Nepal won by 3 runs against Namibia, the hope of the final is alive

Karan, who had spent 41 runs in his previous 3 overs, took a risky last over and bowled Sandar . Among the 8 runs added by Namibia in the last over, there was also a four off the last ball.

Namibia, which came with a target of 181 runs, lost 7 wickets and scored only 177 runs. When the game turned in favor of Namibia, Dipendrasinh Airey gave only 2 runs in the 16th over and dismissed captain JJ Schmidt and John Nicholas Lofty Eaton in consecutive balls. In the next over, Nepal returned to the game after Avinash Bohra dismissed Jan Freilink.

Schmidt played 6 fours and 2 sixes in 26 balls and scored 50 runs. Frylink scored 37 off 29 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes, JP Kotze scored 25 off 22 balls with 4 fours and Jane Green scored 23 unbeaten off 13 balls with 4 fours .

Dipendra took 29 in 4 overs, Sompal 34 in 4 overs and Karan took 2 wickets each with 49 runs in 4 overs . Avinash Bohra spent 32 runs in 4 overs and took 1 wicket.

After losing the toss earlier at Kirtipur, Nepal was invited to bat and scored 180 runs by losing 8 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs.

Kushal Malla scored an unbeaten 55. He played a total of 37 balls and hit 1 four and 4 sixes. Kushal, who completed his half-century in 30 balls, shared 85 runs in 55 balls with Arif Sheikh for the fifth wicket. Arif, who is playing his first match in the tournament, scored 31 runs off 24 balls and hit 4 fours.

Nepal did not start well. Asif Shaikh scored only 1 run and was bowled by Ben Sikongo. Captain Rohit Paudel hit 2 fours and scored 10 runs in 9 balls and got out. Like Arif, Anil, who is playing his first match in the tournament, hit 3 sixes and scored 23 runs off 17 balls.

Gulshan Jha, sent at number four, scored 26 runs by hitting 1 four and 3 sixes in 16 balls. He was dismissed lbw by Bernand Scholtz . After that Kushal and Arif's partnership was frozen. Karan, who came after Arif got out, hit 1 six and scored 7 runs in 3 balls. Sompal Kami could score only 2 runs in 3 balls. Sikongo took 2 wickets with 28 runs in 4 overs and Jack Brussels took 2 wickets with 45 runs in 4 overs.

The Nepali team that played against the Netherlands on Wednesday has changed three players. Keeping Sandeep Zora and Lalit Rajvanshi on the bench along with Kushal Bhurtel, Nepal has replaced them with Anil Shah, Arif Sheikh and Avinash Bohra in the playing 11. Bhurtel was out for zero in both matches played by Nepal in this tournament. Nepal needs to win this game to reach the

final. Nepal was defeated by 20 runs and 2 wickets against Namibia and Netherlands respectively in the first two matches. If Nepal wins this match, there is a possibility of reaching the final. If defeated, Nepal will be eliminated from the final race.

Namibia was defeated by Netherlands by 59 runs on Thursday . Namibia's regular captain Jerhad Erasmus has returned due to injury. In his place, JJ Schmidt is captaining Namibia . He won the toss and invited Nepal to bat first.