Kathmandu, March 15
Nepal beat Papua New Guinea by six wickets in the World Cup Qualifiers playoff on Thursday. With the win, Nepal have qualified for the seventh-eighth place playoff on Saturday.
The match played in Harare, Zimbabwe, saw Nepal chase 115 runs to register their second win in the tournament. Dipendra Singh Airee contributed the highest 50 runs while Arif Shekh managed 26 runs.
Captain Paras Khadka made 20 runs while Rohit Kumar Poudel contributed three runs for the team.
Earlier, Papua New Guinea scored 114 runs in 27.2 overs.
Nepal are close to getting ODI status from the ICC with the team’s fate being decided by a match between Hong Kong and the Netherlands. If the Netherlands win, Nepal get ODI status. But if Hong Kong win, Nepal will have to play HK on Saturday and the winner will get ODI status.
