Despite Lokesh Bam's bravery, Nepal lost to England by 4 runs in the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday. Despite Lokesh's 39 runs off 20 balls, Nepal, who had set a target of 185 runs, could only score 180 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

Most of the 17,000 Nepali fans present at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai were Nepali. Nepal resisted England till the last ball. Lokesh hit 4 fours and 2 sixes, but failed to hit boundaries in the last 2 balls, stopping Nepal from winning the Twenty20 World Cup against a Test nation.

Needing 10 runs to win in the last over, Nepal could only score 5 runs.

Kushal Bhurtel and Asif Sheikh gave Nepal a good start by putting on 37 runs in 4 overs. Asif, who hit a four, was dismissed for 7 runs in 9 balls. Kushal, who played very aggressively from the second over, scored 29 runs in 17 balls. He hit 4 fours and 1 six.

Captain Rohit Paudal and Dipendra Singh Airi showed Nepal's potential by putting on a partnership of 82 runs in 54 balls for the third wicket. Dipendra was dismissed for 44 runs in 29 balls. In that time, he completed 2,000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals. He is the highest run-scorer from Nepal in Twenty20s.

He hit 6 fours and 1 six. Rohit scored 39 runs in 34 balls, including 2 fours and a six. Arif Sheikh hit 1 six and scored 10 runs in 8 balls before being dismissed by Jofra Archer. Gulshan Jha was also dismissed for 1 run.

Liam Dawson, who came in as the first change, bowled hard. He took the wickets of Asif and Rohit for 21 runs in 4 overs.

Earlier, England, who had won the toss and elected to bat on the half-centuries of Jacob Bethell and captain Harry Brook, had scored 104 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Bethell hit two consecutive sixes off Kushal Bhurtel to complete his half-century in 2 balls. He scored 55 runs in a total of 35 balls, hitting 4 fours and a six.

He is also the youngest England player to score a half-century in the Twenty20 World Cup. He achieved this feat at the age of 22 years, 3 months and 16 days. Earlier, Craig Kieswetter had scored a half-century at the age of 22 years, 5 months and 18 days.

Brook hit Nandan Yadav for a six in the first ball of the 19th over to complete his half-century in 32 balls. Nandan had Brook caught by Sher Malla in the next ball. Brook scored 53 runs with 4 fours and 3 sixes.