Cricket
Nepal open U-19 Asia Cup with Sri Lanka clash
Nepal’s best run in the tournament came in 2017 when they made it to the semi-finals for the first time in their cricket history.Sports Bureau
Nepal will open their ACC U-19 Asian Cupcampaign with a match against hosts Sri Lanka on September 6 in Colombo. Nepalthen play another Test-playing nation Bangladesh on September 8 before wrappingup their Group 'B' campaign with a match against the United Arab Emirates onSeptember 10. India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kuwait are in Group 'A'. Top twoteams each each group will advance to the semi-finals. Nepal made it to theU-19 Asia Cup after winning the ACC U-19 Eastern Region tournament in KualaLumpur the last month, where they beat Hong Kong by six wickets in the final.Nepal’s best run in the tournament came in 2017 when they made it to thesemi-finals for the first time in their cricket history. It was during that runthat Nepal stunned India in the group stage, the first ever victory agains theTest-playing giants in any form of cricket.