is taken off the ball a bit, Karan KC looks to pull but gets a top edge over the keeper's head for a boundary.

Slower one, outside off, Karan KC goes hard at it but misses.

A low full toss outside off, pushed away down to long off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Hard length over middle, Sandeep Lamichhane stays deep in his crease and lifts it high toward long on. Lamichhane doesn't get much timing on it, just the elevation and Sai Kishore settles under it to take a good catch. India just a wicket away from victory now.

Comes from around the wicket and bowls a yorker on middle, Karan KC just about manages to keep it out.

Full and wide, angling across, Karan KC swings across the line but misses.

Very full and around off, Karan KC stays deep and rills it off the toe end of the bat back to the bowler.

Another swing and a miss and four dots on the trot as well. Very full and angled across the off stump, Karan KC looks to go across the line but misses.

Keeps it nice and full and outside off, yet another heave across the line from Karan KC and he connects only with thin air.

SIX! Karan KC gets the big hit away eventually but Nepal fall short here. Slower delivery, on the shorter side and around off, Karan waits on the back foot and swats it away over cow corner for a biggie. India win by 23 runs!