Watch: Celebration of Scotland’s victory changed into mourning, Nepali fans entered the stadium as the umpire wide
The Nepal cricket team on Monday won the second match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League in Dundi and won a thrilling victory. The drama did not end even after this shocking victory of Nepal and the excited fans of Nepal in the stand entered the ground and started celebrating the most successful ODI run chase of their team so far.
In this match, Nepal won the toss and decided to field first. Scotland scored 296/7 in the prescribed 50 overs thanks to 80 of Charlie Tier and 55 runs of Finley McRith. Apart from this, captain Richie Berington (40) and wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Cross (39) added important runs to take the score to 290 runs.
Meanwhile, Karan Casey bowled well for Nepal and took 2 wickets for 43 runs in his ten overs. Sompal Kami and Region Dhakal also took two wickets each and Sandeep Lamichhane took one wicket. In response, Nepal made a strong start. Opener Kushal Bhurtel scored 53 runs from 44 balls, including Bhima Sharki (40) and captain Rohit Paudel (37). But Scotland’s Brandon McMulan demolished the middle order with three wickets, leading to Nepal backfoot.
Karan, who came at number 7, played the role of a troubleshooter and made a significant partnership of 60 runs with Gulsan Jha, who scored 42 runs off 30 balls. After Jha was dismissed in the 46th over, Karan carried forward the scoring board and played most of the balls. The equation was required for five runs off the last three balls. Karan scored two double runs before the final ball. Only one run was needed on the final ball, scotland’s left -arm spinner Mark Watt bowled the round the wicket and targeted Karan’s pad.
🚨 What a match! What a thrilling Finish!
Nepal Beat Scotland by just 1 wicket in a heart-stopping financialish at ICC CWC League 2!
They Chased Down 297 – Their Highest Successful Odi Chase in History! 😱 🔥 pic.twitter.com/xbcmefurbf
– ICC Asia Cricket (@iccasiaCrick) June 2, 2025
However, the batsman missed on applying flick and during this time he also got out of the crease. Keeper Matthew Cross grabbed the balls and dropped the gills and Scotland started celebrating that the match had reached the super over. But the umpire declared this ball as wide on the leg side. Suddenly Scotland celebrations turned into mourning while Nepal batsmen started celebrating victory. Subsequently, fans of Nepal also ran on the ground and embraced their players waving flags. During this, the fans also lifted Karan on their shoulders.
