Babar Azam scores his nineteenth ODI century and 2023 Asia Cup’s first ton

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 Men in Green to remain on target 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 vogue.

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In 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. While 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. As a outcome, he was nicely wanting the crease and was run out.

Earlier, Babar gained the toss and elected to bat in opposition to Nepal. The Pakistan skipper mentioned there isn’t a further stress of taking part in at dwelling and the payers simply need to get pleasure from “our cricket and give our best”.

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Nepal skipper Rohit Paudel mentioned on their Asia Cup debut that his gamers have been joyful to be taking part in on the massive stage.

On Tuesday, Babar had mentioned that he was joyful that Pakistan workforce is at present ranked No. 1 in ODI rankings and likewise a variety of their gamers are in top-10.

“I needed to take the team to a different level and change mindset. Now, we have at least 3-4 players in top-10 and when you set a standard, there will be expectations and you have to fulfil those expectations. Performances should be such that the team wins,” he added.