Nepali skipper Sandeep Lamichhane snatched a brilliant four-wicket to propel the team towards a 22-run victory over hosts Singapore in their fourth match of the ICC U-19 World Cup Division 1 Asia Qualifier at the Indian Association in Singapore on Friday.

Today's victory has kept Nepal’s slim hopes to qualify for the ICC U-19 World Cup.

Nepal, who won the toss and decided to bat first, scored 168 runs in 46.5 overs losing all the wickets.

Nepal managed to restrict Singapore to 146 runs in 46.5 overs.

This is the third victory of Nepal in the four matches.

Earlier on Thursday, Nepal surrendered meekly to Afghanistan in a humiliating 141-run loss in their third match played at the Singapore Cricket Club in Padang.

Afghanistan’s run rate is far better than that of Nepal.

The table toppers after the double round robin league will make it to the 2018 ICC U-19 World Cup to be held in New Zealand.

Dipendra Singh Aire of Nepal, which has been showing poor batting performance in their earlier matches, scored 54 runs of 83 balls with two six and two fours. This is the first half century that a Nepali player scored in the ongoing tournament.

Opener Sandeep Sunar scored 26 runs while Prakash KC and Rohit Kumar Paudel accumulated 23 and 15 runs respectively.