Pakistan Vs Nepal 1St Match Group A
Asia Cup Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Pakistan/Sri Lanka - 2023 (2023) · Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan · 30 August 2023
Pakistan won by 238 runs
Pakistan won by 238 runs. Babar Azam top-scored with 151 for Pakistan. Shadab Khan took 4/27.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
- Date
- 30 August 2023
- Toss
- Pakistan, chose to bat
- Result
- Pakistan won by 238 runs
- Player of the match
- Babar Azam
- Captains
- Babar Azam (Pakistan), Rohit Paudel (Nepal)
- Umpires
- CB Gaffaney and Masudur Rahman
- Match referee
- DC Boon
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat.
Pakistan batted first and made 342 for 6. Babar Azam top-scored with 151 off 131 balls, and Iftikhar Ahmed made 109. The innings was built on a 214-run stand for the fifth wicket between Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed, 63% of the total.
Chasing 343, Nepal made 104 all out. Sompal Kami top-scored with 28 off 46 balls. Shadab Khan took 4 for 27 for Pakistan. From 82 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 22 runs, to 104 for 10.
Pakistan won by 238 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Multan Cricket Stadium across the 11 ODIs in our archive. Pakistan's 342 is the highest total at Multan Cricket Stadium. Nepal's 104 all out is the lowest completed total at Multan Cricket Stadium. Babar Azam's 151 is the highest individual score at Multan Cricket Stadium.
PAKISTAN: 342 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fakhar Zaman | c Aasif Sheikh b Karan KC | 14 | 20 |
| Imam-ul-Haq | run out (Rohit Paudel) | 5 | 14 |
| Babar Azam | c Sundeep Jora b Sompal Kami | 151 | 131 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | run out (Dipendra Singh Airee) | 44 | 50 |
| Agha Salman | c Kushal Bhurtel b Sandeep Lamichhane | 5 | 14 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | not out | 109 | 71 |
| Shadab Khan | b Sompal Kami | 4 | 2 |
Did not bat: Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf
Extras 10 · Total 342 for 6
| Bowler (Nepal) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sompal Kami | 10 | 1 | 85 | 2 |
| Karan KC | 9 | 0 | 54 | 1 |
| Gulsan Jha | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Lalit Rajbanshi | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | 10 | 0 | 69 | 1 |
| Dipendra Singh Airee | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Kushal Bhurtel | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-21 (Fakhar Zaman, 5.3 ov), 2-25 (Imam-ul-Haq, 6.1 ov), 3-111 (Mohammad Rizwan, 23.4 ov), 4-124 (Agha Salman, 27.5 ov), 5-338 (Babar Azam, 49.4 ov), 6-342 (Shadab Khan, 49.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Fakhar Zaman (14) and Imam-ul-Haq (5) | 21 | 33 |
| second | Babar Azam (4) and Imam-ul-Haq (0) | 4 | 4 |
| third | Mohammad Rizwan (44) and Babar Azam (38) | 86 | 106 |
| fourth | Babar Azam (7) and Agha Salman (5) | 13 | 25 |
| fifth | Babar Azam (102) and Iftikhar Ahmed (109) | 214 | 131 |
| sixth | Iftikhar Ahmed (0) and Shadab Khan (4) | 4 | 2 |
NEPAL: 104 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kushal Bhurtel | c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 8 | 4 |
| Aasif Sheikh | c Iftikhar Ahmed b Naseem Shah | 5 | 5 |
| Rohit Paudel | lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 0 | 1 |
| Aarif Sheikh | b Haris Rauf | 26 | 38 |
| Sompal Kami | c Mohammad Rizwan b Haris Rauf | 28 | 46 |
| Gulsan Jha | c Fakhar Zaman b Shadab Khan | 13 | 23 |
| Dipendra Singh Airee | b Mohammad Nawaz | 3 | 11 |
| Kushal Malla | c Iftikhar Ahmed b Shadab Khan | 6 | 4 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | b Shadab Khan | 0 | 2 |
| Karan KC | not out | 7 | 6 |
| Lalit Rajbanshi | lbw b Shadab Khan | 0 | 2 |
Extras 8 · Total 104 all out
| Bowler (Pakistan) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 5 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Naseem Shah | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Haris Rauf | 5 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| Shadab Khan | 6.4 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-10 (Kushal Bhurtel, 0.5 ov), 2-10 (Rohit Paudel, 0.6 ov), 3-14 (Aasif Sheikh, 1.4 ov), 4-73 (Aarif Sheikh, 14.4 ov), 5-82 (Sompal Kami, 16.6 ov), 6-90 (Dipendra Singh Airee, 20.5 ov), 7-91 (Gulsan Jha, 21.3 ov), 8-91 (Sandeep Lamichhane, 21.5 ov), 9-104 (Kushal Malla, 23.2 ov), 10-104 (Lalit Rajbanshi, 23.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Kushal Bhurtel (8) and Aasif Sheikh (1) | 10 | 5 |
| second | Aasif Sheikh (0) and Rohit Paudel (0) | 0 | 1 |
| third | Aarif Sheikh (0) and Aasif Sheikh (4) | 4 | 4 |
| fourth | Sompal Kami (28) and Aarif Sheikh (26) | 59 | 78 |
| fifth | Sompal Kami (0) and Gulsan Jha (8) | 9 | 14 |
| sixth | Dipendra Singh Airee (3) and Gulsan Jha (5) | 8 | 23 |
| seventh | Kushal Malla (0) and Gulsan Jha (0) | 1 | 4 |
| eighth | Sandeep Lamichhane (0) and Kushal Malla (0) | 0 | 2 |
| ninth | Karan KC (7) and Kushal Malla (6) | 13 | 9 |
| tenth | Karan KC (0) and Lalit Rajbanshi (0) | 0 | 2 |
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