{"id":48843,"date":"2024-02-28T15:13:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T09:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/?p=48843"},"modified":"2024-02-28T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T09:30:45","slug":"nepal-lose-to-netherlands-in-thrilling-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/2024\/02\/28\/nepal-lose-to-netherlands-in-thrilling-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal lose to Netherlands in thrilling finish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu: <\/strong>In a nail-biting showdown at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Nepal faced a gut-wrenching defeat of two runs at the hands of the Netherlands in the ongoing Twenty20 International Tri-Nation Series. The Dutch side showcased nerves of steel, snatching victory from the grasp of the Nepali team in the final over of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks Nepal\u2019s second loss of the series as they were defeated by Namibia on Tuesday by 20 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nepal, chasing a target of 185 runs set by the Netherlands, was on course for a victory as Dipendra Singh Airee unleashed a flurry of boundaries, smashing a six and a four off the first two deliveries of the decisive over. However, the tide quickly turned against the hosts as Karan KC got run out, and Airee fell victim to a brilliant delivery from Van Der Merwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With just five runs required from four balls, the Dutch bowlers held their nerve and delivered under pressure, ultimately sealing the fate of the match in their favor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Nepal, Dipendra Singh Airee and captain Rohit Paudel led the charge with impressive half-centuries. Airee&#8217;s blistering knock of 63 runs off 34 balls, supported by Paudel&#8217;s resilient 50 off 36 deliveries, had set the stage for a thrilling finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the day, the Netherlands posted a competitive total of 184 runs, buoyed by a gritty half-century from Michale Levitt. Levitt&#8217;s aggressive batting, along with contributions from Scott Edwards and Teja Nidamanuru, propelled the visitors to a formidable score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: In a nail-biting showdown at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Nepal faced a gut-wrenching defeat of two runs at the hands of the Netherlands in the ongoing Twenty20 International Tri-Nation Series. The Dutch side showcased nerves of steel, snatching victory from the grasp of the Nepali team in the final over of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nepal-cricket-3.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcWLTd-cHN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48846,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48843\/revisions\/48846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}