Kathmandu, April 14 -- It was the final of the 2018 ICC World Cricket League in Windhoek, and Nepal was in dire straits. Needing 195 runs to win, the team was down to its last wicket at 144.

Sandeep Lamichhane and Karan KC then pulled off a heroic and historic last stand of 51 runs to snatchvictory from the jaws of defeat(pictured above). They won the coveted One Day International (ODI) status, and Nepal was in the same league as cricketing heavyweights England and India.

"I was a proud coach witnessing history unfold," recalls Jagat Tamata, who now coaches the Nepali women's team. "I will never forget those incredible moments."

But three years after the miraculous win,Nepali cricket's meteoric progresshas hit a snag.

Nepal is competi...