“Definitely, we played better cricket in the last game against England. But today, we were not up to the mark in the batting. In the PowerPlay, we were not up to the mark. We lost two quick wickets and collapsed in the middle part of the game, so we couldn’t come back,” he said, adding: “It was 180 wicket, but we were not able to score that…”
Inserted, Nepal lost wickets in clusters as none of its batters could convert the starts. “When DP (Dipendra Singh Airee) and I were batting, our plan was to get 8-9 runs per over and we were able to collect 8-9 runs per over, but you once DP got out, we collapsed,” Aarif said.
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“The coach (Stuart Law) told us to play our natural game and that’s what we planned and we were able to do that in the middle overs when me and DP were batting,” he said, adding that losing quick wickets cost the team dearly.
However, he made it clear that the team wasn’t under pressure. “We were not under pressure. We were playing our own natural game, but we know in the middle part of the game we lost,” he said.
Nepal will next play the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
Published on Feb 12, 2026
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