Pakistan captain Babar Azam scored the 19th century of his ODI career in the first match of Asia Cup 2023. With this century, he also made a record in his name. He has become the first batsman to score 19 centuries in the shortest innings. In this matter, he has defeated players like Virat Kohli, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and David Warner.
Pakistani captain Babar scored the 19th century of his ODI career in 109 balls. This century came in his 102 innings. With this he became the batsman to score 19 centuries in the fewest innings. Before him, Hashim Amla had scored 19 centuries in 104 innings. After this, Virat Kohli is present at number three, who has scored his 19th century in 124 innings. David Warner has scored 19 centuries in 139 innings and De Villiers has scored 19 centuries in 171 innings.
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After winning the toss, Pakistan captain Babar said, "We will bat first, the pitch is looking very dry and shiny." There is no reason to name the first XI, we wanted to give confidence to our team. To be honest, being a top-ranked team comes with a good amount of pressure, we will try to enjoy and give our best."
Nepal captain Rohit Paudel said at the time of the toss, "Everyone is very happy, this is our first game in Asia Cup. Everyone in Nepal is very excited for this game. Most of the things here are very similar to Nepal. Looks like a beautiful wicket to bat on."
Pakistan's playing eleven: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
Nepal Playing XI: Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh (wk), Rohit Paudel (c), Arif Sheikh, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airey, Gulsan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi.
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