Sam Curran Snatched Victory: 10 runs were needed from 6 balls… the bowler turned the tables in the last over

New Delhi. Sam Curran gave victory to England in the last over with his lethal bowling. Nepal batted brilliantly in this breath-taking match. Nepal needed six runs to win on the last ball, but Sam Curran ruined Lokesh Ban’s plans by giving just one run and gave England a four-run win. Sam Curran bowled the last over of the match. In the moment of pressure, this player controlled his nerves and gave only 5 runs in the last six balls. Nepal needed 10 runs to win in the last over. England was successful in winning the match but Nepal’s players won hearts. Who kept the excitement in the match till the last ball.

In this match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Nepal had taken England’s breath away. In the last over, Nepal team needed 10 runs to win. Nepal’s batsman Lokesh Ban was batting well. England captain Harry Brook handed the ball to Sam Curran. Lokesh could not score runs on the first ball of Curran. He took a single on the second ball. On the third ball, Karna gave strike to Lokesh by taking one run. Lokesh ran away two runs on the fourth ball. Lokesh did not take any run on the fifth ball while he took one run on the last ball. In this way Sam Curran led his team to a thrilling victory.

Two-time world champion England tackled the challenge of Nepal in a very exciting match of Group C and finally registered a close four-run victory. Nepal had come very close to creating history by causing an upset in this match. He scored 180 runs for six wickets in reply to England’s 184 runs for seven wickets. Lokesh Bam (39 not out in 20 balls) performed brilliantly and kept Nepal’s hopes of an upset victory alive, but could not win in the last over.

In the last over, Nepal needed 10 runs to win, but the boundary could not be reached for Nepal. In this way his brilliant performance with the bat ended with a close defeat. Sam Curran bowled continuous yorkers in the last over and Nepal’s team could score only five runs. But still more than 17,000 fans were present at Wankhede Stadium and they saw Nepal perform much better than their potential. Captain Rohit Paudel (39), Deependra Singh Airi (39), Kushal Bhurtel (29) and Lokesh Basam (four fours, two sixes) showed great spirit but they could not lead their team to victory.

When Nepal needed 46 runs in the last three overs, Bam batted brilliantly. He hit two sixes in the 18th over of Joffra Archer and two consecutive fours in the 19th over of Luke Wood. Bhurtel scored quickly in the beginning while a strong partnership of 82 runs for the third wicket between Paudel and Airi gave strength to Nepal. Nepal had lost the initial wicket in the form of Asif Shaikh (07) but Bhurtel created the momentum by scoring 29 runs in 17 balls with the help of four fours and a six.

But he was out in the sixth over. In the 14th over, Paudel increased the run rate and took Nepal towards the target. He hit a six and a four in the over of England’s most senior bowler Rashid Khan. However, after the drinks break, the rhythm of Aari and Paudel broke. Airi was out on the ball of Sam Curran in the 15th over. Soon after, Paudel also got caught out by Phil Salt at deep midwicket while trying to play a sweep shot off Liam Dawson.