Spinners Crishan Kalugamage and Ben Manenti helped debutants Italy to a historic first win at the cricket T20 World Cup with a 10-wicket hammering of Nepal on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kalugamage (3-18) and Manenti (2-9) combined to bowl out Nepal for 123, a total Italy's openers overhauled with 44 balls to spare in their second match at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brothers Justin Mosca, who made 60, and Anthony Mosca, who hit 62, tore into the opposition attack with fours and sixes to fire their team to a win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A nation better known for its football, Italy are cricket minnows and the lowest-ranked side in the 20-team tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
They lost their opener to Scotland in Group C but bounced back.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Nepal were a far cry from the team that ran England close on Sunday at the same venue as they collapsed from 93-3 to be bundled out in 19.3 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I always wanted to help the team to win a match and do my best for my nation, Italy -- I'm happy," said player of the match Kalugamage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"These are my brothers. I'm really happy."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Italy were without skipper Wayne Madsen, who dislocated his shoulder in the first loss, but came out roaring after they won the toss and elected to field first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Leg-spinner Kalugamage sent back skipper Rohit Paudel for 23 and Manenti, who opened the bowling attack, took down Aasif Sheikh, for 20, with his off-spin.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Aarif Sheikh attempted to rebuild in 27 but Italy bowlers were unrelenting in their pursuit of wickets and the Nepal batting came crashing down.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Mosca brothers then struck eight fours and nine sixes between them to leave the Nepal bowlers in agony.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The win made Italy jump to third and England slip to fourth in the group led by the West Indies.
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