Nepal won the match for the first time by defeating ScotlandImage Credit source: PTI

Nepal registered a memorable victory in its last match of T20 World Cup 2026. After suffering a heart-breaking defeat on the last ball against England in their very first match, Nepal finally ended the tournament on a high note by winning by 7 wickets. With the help of explosive half-centuries from fast bowler Sompal Kami and batsman Deependra Singh Airi, Nepal defeated Scotland and thus registered its first win in the T20 World Cup after 12 years.

Excellent innings by Jones, Kami made a comeback

Has already registered victory against Italy in the tournament scotland Made a strong start in this match. Batting first, its opener Michael Jones played a strong inning of 71 runs in just 45 balls, which included 8 fours and 3 sixes. But apart from him, other batsmen could not perform like this. By the time Jones was at the crease, Scotland looked to be heading towards 200 runs. But the Scottish innings faltered after their wicket fell in the 16th over. On the strength of fast bowler Sompal Kami, Nepal made a brilliant comeback and restricted Scotland to just 170 runs in 20 overs.

Deependra Airy's explosive fifty

For Nepal, its openers made a fast start. The pair of Kushal Bhurtel and Asif Shaikh had reached 50 runs in just 5 overs. During this, Bhurtel also hit 3 sixes in the same over. But as soon as the powerplay ended, the pace stopped and wickets also started falling. Spinner Michael Leask became the reason for this, who took 3 wickets of Nepal for 98 runs, even though 13 overs were completed by this time.

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Nepal's return from here seemed difficult but then Deependra Singh Airi entered. This batsman, who scored a world record half-century in just 9 balls in the Asian Games about two and a half years ago, turned the tables. Airi hit two consecutive sixes in the same over of Leask. After this, this batsman also scored 2 boundaries in the overs of Brad Wheel and Brad Curry. During this, Airi also completed his half-century in just 23 balls.

First win after 12 years

With its help, Nepal needed only 15 runs in the last 2 overs and Gulshan Jha worked here. After hitting a six on the first ball of the 19th over, Gulshan gave the team a memorable victory by hitting a four on the second ball of the 20th over. With this victory, Nepal registered its first victory after 12 years. Earlier in the 2014 World Cup, Nepal had defeated Hong Kong and Afghanistan. Also, with this result, all the teams of Group C ended the tournament with at least one win.