Netherlands and Nepal on Monday entered the document books after the Dutch prevailed over their opponents on the again of a historic third Tremendous Over in the course of the Scotland T20 Tri-Sequence in Glasgow. It was the primary time a recognised males’s limited-overs match, together with each T20 and 50-overs cricket, went into the Tremendous Over tie-break for the third time in a match.
Set a goal of 153 in common time, Nepal wanted 16 off the ultimate over, pacer Nandan Yadav hit 4, 2, 2, and 4 of the final 4 deliveries to ship the sport right into a Tremendous Over.
The sport was a nail-biter, heading into an unprecedented third Tremendous Over.
Within the first Tremendous Over, left-arm spinner Daniel Doram, who had a superb common spell conceding solely 14 runs and taking three wickets, was hit for 19 runs with Nepal’s Kushal Bhurtel smashing two sixes and a 4. The Netherlands responded with Michael Levitt hitting a six off the primary ball and Max O’Dowd contributing a six and a 4 off the final two balls, pushing the match right into a second Tremendous Over.
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The second Tremendous Over noticed Lalit Rajbanshi conceding two sixes off his first three deliveries. Nonetheless, he recovered to limit the Netherlands to 17 runs. Nepal’s chase began with a bang Rohit Paudel struck a primary ball six, and Dipendra Airee adopted with a 4, bringing the equation right down to seven runs wanted off the ultimate ball. Airee then shocked the Dutchmen as he smashed Kyle Klein over cow nook, forcing a 3rd Tremendous Over.
Nonetheless, it was right down to offspinner Zach Lion-Cachet to make the decisive transfer within the third Tremendous Over. He dismissed each Paudel and debutant Rupesh Singh, constricting Nepal to 0/2. With a run to win, Levitt put an finish to the match by slamming Sandeep Lamichhane for a six over long-on.
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The Nepal-Netherlands humdinger was solely the second time a males’s T20I match had gone right into a second Tremendous Over with the primary occasion occurring between India and Afghanistan in January 2024, a contest that the Males in Blue ultimately gained.