Pakistan had victory within the first sport of the Asia Cup 2023 the place Iftikhar Ahmed claimed his maiden ODI century in 67 balls and joined the elite record of batters to attain the quickest hundred in ODI.

Iftikhar joins elite record with maiden ODI Century

Pakistan is scheduled to play within the inaugural match of the continental occasion in opposition to Nepal, the place Babar Azam scored his nineteenth ODI century. Iftikhar Ahmed additionally scored a maiden ODI century on 67 deliveries.

Iftikhar Ahmed turns into the second oldest participant to rating his first ODI century for Pakistan. Zaheer Abbas scored his maiden ton in ODIS on the age of 34 within the yr 1981 in opposition to Australia.

Iftikhar Ahmed additionally turns into the fifth joint Pakistani participant to attain the quickest ODI hundred. Shahid Afridi tops the record in three locations with 37,45 and 53 balls. Sharjeel Khan and Basit Ali stands in 4 and 5 place of the record.

On profitable the toss, Pakistan captain Babar Azam selected to bat first within the inaugural match of the Asia Cup. However the openers weren’t spectacular as they had been despatched out on low figures inside the completion of the seventh over. With Babar Azam and Rizwan’s Partnership rating of 86 runs, Pakistan received again into the competitors.

Babar Azam and Iftikhar joined forces and had a partnership rating of 214 at 131 balls. Babar Azam had a person rating of 151 runs and was despatched out on the final over of their innings. With their spectacular partnership, Pakistan was capable of maintain an enormous goal of 343 in opposition to Nepal.

Unable to fold Pakistan with a low complete, Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh opened for Nepal and had been despatched out with 8 and 5 runs respectively. With captain Rohit Paudel dismissed with a duck by Shaheen Afridi, Nepal was down to three wickets scoring solely 14 runs within the 2nd over.

Aarif Sheikh and Sompal Kami had scored 26 and 28 runs respectively and had been despatched out by Haris Rauf. Nepal batters weren’t capable of face up to the bowling assaults of Pakistan.

Shadab Khan was spectacular by way of his bowling as he scalped 4 wickets giving 27 runs in 7 overs. Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf scalped two wickets every. In the long run, Nepal had misplaced all 10 wickets scoring solely 104 runs on 23.4 overs.

Pakistan will likely be enjoying their second match in opposition to India on September 2 at Pallekele Worldwide Stadium.

Pakistan gamers to attain quickest hundred in ODI