Winning the toss, Nepal elected to bat and scored 159/2 in 25 overs. They then restricted Singapore to 89/9.[break]
This was the highest team total by Nepali women in any international tournament. The previous highest was 132/8 against Thailand in the first edition of the ACC U-19 Women´s Championship 2008 held in Thailand.
Meanwhile, Manisha Rawal became the first Nepali batswoman to score a half-century making 62 not out, while captain Nary Thapa remained unbeaten on 47.
Earlier, Maya Rawat´s 42 runs against China in the ACC U-19 Women´s Championship, 2008 in Thailand was the highest personal score by any Nepali batswoman at the international level.
Openers Rawal and Sita Magar gave a 45-run opening stand as the latter struck 13 runs. Sarita Magar also added 13 runs before Smrithi Radhakrishnan claimed her wicket. Captain Thapa and Rawal then took Nepal to a tough total.
Rawal faced 75 balls for her 62 runs that included seven boundaries. Meanwhile, captain Thapa scored 47 from 36 balls with seven boundaries during her blistering innings.
Nepali bowlers rattled the Singapore top order and limited them to 10/7 at the completion of the 10th over. However, Vritti Sethi and Priyanjali Jain tried to resist the Nepali attack with a 76-run partnership for the eighth wicket.
Sethi scored 44 and Jain made an unbeaten 30, but they were not able to give Singapore a much-needed win. It was Singapore´s third defeat in as many matches.
Skipper Thapa, who was later adjudged player of the match, and Rubina Chhetri took two wickets each for Nepal.
With the win, Nepal are on top in Group A with six points from three matches while Singapore are at the bottom of the table without any point. Qatar, Hong Kong and Kuwait each have two points from as many matches.
Defending champions Nepal will take on Qatar on Friday in their last group stage match.
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