Watch: Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, and Rahul Dravid felicitate Nepal players after IND vs NEP Asia Cup 2023 Group A match

India defeated Nepal by 10 wickets and qualified for the Super 4s stage of Asia Cup 2023.

India defeated Nepal in their second Asia Cup 2023 Group A match in Kandy on September 4 by 10 wickets and as a result, qualified for the Super 4s stage along with Pakistan from Group A. It was a crushing win by the Men in Blue side.

Nepal were asked to bat first by India captain Rohit Sharma, who won the toss. Nepal had a good start as openers Kushal Bhurtel (38) and Aasif Sheikh (58) added 65 runs for the first wicket. Then Indian bowlers, especially Ravindra Jadeja brought their team back into the game.

Indian fielding was no good as they dropped three easy catches in the first 20 balls and otherwise, the fielding was also not up to standards. At one stage, India was looking good to wrap Nepal's innings up for 170 odd, but then Sompal Kami hammered 48 runs to take his team to 230 in the end.

In response, India’s target was reduced to 145 from 23 overs (DLS) method, but Rohit Sharma with 74* in 59 balls, and Shubman Gill with 67* in 62 balls finished the game with 17 balls to spare and all 10 wickets in hand.

India also qualified for the Super 4s stage along with Pakistan from Group A and these two teams will clash again in Colombo on September 10.

Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid felicitate Nepal players

And after the match ended, Team India stars came up with a heartwarming gesture for the Nepal team. The players and the coach not only shared their experience with the Nepali team but also felicitated them. The likes of Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli, and coach Rahul Dravid presented medals to Nepal players who performed well in the game.

Nepal coach Monty Desai spoke special words for top performers and asked for the first medal to be presented to Sompal Kami for his contribution of 48-ball 56 on Monday, hitting four and two sixes. The medal was presented by all-rounder Pandya. Kohli presented the 2nd one to Aasif Sheikh, who top-scored for Nepal with 58. Desai went on to state that Kohli is Sheikh's idol.

Dravid presented one medal to Dipendra Singh Airee, who Desai described as the one bringing fielding energy to the side.