Nepal certified for final yr’s T20 World Cup and got here inside a whisker of beating South Africa, who went on to succeed in the ultimate.

Underneath the steerage of latest coach Stuart Regulation they’re bidding to succeed in each the 2026 T20 World Cup and the 50-over model in 2027 and are at the moment in Glasgow for a tri-series with Scotland and the Netherlands.

The dramatic performances by Nepal throughout a latest spherical of Cricket World Cup League 2 matches – a part of the qualifying pathway for the subsequent 50-over World Cup – with the identical opponents in Dundee underlined their nickname the ‘Cardiac children’.

Anyone who witnessed their last-ball heroics towards Scotland, and the following pitch invasion by passionate Nepalese followers, will testify to its accuracy.

“I suppose it is the best way we have now performed our cricket for the previous 10 years or so. Each sport appears to go right down to the wire,” Nepal skipper Rohit Paudel advised BBC Sport.

“So I feel the identify ‘cardiac children’ comes since you by no means understand how we are able to come again from a foul place to win a sport. We’re at all times combating proper till the tip of a match even when the prospect of successful is likely to be small.

“Nepal performed towards MCC in 2016 and we received that sport at Lord’s so it will be nice if we may play England there in a Check match someday. It could be a proud day not only for cricket, however for our nation as a complete.”