Kathmandu, Oct. 12 -- Nepal began their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series campaign with a 24-run victory over Canada on Sunday, keeping alive their hopes of retaining One-Day International status.

Chasing a target of 236 at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Oman, Canada were bowled out for 211 in 48.4 overs.

Karan KC, Lalit Rajbanshi, Nandan Yadav and Sandeep Lamichhane took two wickets each for Nepal. Aaron Johnson top-scored for Canada with 44 runs, while Harsh Thaker made 35. Shreyas Movva and captain Hamza Tariq contributed 26 runs apiece, and Akhil Kumar remained unbeaten on 30.

Earlier, Canada won the toss and elected to field. Nepal were dismissed for 235 in 50 overs, recovering from a poor start through a century fr...