Rain shatters Nepal’s U19 World Cup hopes

While the country’s prospect of qualifying for the age group World Cup was washed away, this is not the first time Afghanistan prevented Nepal from entering the tournament.

In a bid not to give away two crucial points while aiming to improve their net run rate, Nepal played slowly but steadily to register wins over the UAE, Oman and Hong Kong on April 13, 14 and 16, respectively, in the U19 World Cup Asia Qualifier.