NEP vs SCO: An exciting match was played between Nepal and Scotland. The match was played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. In the match, Nepal won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Scotland put 212 runs on the board in 46.1 overs. Nepal needed 213 runs to win.
Captain Rohit Poudel won
Nepal's batsmen, who came to chase the target, looked restless in front of the Scottish bowlers. Top order batsmen got out one after the other. It happened that at one point in the score of 61, 5 batsmen of Nepal returned to the pavilion. Scotland seemed to have gained a foothold in the match. But Nepal's captain Rohit Poudel, who came to bat at number four, was vacated.
A captain's knock
Chasing 213, Nepal were 61/5 before skipper Rohit Paudel guided his side to victory against Scotland 👏
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Sandeep Lamichhane took four wickets
Rohit Paudel stitched together small partnerships with the batsmen down the order to take Nepal to victory in a thrilling match. Rohit Paudel played an unbeaten inning of 95 runs. During this he hit 7 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from this, Karan KC played an important inning of 31 runs. Sandeep Lamichhane took 4 wickets for Nepal. Lamichhane took 4 wickets for 45 runs in 10 overs.
both teams
Nepal
Gyanendra Malla (C), K Bhurtel, Rohit Kumar Poudel, Dipendra Singh Airey, Kushal Malla, Asif Sheikh, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi, Karan KC, Sompal Kami, S Dhakal
Scotland
KJ Coetzer, RD Berrington (c), HG Munsey, MA Leask, Chris McBride, CN Greaves, MH Cross, Thomas McIntosh, SM Sharif, MRJ Watt, A Neil
