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Nepali cricket team celebrates after making a clean sweep of T20I against America. (Photo: CAN)
Nepal has made a clean sweep by clinching an eight-wicket win over America in the last match of the T20I.
Chasing the 157-run target set by America, Nepal reached it in 18.4 overs losing only two wickets.
Aasif Sheikh topped the score with 50 runs including five fours and two sixes off 39 balls while Kushal Mall and Kushal Bhurtel made 44 and 40 runs, respectively. Similarly, Anil Sah contributed 13 runs for the victory of Nepal
On the bowling side, Juanoy Drysdale and Jasdeep Singh took one wicket each for America.
Earlier, electing to bat first after losing the toss, America notched up 156 runs losing five wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Saiteja Mukkamalla topped the score with 68 runs including five fours and two sixes off 51 balls followed by Milind Kumar with 43 runs while Aaron Jones contributed 13 runs. The other batsmen could not achieve significant runs.
In reply, Sompal Kami three wickets followed by Rijan Dhakal and Lalit Rajbanshi with one wicket each.
Earlier, Nepal defeated America by 17 runs in the first match and beat it in Super Over in the second match.
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