Nepal defeated Scotland by 2 wickets in the tri-national Twenty20 series on Tuesday in a 'low scoring' match. Nepal completed the small target of 98 runs at the Tetwood Cricket Ground in Glasgow with 1 ball to spare.

Compared to the previous day, the wicket was very difficult for batting. Nepal had hit only 7 fours . Scotland was also able to hit only 6 fours and 2 sixes. Nepal had to struggle a lot to reach the small goal.  

Even Nepal, which came with the goal of a small score, did not start well. After hitting two consecutive fours, Lokesh Bam got out in the next ball . He was dismissed by Brandon McMullen who scored 9 runs. Jack Jarvis bowled Anil Shah for 3 runs and Safyan Sharif bowled captain Rohit Paudel for 7 runs.

Opener Kushal Bhurtel, who stayed at the crease for a long time, scored 40 runs with 4 fours in 35 balls. He was dismissed lbw by Mark Watt. Dipendrasingh Airy played 21 balls and was dismissed for 14 runs after failing to hit any boundaries. 

Michael Lisk dismisses Basir Ahmed for 13 runs on a Sandar return catch. Rupesh Singh was out for 3 runs. In the last over, Nepal needed 4 runs for victory. After Kiran Thagunna and Karan KC took 1-1 runs in the first 3 balls, the score was tied. But while playing a big shot in the fourth ball, Kiran got out for 10 runs. _{Nepalese spectators who reached the Tetwood cricket ground in Glasgow}

Newly arrived batsman Sandeep Lamichhane scored 1 run and won Nepal . Karan remained unbeaten on 3 runs. 

Scotland, who were invited to bat after the toss, were bowled out for 97 runs in 19.4 overs. Nepal had taken complete control of Scotland's batting with excellent bowling from the beginning.

Dipendra bowled Watt for 1 run in the first over of the match and started giving wickets to Nepal. In the next over, Karan completed his 100 wickets in Twenty20 internationals by dismissing George Muncie. Immediately after the

, Liam Naylor, who ran for unnecessary 2 runs in the next ball, was run out by Lokesh Bomb for 1 run and dominated the game. Karan dismissed Finlay McCrath for 12 runs. Scotland reached 24-5 in the fifth over after Lalit Rajvanshi dismissed McMullen for 10 runs. 

Then Sandeep Lamichhane hit the game . Taking 4 wickets, he came close to hat-trick twice. Sandeep took 4 wickets by spending 11 runs keeping 1 maiden in 4 overs . He bowled Scotland captain Matthew Cross for 15, Christopher McBridge for nil and Jarvis for nil. Sandeep out lbw to Safyan Sharif for 6 runs. 

Lisk scored the highest 46 runs from Scotland. He played 46 balls and hit 4 fours and 1 six before being bowled by Dipendra in the last over. Dipendra spent 24 runs in 3.4 overs and took 2 wickets.

Nepal was defeated by the Netherlands in three super over matches the previous day. Scotland defeated the Netherlands by 39 runs in the first match of the tournament on Sunday. Nepal will play the remaining two matches of the tournament against the Netherlands on Wednesday and Scotland on Friday.