LOL.. I never expected that Nepal would be able to win. When I checked the scores, Nepal was struggling at 138/8, with another 75 runs needed for a win. The 20-year old Rohit Paudel played an excellent innings, by scoring 95 not-out from 101 balls, and Karan KC provided him with excellent support for the 9th wicket partnership. And apart from Mark Watt (and to some extent Brandon McMullen), the other Scottish bowlers failed to impress. Sandeep Lamichhane performed well in this match as well, bagging 4/45.
Scotland has now completed their campaign in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. They have 50 points from 36 matches and are miles ahead of any of the other teams. Nepal got some valuable points during this series, but they are at 6th position with just 26 points. If they can overtake the United States of America and the United Arab Emirates, then they can get to the 4th position.
Really an unexpected performance from the young batsman Rohit Paudel and the bottom order player Karan. I watched the match when Rohit Paudel was at 65 runs and Karan at 10 runs. I thought this is going to be an easy win for Scotland. Awesome batting from Rohit Paudel, and he missed the century by a small margin. The country will celebrate him for what he had done.
If Nepal continue to play likewise, surely it can reach higher ranks. The team needs to have some confident play, because everytime someone at the bottom can't help. Today the required runrate is less, so they were able to play without pressure. If not the pressure to score will end the match easily.