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Scotland has won the tri-nation Twenty-20 series title. Scotland defeated Nepal by 34 runs on Friday in the final and title-deciding match.
Chasing a huge target of 194 runs at the Titwood Cricket Ground in Glasgow, Nepal was bowled out for 159 runs in 18.5 overs.
In the competition held in double round robin, Scotland, Nepal and the Netherlands won 2 matches and lost 2 matches, but Scotland became the winner by being at the top in net run rate. Nepal was in the second place .
Rupesh Singh, who got his 'debut cap' from this series, scored 43 runs and remained unbeaten. He played 22 balls and hit 1 four and 3 sixes. Deependra Singh, who is playing the highest number of 81st Twenty20 international matches from Nepal, was dismissed for 34 runs. He played 33 balls and hit 1 four and a six.
Kushal Bhurtel 4, Bhim Sarki 12, Asif Sheikh 14, Arif Sheikh and Lokesh Bam were dismissed for 5 runs. Captain Rohit Paudel scored 27 runs with 4 fours from 20 balls. Sandeep Lamichhane got out for nil, Rijn Dhakal for 5 and Lalit Rajvanshi for 1 run. Scotland's Chris Greaves spent 27 runs in 3 overs and took 3 wickets and Safyan Sharif took 2 wickets.
Earlier, Scotland, who won the toss and elected to bat, scored 193 runs for the loss of 5 wickets at the Tetwood cricket ground in Glasgow. George Muncie and Brandon McMullen batted aggressively and put on a 100-run partnership for the second wicket to set Scotland up a huge target. Mark Watt, who was playing as a temporary opener, could not play in the next match. He was bowled by Rupesh Singh for 9 runs.
After that, Muncy, the opener who dominated the game, scored 78 off 39 balls with 5 fours and 6 sixes and McMullen scored 42 runs off 30 balls with 4 fours and 1 six . Captain Richie Berrington 9, Finley McCreath 1 runs out. Matthew Cross hit 17 off 13 balls and 2 fours and Michael Lisk hit 1 four and 2 sixes off 17 balls and remained unbeaten on 26 runs .
Before the match with Scotland, Nepal had won 2 in the first three matches of the tournament. Nepal was defeated by the Netherlands on Sunday in a match that ended in three super overs. Nepal, who defeated Scotland by 2 wickets in a 'low scoring' match on Tuesday, won a comfortable 6-wicket victory over the Netherlands on Thursday.
Nepal played Rijan Dhakal instead of Karan KC from the team that played against the Netherlands. But Devrehate fast bowler Rijan could not show much impact in the game . He managed to spend 35 runs in 3 overs. Vice-captain Dipendra Singh Airi also proved expensive. He could not take any wicket after spending 50 runs in 4 overs. Kushal Bhurtel took 2 wickets. He spent 20 runs in 2 overs . Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajvanshi and Rupesh took 1 wicket each.
