Kathmandu – Nepal won the opening match of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup by defeating UAE by 6 wickets on Friday. This is Nepal’s first win in the ACC Women’s Asia Cup.

The target of 116 runs was given by UAE in the match in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, Nepal won by losing 4 wickets in 16.1 overs.

Earlier, Nepal won the toss and decided to bowl first. For UAE, Khushi Sharma scored 36 runs and Kavisa Godag added 22 runs.

Captain Indu Burma took 3 wickets for Nepal while Kritika Marasini and Sabnam Rai took one wicket each.

Nepal in Group A will compete against Pakistan on July 21 and India on July 23. Group ‘B’ consists of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals.