T20 World Cup 2024 SA vs NEP: The excitement reached its peak in the 31st match of T20 World Cup 2024. Fans got to see amazing competition in the match played between South Africa and Nepal. In the low scoring match, both the teams fought till the end, in which the South African team won by 1 run.

Nepal may have faced defeat in the match, but the way the team performed with bat and ball throughout the match is being praised a lot. Nepal's captain Rohit Paudel looked very happy with the team's performance. He won everyone's heart with his statement after the match.

Nepal's captain praised his team a lot

Speaking after the 1-run defeat against South Africa, Nepal captain Rohit Paudel said, 'Very proud of the team. The way we bowled and batted is very proud. We saw the wicket yesterday and thought it would be slow. We saw that it was helping the spinner, that's why we included Kushal Bhurtel in the team. We came very close but fell short. We performed well in difficult times. We struggled and fought very well. If we play with these teams, the results will be in our favor next time. I want to thank the fans for supporting us. We are very grateful to them.'

Let us tell you that all-rounder Kushal Bhurtel, who was included in the playing 11 from Nepal, bowled brilliantly against South Africa and troubled the opposition batsmen a lot with his spin bowling. Kushal took 4 important wickets in his 4 over spell, conceding just 19 runs.

It was because of his superb bowling that Nepal's team was able to restrict South Africa to a score of 115/7. However, Nepal's team could not reach the target and fell short by 1 run. Nepal's team could only score 114 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.