Surprisingly, Nepal is leading the points table and today they will play another important match with Scotland. This would be the last match of the series and it will decide who ends up on the top. If Nepal wins this match, they will end up with the highest six points, and the Netherlands will be in second spot.
However, if Nepal loses today's match, then all three teams will get equal four points each. However, in that case, Scotland may end up in the first position as they have the highest net run rate of 0.331. Nepal's run rate is 0.177, so they need a win in order to retain their first position.
Irrespective of the outcome of the match, Nepal should be proud of their performance so far. They were playing against two of the top teams in associate cricket, thousands of kilometers away from home in unfamiliar conditions. On top of that, they have a very young squad, captained by 22-year old Rohit Paudel. Winner of the series will be either Nepal or Scotland, as Netherlands is having a negative net run rate. Anyway, we can be assured of a very close match, irrespective of the outcome.
Yes, but the way they played in this series, they deserve the position in this series. Nepal's batting failed in this match, and they were unable to chase 193 runs. Rohit Paudel and Dipendra Singh Airee tried to stay on the wicket but they could not stay for long and the rest of the batsmen failed to show any resistance in this important match. They still need 74 runs and now have only two wickets in hand. This means that they would most probably lose by a big margin, and it will hurt their net run rate.