Gulshan's record, but Nepal's defeat did not stop

In the last over at the Maple Leaf North West ground in King City, Toronto, when Oman needed 8 runs to win, Kalimullah and Sakil Ahmed hit 1 boundary each off Sompal. Sompal, who proved to be very expensive, did not take any wickets at the expense of 60 runs in 7.5 overs. This is Nepal's second defeat in a row. On Monday, Canada defeated Nepal by 103 runs. Nepal has suffered 5 defeats in 6 matches of League 2. Nepal is in the seventh place in the points table of the 8-nation participating competition.

Gulshan, who scored a half-century in the Nepali innings, took 5 wickets and brought Nepal back into the game. He took 5 wickets for 47 runs with 2 maidens in 10 overs. He scored 53 runs in batting. Gulshan is the first player in Nepal and the 24th player in the world to score 5 wickets in addition to making a half-century in one ODI.

When Kashyap Prajapati and Jatinder Singh added 75 runs for the first wicket in 16 overs, there was a possibility of Oman getting an easy victory in the target of 221 runs. But Gulshan brought Nepal back into the game with exceptional bowling. He took 5 wickets for the first time in one ODI match. Karan KC spent 27 runs in 10 overs and Arif Sheikh and Sandeep Lamichhane took 1 wicket each.

Jatinder scored 41 runs for Oman. Hit 3 fours and 1 six. Prajapati scored 36 runs with 4 fours. Captain Akib Ilyas scored 29, Pratik Athaval and Shoaib Khan scored 26 and Khalid Kail scored 17.

Earlier, Nepal did not start well. Having lost the first 3 wickets in the beginning, Nepal was in a position of 62-3 at the end of 25 overs. Arjun Saud was dismissed for 5 and Asif Shaikh and Bhim Sarki were out for 11 runs each. Captain Rohit Paudel and Arif shared 83 runs for the fourth wicket in 24 overs to open the innings. Coach Monty Desai took a risk by keeping Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla and Dipendra Singh Airey on the bench. Arif, who replaced them, scored 35 runs off 88 balls with 1 boundary.

Rohit scored 60 runs off 72 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes. Gulshan, who completed his half-century in 31 balls, hit 3 fours and 5 sixes. He scored 23 runs with 2 sixes and 2 fours in one over of Oman captain Ilyas. Anil Shah was dismissed for 3, Karan KC for 1 run. After Sompal added 13 in the last over of the innings, Nepal managed to score 220 runs after losing 9 wickets in the scheduled 50 overs. Sompal scored 20 runs off 8 balls with 2 sixes. Sandeep remained unbeaten on 11 runs. For Oman, Kalimullah, Ilyas and Faiz But took 2 wickets each.