KATHMANDU:

Nepal on Sunday celebrated their stunning victory against the West Indies, their first-ever win in an international cricket match against a Test-playing nation.

Nepal defeated West Indies by 19 runs in the first T20 international of a three-match series in Sharjah on Saturday.

The win marks Nepal's first triumph over the two-time T20 World Cup champions, and represents a major milestone for the rising cricketing nation.

"It is a historic win for us and helps improve our players' standing in the cricketing world," Chatur Bahadur Chand, President of the Cricket Association of Nepal, told AFP.

After the Nepali middle-order took them to a competitive score of 148-8, the bowlers produced a disciplined performance to restrict the West Indies.

Nepali fans in replica team jerseys

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