Ishan Pandey and Rohit Poudel shared a 104-run partnership for the third wicket as Nepal defeated Scotland by achieving the target of 195 runs in 38.1 overs.
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Nepal defeated Scotland by 6 wickets in the Cricket World Cup League 2 on Monday after Ishan Pandey and captain Rohit Poudel shared a century partnership. Ishan and Rohit shared a 104-run partnership for the third wicket, helping Nepal achieve the target of 195 runs in 38.1 overs.
Nepal defeated Scotland for the third time in 4 matches at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur. After this win against Scotland, Nepal has moved up from seventh to fifth place in the League 2 points table. Nepal has 22 points from 27 matches. Scotland remains at the top with 38 points from 31 matches. The top four teams from the eight-nation participating League 2 will directly qualify for the World Cup qualifiers.
Nepal had won against the United States by 9 wickets on Saturday. Nepal will end its journey in this League 2 at home by playing against the United States on Friday. Nepal is scheduled to play two more series in the Netherlands and Oman this year.
Kushal Bhurtel and Asif Sheikh gave Nepal an aggressive start. The partnership was broken after Asif was run out in the seventh over, when Nepal was 58. Asif was run out for 29 runs in 17 balls, hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes. In the next over, Brandon McMullen dismissed Kushal LBW. Kushal was out for 28 runs in 27 balls, hitting 4 fours and 1 six.
Ishan and Rohit then put on a match-winning partnership. Ishan, playing the second match, scored 55 runs. He hit 5 fours and 2 sixes in 61 balls. Mark Watt had him returned caught on his own bowling. Watt dismissed Dipendra Singh Airee for 2 runs. Rohit remained unbeaten on 74. He hit a six off Michael Leask. Rohit hit a total of 5 fours and 2 sixes in his 98-ball innings. Arif Sheikh remained unbeaten on 8 runs off 23 balls.
Earlier, Scotland, who had won the toss and batted first after being dominated by spinner duo Lalit Rajbanshi and Sandeep Lamichhane, were all out for 194 runs in 39.1 overs. Lalit, who was struggling for wickets in the last match, took 4 wickets and Sandeep 3 wickets to turn the Scotland batting around. Left-arm spinner Lalit took 32 runs in 8 overs and leg-spinner Sandeep took 3 wickets in 47 runs in 10 overs.
McMullen completed his half-century by hitting his fourth six off 28 balls as Scotland moved towards a huge target. McMullen hit Sandeep for a six at midwicket and a four at third in the 20th over. In the next ball, Sandeep got McMullen caught by Ishan at long-off. McMullen hit 6 fours and a six in 44 balls to score 73 runs.
With this wicket, Sandeep has reached his 150th wicket in ODIs. Sandeep achieved this feat in 73 matches, making him the fastest to take 150 wickets in ODIs. Earlier, Australia's Mitchell Starc took 150 wickets in 77 matches.
Scotland's score was 126 runs when McMullen was dismissed. Opener Finlay McCreath was dismissed lbw for 6 by off-spinner Dipendra. Another opener, George Mansi, scored 21 runs off 31 balls with 3 fours before being bowled by Sandeep. Lalit then bowled captain Richie Berrington for 12 runs to take his first wicket in four games. Sandeep bowled Matthew Cross for 1 run. Michael Inglis and Watt shared a 45-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Watt was caught by wicketkeeper Asif on a short pitch by Sompal Kami. Watt scored 20 runs off 34 balls with 1 four and 1 six. Lalit then got Michael Lisk out lbw for 1 run and bowled Oliver Davidson for a duck. Ollie Jones, who was making his 'debut', became Lalit's fourth victim by scoring 2 runs. Inglis was the last player to be dismissed. He scored 51 runs off 72 balls with 4 fours and 1 six. He was caught by Nandan Yadav at deep square leg off Sompal.
