KATHMANDU, April 19 -- With the completion of all the five matches of the ICC Asia Under-19 World Cup Qualifier on Thursday, Nepal failed to qualify for the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup to be held in South Africa in 2020 despite that Nepal won four of the five matches with good performance throughout the league.

Nepal stood second as the United Arab Emirates maintained its unbeaten streak outshining Oman U-19 by 10 wickets in a match played at Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur in the fifth match on Thursday.

Only a single team on the top of the points table is qualified for the World Cup.

In its fifth match on Thursday, opening batsman Rit Gautam scored maiden half-century to help Nepal U-19 cricket team oust Kuwait comprehensively by eight ...