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Nepal have faced a defeat at the hands of Thailand in their first semi-final match played today under ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier.

Thailand thrashed Nepal by 46 runs in the match held at the UKM YSD Oval Cricket Stadium in Malaysia.

With the defeat, Nepal's dream of reaching the World Cup Global Qualifiers has been shattered.

Nepal, who were chasing a target of 106 runs, scored 59 runs losing all the wickets in 19. 3 overs.

Kabita Kunwar made the highest 11 runs for Nepal while Apsari Begum and Kabita Joshi each scored 10 runs. The rest of the Nepali batters could not make runs in the double digit.

Onicha Kamchomphu and Thipachcha Puthawang of Thailand took three wickets each while Nataya Buchatham took two wickets, and Phanita Maya and Sunida Chaturangaratna took one wicket each.

Thailand, who were invited to bat first after losing the toss, scored 105 runs in the allotted 20 overs at the loss of two wickets.

For Thailand, Nanapat Koncharoenkai hit the highest 59 runs, including four fours, off 63 balls. Similarly, Nathakam Chantham made 31 runs and Chunida Sutiruang made 11 runs not-out.

Kabita Kunwar and Puja Mahato took one wicket each for Nepal.

With this victory, Thailand reached the final of the tournament and booked a berth in the World Cup Global qualifiers.

Nepal had reached the semi-final as the runner-up in Group 'A' and Thailand as the winner of Group 'B'.

Nepal have progressed into the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier by defeating Qatar on Monday.

In the match played in Bangi of Malaysia, Nepal defeated Qatar by nine wickets and set a journey for the semi-finals.

It is the fourth consecutive win of Nepal in the tournament.

Earlier, Nepal outshined hosts Malaysia by five runs, Bahrain by 10 wickets and Bhutan by three wickets.

Nepal have secured their place in semi-finals ahead of a match from the group 'A'.

Chasing the target of 75 runs for victory, Nepal gathered the runs in 10.3 overs at the loss of a wicket.

Kajal Shrestha scored highest 32 runs for Nepal. Likewise, Indu Burma remained unbeaten with 20 runs.

Invited for bat first after losing the toss, Qatar made 74 runs in the allotted 20 overs at the loss of seven wickets.

Indu Sharma took three wickets for Nepal while Puja Mahato and Kabita Joshi took each wicket.

Nepal is set to play against UAE in the last group match on Wednesday.

Rape-accused cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane has left for Pakistan on Monday to play Asia Cup.

National Sports Council member-secretary Tanka Lal Ghising bid farewell to cricketer Lamichhane from the Tribhuvan International Airport.

The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) said that he will reach Pakistan via Doha of Qatar.

The Nepali team had left for Pakistan on August 22 to take part in the Asia Cup to be held in Pakistan and Sri Lanka from August 30 to September 17.

The final hearing of Lamichhane’s case was scheduled for Sunday but it was deferred until September 7 due to some reasons.

A 17-member team will be led by Rohit Paudel.

Along with Captain Paudel, Asif Sheikh, Kushal Bhurtel, Lalita Rajbansi, Bhim Sarki, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee and Sandeep Lamichhane are in the team.

Similarly, the CAN has included Karan KC, Gulsan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratish GC, Kishor Mahato, Sandeep Jora, Arjun Saud and Shyam Dhakal in the team.

Nepal are playing the Asia Cup for the first time.

Nepal and Pakistan will play in the inaugural match while Nepal will play against Indian in the second match in Sri Lanka.

The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has appointed former Indian cricketer Devika Palshikar as the consultant coach for the Nepali national women cricket team.

The appointment takes place at a time when Nepal is preparing for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.

Previously Palshikar worked as the assistant coach for India and Bangladesh, and the batting coach for the Mumbai Indians Club for last season's Women's Premier League. She worked for India as an assistant coach (From 2014 to 2016), and for Bangladesh (2018).

The participating teams in the Asia Qualifier scheduled to take place in Malaysia from August 31 to September 9 are divided into two groups.

Nepal is in Group 'A'. Together with Nepal, hosts Malaysia, Bahrain, Bhutan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar are in Group 'A'.

Similarly, China, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Thailand and Myanmar are placed in Group 'B' of the tournament.

The top two teams of each group will play the semi-final and the two teams reaching the finals will get a chance to play in the Global Qualifier.

The Nepali line-up selected for the tournament includes Rubina Chhetri (Captain), Sita Rana Magar, Indu Barma, Apsari Begum, Kabita Kunwar, Kabita Joshi, Asmina Karmacharya, Ishwori Bista, Kritika Marasini, Bindu Rawal, Neri Thapa, Kajol Shrestha, Samjhana Khadka, Saraswoti Chaudhary, Sneha Mahara, Shristi Jaisi, Kanchan Shrestha, Roma Thapa, Sabnam Rai, Puja Mahato, Khusi Dongol, Manisha Chaudhary, Jyoti Pandey and Ruby Poddar.