Nepal entered into Plate Championship semi finals of ICC U-19 World Cup, defeating Uganda by sixty wickets.

Chasing a modest 193 runs for victory, the Africans could only muster 132 runs in 44.3 overs in their Plate Championship quarter-final.

With this victory, Nepal will play South Africa in the Plate Championship semi-final on Thursday, while Uganda will face Scotland in the Plate Championship play-off semi-final on Friday.

Nepal opted to bat first after winning the toss at the venue throughout the competition.

It looked to be a costly gamble as they slipped to 85-5 before Gyanendra Malla (64) and Basant Regmi (42 not out) hauled them back into contention

The duo added 48 for the sixth wicket and with Regmi then finding useful allies in the lower order in the shape of Bantu Bataju (11) and Raj Shrestha (11), the Nepalese were left with something to bowl at as they finished with 192-9.

Charles Waiswa (2-31) picked up the early wickets of Chaugai (6) and Sharad Vesawkar (1) and with Davis Arinaitwe (2-17) dismissing Mahesh Chhetri (17) and Paras Khadka (0), Nepal were in a heap of trouble at 52-4 before they rallied.

Malla’s innings was a patient one, spanning 138 minutes, during which time he faced 122 balls and hit seven fours.

Regmi was equally patient early on although he opened out later on as the overs ran out and ended up facing 61 balls in 100 minutes at the crease, hitting four fours.

Arinaitwe was a model of economy for Uganda as he completed his full ten over allocation while the other wicket-takers were Ronald Semanda (2-47) and Raymond Otim (3-20).

When they batted, Uganda made their best start of the tournament as captain Hamza Almuzahim (24) and Arthur Kyobe (16) added 56 for the first wicket but once they were separated, the by-now familiar batting collapse began and they slipped to 65-4.

Jimmy Okello (18) and Semanda (23) staged a mini-recovery as they added 31 but from 96-4 they slumped again and were unable to deal with the pressure exerted by the Nepal bowlers, especially left-arm spinner Shrestha, who bowled eight overs to take 1-5.

Wicketkeeper Chhetri took five catches behind the stumps to complete a very satisfactory day for Nepal.

Nepal will face South Africa in the Plate Championship semi-finals and both sides will know that Nepal beat their more illustrious opponents in the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup two years ago.

Nepal did not get entry into Super League after England defeated Nepal by 77 runs in the first match and Zimbabwe defeated Nepal by 2 runs in the second match. The top two teams from each group qualify for the Super League series while the bottom two go to the Plate Championship.