Nepal beat Canada by 24 runs as Rohit Paudel scores century

KATHMANDU: Nepal defeated Canada by 24 runs in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 match at Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Oman on Sunday.

Chasing Nepal’s target of 236 runs, Canada were bowled out for 211 in 48.4 overs.

Aaron Johnson was Canada’s top scorer with 44 runs off 49 balls, hitting six fours. Amit Gohel contributed 35 runs off 59 balls.

Akhil Kumar remained unbeaten on 30, while Shreyas Movva and captain Hamza Tariq scored 26 runs each.

For Nepal, Sandeep Lamichhane, Karan KC, Lalit Rajbanshi and Nandan Yadav took two wickets apiece.

Earlier, Nepal, who were put in to bat after losing the toss, scored 235 runs in 50 overs, losing all their wickets, with former captain Rohit Paudel leading the innings with a century.