Qatar defeat Bhutan to end their campaign on win

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Up to date: Jun 09, 2022 17:53 IST

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 9 (ANI): An all-round effort by Aleena Khan, led Qatar to a 7-wicket win over Bhutan of their ICC U19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers match, on Thursday.
Aleena Khan scalped three wickets and scored an unbeaten 41 in a chase of 115. The win meant Qatar prevented the picket spoon as Bhutan remained winless.
Having received the toss and elected to bowl first, Qatar’s bowlers strayed initially as Bhutan openers Sonam and captain Ngawang Choden raced to 42 in 4 overs earlier than Qatar captain Saachi Dhadwal ran out Sonam for 12.
Choden, who top-scored with 27, whereas hitting 5 boundaries, adopted two overs later edging a supply from Aleena Khan to the keeper Shruti Rana within the seventh over.

Three different batters acquired begins however didn’t convert it into a major rating with as many as 4 batters scoring 12. Bhutan misplaced three wickets within the final over bowled by Dhadwal, two run-outs and an LBW, to complete on 114-9. Aleena Khan registered figures of 4-0-8-3.
In reply, Sonam priced out opener Dhadwal for a duck as no wickets fell for the following 15 overs. Rana and Khan placed on a mammoth 107-run partnership for the second wicket as Qatar cruised to the goal in 17 overs regardless of a few late wickets by Chado Om and a run-out. Rana struck seven boundaries however fell a run in need of a half-century.
Participant-of-the-match Aleena Khan was elated after her all-round contributions to carry the workforce.
“After we began bowling, we acquired hit for fairly a couple of runs and the workforce was feeling down on the time. Once I got here on to bowl, we had been bowling very well. I acquired two wickets and that introduced me numerous confidence,” stated Aleena Khan after the sport.
“My roommate Hiya Ladani took an incredible catch. Whereas batting, it was all about staying on the crease and since I batted effectively yesterday, I had that innings behind me. The partnership with Shruti was actually good,” she added. (ANI)