Nepal vs Mongolia, Asian Games Men’s Cricket Competition, 1st T20I, Stats Review: Nepal’s records, Kushal Malla’s feat and other stats

Kushal Malla. (Photo Source: X(Twitter)

Sensational batting from Kushal Malla (137* off 50) and Dipendra Singh Airee (52 off 10) helped Nepal post a mammoth total of 314/3. A clinical bowling display then bowled out Mongolia for 41, giving Nepal a record-breaking victory in the 1st  T20I match of the Asian Games Men’s Cricket Competition 2023

Mongolia won the toss and decided to field first. Davaasuren Jamyansuren struck early, dismissing Aasif Sheikh and soon Kushal Bhurtel, leaving Nepal at 66/2. Kushal Malla and Rohit Paudel put together a 193-run partnership for the third wicket. Rohit Paudel smashed a fifty before being dismissed by Mungun Altankhuyag.

Kushal Malla remained unbeaten on a maiden century, and a disastrous innings from Dipendra Singh Airee (52 of 10) helped Nepal post a mammoth total of 314/3 in 20 overs. In response to Nepal’s 314, no other batter apart from Davaasuren Jamyansuren could cross single digits, and Mongolia were bowled out for 41, losing by a huge margin of 273 runs

Here are some Stats and numbers from Nepal vs Mongolia in the Asian Games Men’s Cricket Competition 2023

314 – Nepal’s 314 is the highest total in T20Is and the previous highest Total in T20is is Afghanistan’s 278 against Ireland in 2019

273 – Nepal’s 273-run victory is the biggest margin of victory in a T20I match, surpassing the previous record of 257 runs set by the Czech Republic against Turkey in 2019

9 – Dipendra Singh Airee’s 9-ball fifty is the fastest fifty by a batter in a T20I match and the previous record was Yuvraj Singh’s 12-ball fifty against England in 2007

34 – Kushal Malla’s 34-ball hundred is the fastest hundred by a batter in a T20I match, surpassing the previous record of 35 balls held by David Miller against Bangladesh in 2017 and Rohit Sharma against Sri Lanka in 2017

104 – Kushal Malla’s 104 runs from boundaries in an innings is the highest by a Nepal batter, surpassing the previous highest of 82 by Paras Khadka against Singapore in 2019.

137* – Kushal Malla’s 137* is the highest individual score by a Nepal batter in T20I, surpassing Dipendra Singh Airee’s 110* against Malaysia in 2022.”

7 – Dipendra Singh Airee has now scored the most fifty-plus scores in T20Is by a Nepal batter, with seven. Kushal Bhurtel is second on the list with six, and Paras Khadka is third with five

12 – Kushal Malla hit 12 sixes in his innings, the most by any Nepali batter in T20I cricket. The previous record was 9 sixes, held by Paras Khadka against Singapore in 2019 and Gyanendra Malla against Bhutan in 2019