It wasn't an easy win: Max O'Dowd

The Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas witnessed a surge of Nepal fandom on Tuesday. Fans turned up in big numbers for their side's T20 World Cup opener and sang through the evening even as their side fell short against Netherlands. Max O'Dowd, the chief architect of the said downfall, reckoned the chase of 106 that looked straightforward was anything but.

"I definitely wouldn't say it was easy and a World Cup win is amazing, any World Cup win is great. And I think our bowlers bowled extremely well to restrict them to 106 but you see Nepal have so much fight and spirit that they managed to bring it down to what it was. I don't think it was ever a case of it being an easy win," O'Dowd said.

Netherlands bowlers put in a fine collective effort, led ably by left-arm spinner Tim Pringle [3-20] and medium-pacer Logan van Beek [3-18] to bundle out Nepal for just 106. But in a World Cup that has been low-scoring so far, and has even had a Super Over in a