Canada beat Nepal by 24 runs; Yuvraj Samra 105, Lalit Rajbanshi 4 wickets shine

Canada defended 256/10 to beat Nepal 232/10 by 24 runs. Yuvraj Samra’s 105 (117b, 11x4, 4x6) and Lalit Rajbanshi’s 9.5-2-39-4 both delivered 124 fantasy points.

Top fantasy performers

Sandeep Lamichhane

Nepal · BOWL

88 points – bowling 10.1-1-49-3; batting 1 (1b, 0x4, 0x6).

88

Arjun Kumal

Nepal · BAT

87 points – batting 83 (108b, 4x4, 0x6).

87

Dipendra Singh Airee

Nepal · AR

87 points – batting 27 (32b, 2x4, 0x6); bowling 9-0-49-2; fielding 1 ct.

87

The captain call

Best call: Captain Yuvraj Samra for 248 and Vice-Captain Lalit Rajbanshi for 186. Most-picked captain Kaleem Sana (4%) returned 116.

Tough day

Hidden gems

Arjun Kumal

Nepal · BAT

87 points at just 19% selected – strong differential bat.

87

Dipendra Singh Airee

Nepal · AR

87 points at 6% selected – all-round returns plus 1 ct.

87

Best XI of the match

1. Yuvraj SamraCCanada

   BAT

   124

2. Lalit RajbanshiVCNepal

   BOWL

   124

3. Sandeep LamichhaneNepal

   BOWL

   88

4. Arjun KumalNepal

   BAT

   87

5. Dipendra Singh AireeNepal

   AR

   87

6. Sukhjinder SinghCanada

   AR

   82

7. Rohit PaudelNepal

   BAT

   68

8. Kaleem SanaCanada

   BOWL

   58

9. Sheel PatelCanada

   BOWL

   52

10. Hamza TariqCanada

    WK

    42

11. Aaron JohnsonCanada

    BAT

    41

1039 points with captain 2x and vice-captain 1.5x · Canada 6, Nepal 5

Takeaways for next time

• Yuvraj Samra: A captaincy anchor after 124 points powered by 105 (117b, 11x4, 4x6).
• Lalit Rajbanshi: Vice-captaincy gold with 124 points from 9.5-2-39-4.
• Sukhjinder Singh: Consider at 9% selected after 82 points and 10-0-38-3.