Jaipur: Nepal and Maldives had mixed fortunes in the IHF Trophy Handball Championship at the Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium here on Saturday. While Nepal won the bronze medal in the Under-18 youth category, Maldives finished third in the Under-20 junior section. Both the finals will be played on Sunday. Hosts India will play against Bangladesh in the U-18 youth and U-20 junior categories. The first final will be played at 4 pm followed by the second one at 6 pm.In the U-18 youth category, Nepal won the bronze medal by edging past Maldives 31-29 in a thrilling match. Both teams were locked at 16-16 till half-time. Maldives started the match well and took the lead. For the first 10 minutes of the match, Maldives played better than Nepal but after that due to overconfidence, it fell behind and by the time of half-time, Nepal reduced its lead, and the score became 16-16.After the interval, Maldives again took control of the match and kept fighting throughout the match. Sonish Tamang notched up the highest 12 goals for Nepal. Hrithik Pariyag scored 5. tnn
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