Nepal, Feb. 10 -- The Nepali cricket team held the world spellbound on Sunday with their electrifying performance against England at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Even though the Rhinos fell short of creating history by beating the two-time T20 World Cup champions-losing by just four runs-coming so close to the big English target was no small feat. From the very first game, Nepal have sent a message that they are ready to take on any team in the world.

On Sunday, England set a target of 185 for Nepal, well below England's standards, as the Rhinos performed fairly well with the ball. Even as Nepal came close to England's total, they fumbled badly in the last over bowled by the crafty left-arm medium pacer Sam Curran, handing Nepal a narrow...