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Nepal U-19 team after losing the first two matches to New Zealand and Pakistan, have recorded their first win at the U19 World Cup 2024 against Afghanistan in a thrilling fashion by 1 wicket in East London. Nepal bundled out Afghanistan U-19 side for just 145 runs with the help of five-wicket haul from Aakash Chand. In reply, Nepal were 144/9 after 44 overs despite a fifty from skipper Dev Khanal (58) but were under pressure to chase down the last 2 runs with just one wicket in hand.
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Nepal has always been part of such thrillers, at both senior and junior level. Hence, they have been famously called as 'cardiac kids' which is a term that is used to define a team which always find themselves in precarious situation like this. This term is also used to resonate their ability to win against the odds and keep their fans on edge of their seats while registering thrilling victories.
Cardiac has been used as a word to represent the various emotions experienced by cricket fans during such intense games and as per Nepal's official website 'Cardiac Kids' represents their habit of providing nail-biting moments and dramatic comebacks in a game.
