Pakistan skipper Babar Azam scored his nineteenth ODI century in addition to the primary century on this version of the Asia Cup in opposition to Nepal on Wednesday.
The Pakistan captain took 9 boundaries to achieve the milestone as he and veteran batter Iftikhar Ahmed (56) helped the Males in Inexperienced to remain on track of a good complete.
Earlier within the match, Babar who stitched an 86-run partnership with keeper Mohammad Rizwan after Pakistan misplaced each their openers, needed to watch helplessly because the latter was run out in a weird trend.
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Within the twenty fourth over of the match, Rizwan tried what appeared like a easy single however fielder Dipendra Singh hit the wickets with a direct throw. Whereas approaching the crease, Rizwan didn’t floor his bat and it regarded like he was evading the throw which went on to shutter the stumps. Consequently, he was nicely in need of the crease and was run out.
Earlier, Babar received the toss and elected to bat in opposition to Nepal. The Pakistan skipper stated there isn’t a further stress of enjoying at house and the payers simply need to get pleasure from “our cricket and provides our greatest”.
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Nepal skipper Rohit Paudel stated on their Asia Cup debut that his gamers have been joyful to be enjoying on the massive stage.
On Tuesday, Babar had stated that he was joyful that Pakistan crew is presently ranked No. 1 in ODI rankings and likewise a variety of their gamers are in top-10.
“I wanted to take the crew to a unique degree and alter mindset. Now, we now have at the very least 3-4 gamers in top-10 and once you set a typical, there might be expectations and it’s important to fulfil these expectations. Performances needs to be such that the crew wins,” he added.