For Nepal, Kushal Pardel bowled 4 overs and took 4 wickets for 19 runs. Dipendra Singh Airee took 3 wickets. Nepal came to bat with a target of 116 runs and was moving towards victory by scoring 98 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 17 overs. Kushar Pardel 13, Captain Rohit Bodel 0, Anil Shah 27 runs. Only 18 runs were needed to win in the last 3 overs. Asif Sheikh and Dipendra Singhiri were on the field. Tabriz Shamsi, who bowled the 18th over, got success by dismissing Dipendra Singh Airee (6) on the third ball and Asif Sheikh on the last ball. Asif Sheikh scored 42 runs in 49 balls with the help of one six and four fours.

Tabriz Shamsi gave only 2 runs in this over and the pressure increased on the Nepali team. On the second ball of the next over, Kushal Malla (1) was bowled by Enrique Norkia without scoring any runs. Sompal Kami, who wasted 2 consecutive balls, hit a six on the 5th ball and added 2 runs on the last ball. Eight runs were needed to win in the last over bowled by Otniel Bartman.

After wasting the first two balls, Gulshan Jha hit a four on the third ball and added 2 runs on the next ball. Only 2 runs were needed from 2 balls and no runs were added on the 5th ball. 2 runs were needed on the last ball, Bardman's ball failed to catch Jha's bat and wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock covered it.

By then Gulshan Jha ran to join the race. But in a few seconds, De Kock threw the ball in the direction of the strike. Gulshan Jha was run out as Heinrich Klaasen caught it and threw it towards Stem. If he had crossed the crease while remaining unbeaten, the match would have gone into a super over. But this did not happen. In the end, Nepal lost by scoring 114 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Gulshan Jha scored 6 and Sompal Kami scored 8 runs. Tabriz Shamsi took 4 wickets for the South African team. This was South Africa's fourth victory by one run. The team, which had already qualified for the Super 8 round, finished the league round on top with 8 points.