Nepal vs Scotland Scorecard: Nepal has defeated Scotland by 7 wickets in a thrilling match. Nepal team said goodbye to T20 World Cup 2026 with a big victory. Deependra Singh Eri scored a stormy half-century, due to which Nepal scored 71 runs in the last 32 balls. Both these teams were already out of the World Cup. West Indies and England have entered Super-8 from Group C.

In this match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Nepal won the toss and chose to bowl first. Michael Jones played a strong half-century of 71 runs for Scotland, who came to bat first. Apart from him, no other batsman could score big. Scotland had scored 170 runs.

Chasing the target of 171 runs, Nepal got a good start by Kushal Bhurtel and Asif Shaikh by making an opening partnership of 74 runs. Bhurtel contributed 43 runs and Asif contributed 33 runs. Captain Rohit Paudel was out after scoring only 16 runs.

Deependra Singh Eri created havoc

At one time Nepal’s score in 14 overs was 100/3 and they had to score 71 runs in the last 6 overs to win. After this, the bat of Deependra Singh Eri created such havoc that Nepal chased the target in just 4 balls. He had completed fifty in just 23 balls. Eri returned unbeaten after scoring 50 runs. Apart from him, Gulshan Jha remained unbeaten after scoring 24 runs.

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Nepal vs Scotland Scorecard: Batting first, Scotland has scored 170 runs. Both teams are out of the World Cup, but in the fight to save their reputation, Michael Jones played a fighting inning of 71 runs for Scotland. In this match being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Nepal won the toss and chose to bowl first. Nepal’s bowlers made a tremendous comeback in the last overs.

Michael Jones and George Munsey gave a great start to Scotland, who came to bat first. There was an opening partnership of 80 runs between the two. Munsey was out after scoring 27 runs, on the other hand, Michael was the highest run scorer for Scotland. He played an inning of 71 runs in 45 balls.

Nepal’s tremendous comeback

At one time Scotland had scored 132 runs at the loss of just one wicket. There were about 5 overs left in the innings and Scotland could easily reach the score of 190. But in the last 5 overs, Nepal’s bowlers gave only 39 runs and dismissed 6 of Scotland’s batsmen. Scotland lost 6 wickets in the last 29 balls of the innings. Brendan McMullen contributed 25 runs.

Sompal Kami was the most successful bowler for Nepal, who took 3 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs. Nandan Yadav took 2 wickets, while Rohit Poudel also contributed in bowling and took one wicket. Kushal Bhurtel was also successful in dismissing one batsman.

This is the last match of both Scotland and Nepal in Group C and both the teams are out of the World Cup. On one hand, Nepal would like to say goodbye to the World Cup tournament by registering at least one win, on the other hand, Scotland would like to end its World Cup campaign with 4 points.