Babar Azam becomes the first batsman in the world to leave Virat Kohli behind in the Asia Cup 💪💪
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Asia Cup, PAK vs NEP: On the basis of the century innings of captain Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed and the impressive performance of the bowlers after the record partnership of 214 runs in 131 balls for the 5th wicket between them, Pakistan won the first match of the Asia Cup ODI tournament. Defeated Nepal by a huge margin of 238 runs here on Wednesday.
New Delhi: Asia Cup, PAK vs NEP: On the basis of the century innings of captain Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed and a record partnership of 214 runs in 131 balls for the 5th wicket between them, Pakistan won the Asia Cup ODI tournament on the basis of impressive performance of the bowlers. In the first match here on Wednesday, Nepal was defeated by a huge margin of 238 runs.
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Pakistan scored 342 runs for six wickets.
Batting first in this Group A match, Pakistan scored 342 runs for six wickets and reduced Nepal's innings to 104 runs in 23.4 overs. This is the first ODI match between the two countries and Pakistan's batsmen took full advantage of the inexperience of Nepal's bowlers. Nepal's fielders performed poorly and gave Pakistan's batsmen a chance to score 25 to 30 more runs.
Babar made the record partnership for the fifth wicket,
scoring 151 runs with the help of 14 fours and four sixes in his innings of 131 balls, while Iftikhar scored 109 runs with the help of 11 fours and four sixes in his unbeaten innings of 71 balls. The partnership of 214 runs between the two for the fifth wicket is a new record for Pakistan. Earlier this record was in the names of Younis Khan and Umar Akmal (176 runs).
Babar scored 19 centuries in 102 innings.
This is Iftikhar's first ODI century and Babar became the batsman to complete 19 centuries in the least number of innings. Babar played 104 matches and 102 innings to reach his 19th century. Earlier this record was in the name of Hasim Amla of South Africa who had reached this milestone in 104 innings. India's charismatic batsman Virat Kohli has now slipped to third place in this list. Kohli had scored his 19th ODI century in 124 innings.
Babar made the record partnership for the fifth wicket,
scoring 151 runs with the help of 14 fours and four sixes in his innings of 131 balls, while Iftikhar scored 109 runs with the help of 11 fours and four sixes in his unbeaten innings of 71 balls. The partnership of 214 runs between the two for the fifth wicket is a new record for Pakistan. Earlier this record was in the names of Younis Khan and Umar Akmal (176 runs).
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Babar scored 19 centuries in 102 innings.
This is Iftikhar's first ODI century and Babar became the batsman to complete 19 centuries in the least number of innings. Babar played 104 matches and 102 innings to reach his 19th century. Earlier this record was in the name of Hasim Amla of South Africa who had reached this milestone in 104 innings. India's charismatic batsman Virat Kohli has now slipped to third place in this list. Kohli had scored his 19th ODI century in 124 innings.
Babar made the record partnership for the fifth wicket,
scoring 151 runs with the help of 14 fours and four sixes in his innings of 131 balls, while Iftikhar scored 109 runs with the help of 11 fours and four sixes in his unbeaten innings of 71 balls. The partnership of 214 runs between the two for the fifth wicket is a new record for Pakistan. Earlier this record was in the names of Younis Khan and Umar Akmal (176 runs).
Babar scored 19 centuries in 102 innings.
This is Iftikhar's first ODI century and Babar became the batsman to complete 19 centuries in the least number of innings. Babar played 104 matches and 102 innings to reach his 19th century. Earlier this record was in the name of Hasim Amla of South Africa who had reached this milestone in 104 innings. India's charismatic batsman Virat Kohli has now slipped to third place in this list. Kohli had scored his 19th ODI century in 124 innings.💪