Nepal has reached the qualifiers of the Cricket World Cup after defeating the UAE in ICC World Cup League-2 . Chasing the target of 311 runs given by the UAE at the TU Cricket Ground, Nepal scored 269 after losing 6 wickets in 44 overs. Nepal won by 9 runs. With the win, it is confirmed that Nepal will play the direct qualifiers of the One Day Cricket World Cup.
There is a possibility that Nepal will play against South Africa, Sri Lanka and other test recognized countries in the qualifiers in Zimbabwe. With Thursday’s victory, Nepal has 40 points in League Two and Nepal has reached the third position behind Namibia. If Nepal wins, Namibia will not get to play the qualifiers directly. In today’s match, 4 players scored fifty in Nepal.
Nepal has won 11 matches in last 12 matches. Only one match has been lost. UAE, who won the toss and batted first, scored 310 runs after losing 6 wickets in 50 overs. Ashif Khan scored 1 hundred and 1 runs for him. He completed his century in 40 balls. On the bowling side, Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airi took two wickets and Lalit Rajvanshi, Sompal Kami and Sandeep Lamichhane took one wicket each.
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