{"id":428393,"date":"2026-04-19T07:15:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=428393"},"modified":"2026-04-19T07:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T01:30:46","slug":"nepal-loses-to-usa-by-44-runs-in-womens-t20i-challenge-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/04\/19\/428393.html","title":{"rendered":"Nepal loses to USA by 44 runs in Women\u2019s T20I Challenge Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathmandu, April 18: Nepal suffered a 44-run defeat against the United States in the ICC Women\u2019s T20I Challenge Trophy 2026 match held in Kigali, Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing a target of 127 runs, Nepal were bowled out for just 79 runs in 20 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only Bindu Rawal (27 off 45 balls) and Kabita Joshi (11 off 20 balls) managed to reach double figures as Nepal lost nine wickets in their innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the USA, Pooja Ganesh top-scored with 47 runs, while Gargi Bhogle made 34 and Chetna Pagydayla added 30 runs, helping their team post 123\/6 in 20 overs after being put into bat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nepali bowler Manisha Upadhyaya took two wickets, while Kabita Kunwar and Riya Sharma claimed one wicket each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the USA, Lekha Shetty and Taranum Chopra took two wickets each, while four other bowlers shared one wicket each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament, organised by the International Cricket Council, features hosts Rwanda along with Nepal, USA, Italy and Vanuatu. The competition began today and will run until May 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nepal will play their next match against Italy on April 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, April 18: Nepal suffered a 44-run defeat against the United States in the ICC Women\u2019s T20I Challenge Trophy 2026 match held in Kigali, Rwanda. Chasing a target of 127 runs, Nepal were bowled out for just 79 runs in 20 overs. Only Bindu Rawal (27 off 45 balls) and Kabita Joshi (11 off 20 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":428394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,74],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-428393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428395,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428393\/revisions\/428395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428393"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=428393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}