Pakistan

Fakhar Zaman

Imam-ul-Haq

Babar Azam (C)

Mohammad Rizwan (W)

Iftikhar Ahmed

Agha Salman

Shadab Khan

Mohammad Nawaz

Naseem Shah

Shaheen Afridi

Haris Rauf

Nepal

Kushal Bhurtel

Aasif Sheikh (W)

Rohit Paudel (C)

Aarif Sheikh

Kushal Malla

Dipendra Singh Airee

Gulsan Jha

Sompal Kami

Karan KC

Sandeep Lamichhane

Lalit Rajbanshi

Syed Muhammad Abdul Samad

Abrar Ahmed

Mohammad Babar Azam

Faheem Ashraf

Faisal Akram

Muhammad Ghazi Ghori

Mohammad Hussain Talat

Khawaja Muhammad Nafay

Maaz Ahmad Sadaqat

Mohammad Rizwan

Mohammad Wasim

Naseem Abbas Shah

Saad Masood

Sahibzada Farhan

Saim Ayub

Salman Ali Agha

Mohammad Salman Mirza

Shaheen Shah Afridi

Shamyl Hussain

Usman Khan

Usman Tariq

Muhammad Aarif Sheikh

Aasif Sheikh

Anil Kumar Sah

Basir Ahamad

Bhim Sharki

Gulshan Kumar Jha

Karan Khatri Chhetri

Kiran Thagunna

Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi

Lokesh Bahadur Bam

Mohammed Aadil Alam

Nandan Kumar Yadav

Rijan Dhakal

Rohit Kumar Paudel

Rupesh Kumar Singh

Shahab Alam

Sher Malla

Sundeep Jora

Cricket

Asia Cup 2023

Pakistan bulldozed Nepal by 238 runs in the Asia Cup 2023's opener in Multan on Wednesday, August 30, thanks to splendid centuries from Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed.

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Watch: Babar throws cap in frustration after Rizwan's weird run-out during Pakistan vs Nepal's Asia Cup match

Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed's scintillating centuries fuelled Pakistan to a crushing 238-run win over Nepal in Asia Cup 2023 opener on Wednesday, August 30.

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PAK vs NEP: Babar-Iftikhar's stellar tons help Pakistan annihilate Nepal by 238 runs in Asia Cup opener

While bowling in the Asia Cup 2023 opener against Nepal, pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi gave Pakistan injury scare three days ahead of clash against arch-rivals India.

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Asia Cup: Shaheen Afridi gives Pakistan injury scare three days ahead of clash against arch-rivals India

In an extraordinary display of batting, Pakistan's Babar Azam and Iftikar Ahmed set a new national record for the highest fifth-wicket partnership in ODIs. The dynamic duo amassed 214 runs against Nepal in the Asia Cup 2023, overtaking a 14-year-old record. Their milestone also ranks sixth in the global list of highest fifth-wicket ODI partnerships.

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PAK vs NEP: Babar Azam and Iftikar Ahmed shatter records with epic fifth-wicket partnership in Asia Cup 2023 opener against Nepal

In the curtain-raiser of the Asia Cup 2023, Iftikhar Ahmed delivered a phenomenal batting performance against Nepal to catapult Pakistan to an imposing total of 342/6 in Multan on Wednesday, August 30.

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PAK vs NEP: Iftikhar Ahmed achieves sensational feat with lightning century against Nepal in Asia Cup 2023 opener

Babar Azam roared with the bat with a towering knock of 151 in the Asia Cup 2023's opener against Nepal in Multan on Wednesday, August 30. Riding on his superlative knock Babar stormed in history books and busted multiple records to help Pakistan post a colossal total of 342.

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Ton-up Babar Azam busts Pakistan's all-time Asia Cup record, leaves behind Kohli to bag multiple milestones

Babar Azam scripted history after hammering his maiden century in the Asia Cup history in the opener against Nepal in Multan on Wednesday (August 30). Babar struck a spectacular hundred riding on 10 fours to put Pakistan in good stead from a precarious 25/2.

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PAK vs NEP: Babar Azam whacks maiden Asia Cup century against Nepal in opener, becomes just 3rd Pakistani batter to achieve rare feat

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Asia Cup 2023, PAK vs NEP: Pakistan go into opening fixture with strong Playing XI as they bat first vs Nepal

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Pakistan vs Nepal Stats

PAK vs NEP Match 1 Stats - Multan (30 August 2023)

Match Stats

WORM

MANHATTAN

Series Stats

Most Runs

Best Strike Rate

Most 4s

Most 6s

Most Wickets

Shubman Gill

IND

302 Runs 6 Matches•6 Inns

Kusal Mendis

SL

270 Runs 6 Matches•6 Inns

Sadeera Samarawickrama

SL

215 Runs 6 Matches•6 Inns

Babar Azam

PAK

207 Runs 5 Matches•4 Inns

Mohammad Rizwan

PAK

195 Runs 5 Matches•4 Inns

Rohit Sharma

IND

194 Runs 6 Matches•5 Inns

Najmul Hossain Shanto

BAN

193 Runs 2 Matches•2 Inns

Iftikhar Ahmed

PAK

179 Runs 5 Matches•3 Inns

Charith Asalanka

SL

179 Runs 6 Matches•6 Inns

Shakib Al Hasan

BAN

173 Runs 5 Matches•5 Inns

KL Rahul

IND

169 Runs 4 Matches•3 Inns

Mehidy Hasan

BAN

158 Runs 5 Matches•5 Inns

Towhid Hridoy

BAN

158 Runs 5 Matches•5 Inns

Ishan Kishan

IND

143 Runs 6 Matches•4 Inns

Pathum Nissanka

SL

132 Runs 6 Matches•6 Inns

News Updates

Watch: Babar throws cap in frustration after Rizwan's weird run-out during Pakistan vs Nepal's Asia Cup match

PAK vs NEP: Babar-Iftikhar's stellar tons help Pakistan annihilate Nepal by 238 runs in Asia Cup opener

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302 Runs

6 Matches•6 Inns

270 Runs

6 Matches•6 Inns

215 Runs

6 Matches•6 Inns

207 Runs

5 Matches•4 Inns

195 Runs

5 Matches•4 Inns

194 Runs

6 Matches•5 Inns

193 Runs

2 Matches•2 Inns

179 Runs

5 Matches•3 Inns

179 Runs

6 Matches•6 Inns

173 Runs

5 Matches•5 Inns

169 Runs

4 Matches•3 Inns

158 Runs

5 Matches•5 Inns

158 Runs

5 Matches•5 Inns

143 Runs

6 Matches•4 Inns

132 Runs

6 Matches•6 Inns