Nepal vs Pakistan Scorecard, Match 1, Asia Cup 2023

Result · Aug 30 2023, Wed - 03:00 PM (IST)

Match 1, - Multan Cricket Stadium

PAKISTAN

342/6

NEPAL

104

Pakistan won by 238 runs

CRR:4.39

Player Of The Match

Babar Azam

PAKISTAN - 342/6 (50.0)

Batsman	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Fakhar Zaman c Aasif Sheikh b Karan KC	14	20	3	-	70
Imam ul-Haq Run out (Rohit Paudel)	5	14	1	-	35.71
Babar Azam (c) c (Sub) b Sompal Kami	151	131	14	4	115.27
Mohammad Rizwan (wk) Run out (Dipendra Singh Airee)	44	50	6	-	88
Agha Salman c Kushal Bhurtel b Sandeep Lamichhane	5	14	-	-	35.71
Iftikhar Ahmed Not out	109	71	11	4	153.52
Shadab Khan b Sompal Kami	4	2	1	-	200
Mohammad Nawaz	-	-	-	-	-
Shaheen Afridi	-	-	-	-	-
Naseem Shah	-	-	-	-	-
Haris Rauf	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	10 ( lb: 1 w: 7 Nb: 2)
Total	342 / 6 (50.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Sompal Kami	10	1	85	2	8.5
Karan KC	9	-	54	1	6
Gulsan Jha	4	-	35	0	8.8
Lalit Rajbanshi	10	-	48	0	4.8
Sandeep Lamichhane	10	-	69	1	6.9
Dipendra Singh Airee	6	-	40	0	6.7
Kushal Bhurtel	1	-	10	0	10

Fall Of Wickets	Batsman
21/1 (5.3)	Fakhar Zaman
25/2 (6.1)	Imam ul-Haq
111/3 (23.4)	Mohammad Rizwan
124/4 (27.5)	Agha Salman
338/5 (49.4)	Babar Azam
342/6 (49.6)	Shadab Khan

NEPAL - 104/10 (23.4)

Batsman	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Kushal Bhurtel c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Afridi	8	4	2	-	200
Aasif Sheikh (wk) c Iftikhar Ahmed b Naseem Shah	5	5	1	-	100
Rohit Paudel (c) lbw b Shaheen Afridi	0	1	-	-	-
Aarif Sheikh b Haris Rauf	26	38	5	-	68.42
Sompal Kami c Mohammad Rizwan b Haris Rauf	28	46	4	-	60.87
Gulsan Jha c Fakhar Zaman b Shadab Khan	13	23	-	1	56.52
Dipendra Singh Airee b Mohammad Nawaz	3	11	-	-	27.27
Kushal Malla c Iftikhar Ahmed b Shadab Khan	6	4	-	1	150
Sandeep Lamichhane b Shadab Khan	0	2	-	-	-
Karan KC Not out	7	6	1	-	116.67
Lalit Rajbanshi lbw b Shadab Khan	0	2	-	-	-
Extras	8 ( lb: 4 w: 4)
Total	104 / 10 (23.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Shaheen Afridi	5	-	27	2	5.4
Naseem Shah	5	-	17	1	3.4
Haris Rauf	5	1	16	2	3.2
Shadab Khan	6.4	-	27	4	4.1
Mohammad Nawaz	2	-	13	1	6.5

Fall Of Wickets	Batsman
10/1 (0.5)	Kushal Bhurtel
10/2 (0.6)	Rohit Paudel
14/3 (1.4)	Aasif Sheikh
73/4 (14.4)	Aarif Sheikh
82/5 (16.6)	Sompal Kami
90/6 (20.5)	Dipendra Singh Airee
91/7 (21.3)	Gulsan Jha
91/8 (21.5)	Sandeep Lamichhane
104/9 (23.2)	Kushal Malla
104/10 (23.4)	Lalit Rajbanshi

Match Info

Series:	Asia Cup
Date:	Aug 30 2023, Wed - 03:00 PM (IST)
Country:	Pakistan
City:	Multan
Venue:	Multan Cricket Stadium
Toss:	Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Pakistan Playing XI:	Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf
Nepal Playing XI:	Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Rohit Paudel (c), Aarif Sheikh, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi

This will be the first men’s ODI between Pakistan and Nepal; Pakistan have won all 24 of their previous matches in the format against non-Test playing countries.
Pakistan have won seven of their last eight men’s ODIs (L1), including their last three in succession; their only defeat in that span was a 47-run loss against New Zealand (7 May 2023).
This will be Nepal’s debut match in the Asia Cup; they become the eighth different team to compete in the tournament and the first since Afghanistan in the 2014 edition.
Pakistan have won their last five men’s ODIs on the bounce at Multan Cricket Stadium, their longest winning run at the venue in the history of the format; their last defeat in such fixtures was a seven-wicket loss to South Africa (26 October 2007).
This will be Nepal’s fourth men’s ODI against a Test playing country; they have lost each of their three previous matches in the format (4 July 2023 v Ireland, 22 June 2023 v West Indies and 18 June 2023 v Zimbabwe).
Pakistan have a batting good connection percentage of 76% in men’s ODIs in 2023, the best rate of any Test playing country this year.
Kushal Bhurtel (986) is 14 away from becoming the third player to score 1,000 runs for Nepal in men’s ODIs (Rohit Paudel and Aasif Sheikh); his ODI batting average in 2023 (28.6) is his best in a calendar year.
Sandeep Lamichhane (49) is one away from becoming the third player to reach 50 appearances for Nepal in men’s ODIs (Rohit Paudel and Dipendra Singh Airee); his ODI bowling average (17.3) is the best of any player in the history of the format (min. 35 wickets).
Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) has scored 94 runs through point in men’s ODIs in 2023; only Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne (110) has scored more runs in this area of the field amongst players from Test playing countries this year.
Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan) has induced a batting false shot percentage of 50% in men’s ODIs in 2023, the best rate of any bowler from a Test playing country this year.

Nepal vs Pakistan Scorecard, Match 1, Asia Cup 2023

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