{"id":40895,"date":"2026-01-26T15:16:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=40895"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:31:40","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-global-qualifier-nepal-out-of-group-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/womens-t20-world-cup-global-qualifier-nepal-out-of-group-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier: Nepal out of Group Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kathmandu, Jan 26: Nepal has been eliminated from the group stage of the ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier- 2026 after losing today\u2019s match against Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>In the final group-stage match held at TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Nepal suffered a 72-run defeat, ending its campaign in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a target of 141 runs set by Scotland, Nepal was bowled out for just 68 runs in 13.5 overs. Roma Thapa remained not-out on 14 runs. Bindu Rawal also scored 14 runs, while Rubina Chhetri contributed 10. No other Nepali batter managed to reach double figures.<\/p>\n<p>For Scotland, Abtaha Maqsood took the highest three wickets, while Katherine Fraser and captain Kathryn Bryce claimed two wickets each. Rachel Slater and Olivia Bell picked up one wicket apiece.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Scotland batted first after losing the toss and posted a total of 140 runs in 20 overs, losing all wickets. Priyanaz Chatterji top-scored with 45 runs, followed by Ailsa Lister with 22, Sarah Bryce with 18, Megan McColl with 17, and Rachel Slater with 11.<br \/>\nFor Nepal, Manisha Upadhyay was the standout bowler, taking four wickets, while Rubina Chhetri claimed three. Riya Sharma, Sita Ranamagar, and Kabita Joshi took one wicket each.<\/p>\n<p>Nepal played a total of four matches in the Qualifier, winning one and finishing with two points, placing fourth in Group B. Scotland, with four points, advanced to the Super Six stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, Jan 26: Nepal has been eliminated from the group stage of the ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier- 2026 after losing today\u2019s match against Scotland. In the final group-stage match held at TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Nepal suffered a 72-run defeat, ending its campaign in the tournament. Chasing a target of 141 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40897,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40895\/revisions\/40897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}