With Dipendra Singh Airee’s unbeaten 85 runs, Nepal thrashed Scotland by three wickets in the tri-nation ODI series under the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 on Friday. Nepal won the toss and invited Scotland to bat first. Scotland posted a total of 274 in the allotted 50 overs. The host reached the target in the 47 overs by losing seven wickets in the second inning.

Singh, who came to bat at number seven, played an unbeaten half-century innings with eight fours and one six off 116 balls.

Prior to him, Kushal Malla completed 50 runs off 42 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes. Malla, who came to bat at number five, scored 81 runs hitting nine fours and four sixes before being dismissed in the 28th overs. Nepal’s opener Kushal Bhurtel and Gulsam Jha contributed 16 runs and 17 runs respectively and Sompal Kami scored unbeaten 24 runs. Other players failed to score in double numbers. Sandeep Lamichhane took three wickets for the team. Similarly, Kushal Malla, Sompal Kami, Kushal Bhurtel and Dipendra Singh Airee took one wicket each. This is the second win of Nepal in the series. In the first match, Nepal outplayed Namibia by two wickets. Likewise, Scotland defeated Namibia by 10 wickets on Wednesday. With the victory, Scotland has already become the champion of World Cup Cricket League 2. Nepal will play with Namibia in the second match of the series on Saturday. In addition to that, Nepal and Scotland will lock their horns in the last match of the series on Tuesday.