Nepal ended their international goal scoring drought in style when they hammered six past Northern Mariana Island in the AFC Challenge Cup Group D Qualifiers at Dasharath Stadium on Saturday.
It was a memorable day especially for striker Bharat Khawas who scored a hat-trick against the little known islanders. Khawas opened his and Nepali account after barely three minutes into the game when he capitalized a pass from Jagjeet Shrestha to head the first goal. Shrestha was again involved in the second goal that came off Santosh Sahukhala when his pass was headed by the Three Star Club striker in the 30th minute. Khawas then made it three for Nepal with four minutes to the half-time when he was left unmarked at the end of Rabin Shrestha's cross.
Nepal continued their scoring streak in the second half through Raju Tamang's spot kick. Tamang scored his second international goal for the country in the 60th minute through the penalty kick after Jagjeet was brought down inside the 18-yard area. Defender Sandeep Rai soon joined the party after eight minutes of Tamang's goal when his powerful right-footed shot from outside the penalty area took the direction to the net.
Khawas then completed his hat-trick in the 72nd minute after skipper Sagar Thapa got pass two defenders and fed it to the Nepal Army Club hitman to earn a brilliant cap for Nepali football.
Northern Mariana Island had a day to forget as they could not manage a single shot on target.
Earlier in the first game of the day, Palestine toiled hard to earn a laboring 1-0 victory over Bangladesh in the same venue.
Haytham Theeb scored the only goal in the 67th minute to earn the vital three points for his team.
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