Pakistan kicked off the Asia Cup 2023 match with a dominant 238-run win over Nepal on Wednesday, August 30. Captain Babar Azam recorded his solely second 150-plus knock and Iftikhar Ahmed shone together with his maiden ODI century to assist Pakistan rating a complete of 342 runs whereas batting first. Then the star spinner Shadab Khan took 4 wickets to bowl out Nepal on simply 104 runs to assist Pakistan give Pakistan an ideal begin within the match.
Babar gained the toss and elected to bat first at Multan Cricket Stadium however Pakistan misplaced each their openers with simply 25 runs on the scoreboard. However Babar continued his red-hot kind throughout codecs and as soon as towards proved his ICC ODI rankings to deal with dwelling followers with one other sensational hundred. He took his time to settle and was cautious together with his early method. However shifted the gear as soon as he scored a fifty after which went on to attain 151 runs off 131 balls, the second-highest particular person rating in Asia Cup historical past.
Mohammad Rizwan contributed with a 44 off 50 knock however it was Iftikhar Ahmed’s explosive innings that boosted Pakistan to a mammoth whole. Iftikhar smashed a 67-ball hundred to deliver his maiden ODI century in model. He remained unbeaten on 109 off 71 balls as Pakistan scored a complete of 342 for six in 50 overs. Sompal Kami took two wickets whereas Sandeep Lamichhane and Karan KC picked one every for disappointing Nepal.
Nepal additionally struggled for an excellent begin and had no reply towards Pakistan’s in-form tempo assault. Shaheen Afridi took two back-to-back wickets within the innings’ very first over to make sure an early win for the hosts. Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf additionally produced spectacular spells and by no means gave Nepal an opportunity to battle again. Shadab Khan completed the decrease order with the best 4 wickets whereas conceding simply 27 runs.
Nepal Enjoying XI: Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Rohit Paudel (c), Aarif Sheikh, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulsan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi
Pakistan Enjoying XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf
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