Watch: Heartwarming Moment As Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya And Rahul Dravid Felicitate Nepal Players For Their Impressive Performance

Cricket is a gentlemen’s game and Team India proved it once again on Monday (September 4). The Men in Blue came up with a heartwarming gesture for Nepal after the match between the two sides in Pallekele in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023.

The contest between the two sides was a David vs Goliath matchup. Not many were expecting Nepal to give a tough fight to India, one of the strongest teams in the world. Nepal were playing in the Asia Cup for the first time in their history while Team India are the most successful team in the history of the competition.

Unsurprisingly, many were expecting a one-sided contest especially after Nepal’s poor performance against Pakistan earlier in the tournament. Against Pakistan, the Rohit Paudel-led side conceded 342 runs before being bowled out for a modest total of 104 runs.

Team India’s heartwarming gesture for Nepal:

However, the cricketing fraternity was in for a huge surprise as Nepal stunned one and all by giving India a run for their money. Helped by India’s poor fielding, Nepal posted a competitive total of 230 runs. Their openers added 65 runs for the first wicket before India reduced them to 144 for 6. But the lower-order did well to take the score past the 200-run mark.

With the ball too, Nepal started in a promising manner. Pacer Karan KC had India skipper Rohit Sharma in all sorts of trouble early on before the latter and Shubman Gill finally settled down and took India to a 10-wicket win (DLS method). India were set a revised total of 145 in 23 overs and they crossed the finishing line in the 21st over.

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.

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Indian players felicitated Nepal players for giving a tough fight.

A superb gesture by India!pic.twitter.com/X9PQmkpfKk

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 5, 2023