Team Nepal restricted South Africa to a 115-run total, and their batters put up a spirited chase but ended up with one run short at the Arnos Vale Stadium in St. Vincent on Friday in a heartbreaking finish that knocked them out of the T20 World Cup 2024.
Kingstown was nearly witness to a historic moment in Nepal cricket as Rohit Paudel's men came agonizingly close to registering their first-ever international victory against a Test-playing nation before falling short by a solitary run. The sub-continental side lost to South Africa by the barest of margins in an utterly thrilling T20 World Cup 2024 encounter on Saturday (June 15) to crash out of the Super Eight reckoning.
The spinners of Nepal produced an amazing performance to restrict the South African batting to a 115-run total. Their batters then put up a chase before ending up with 114 for seven in a heartbreaking finish for them.