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PAK vs NEP Match Report: Pakistan defeated Nepal by 238 runs, Babar-Shaheen started their Asia Cup campaign with victory

The 16th season of the Asia Cup started on Wednesday. Nepal faced Pakistan in the first match of the tournament. In this match, the Pak team defeated Nepal by 238 runs. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat. Pakistan scored 342 runs for six wickets in 50 overs. Babar Azam scored 151 runs and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 109 runs for him. In response, the Nepal team was bowled out for just 104 runs. As a result, Babar’s brigade won the match by a big margin.

Batting first, the Pakistan team set a huge target of 343 runs in front of Nepal. Pakistan scored 342 runs for six wickets in 50 overs. Captain Babar Azam scored the maximum 151 runs for that. He hit 14 fours and four sixes in an innings of 131 balls. Iftikhar Ahmed scored 109 runs off 71 balls. He hit 11 fours and four sixes in his innings. This is Babur’s 19th career century. At the same time, Iftekhar scored the first century of his career.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan contributed 44 runs for the Pak team. Fakhar Zaman was dismissed for 14 runs. Imam-ul-Haq and Agha Salman scored five runs. Where Shadab Khan was out for four. Sompal Kami took two wickets for Nepal. Karan KC and Sandeep Lamichane got one success each.

Nepal got off to a poor start chasing big runs. They lost two wickets in the first over. Kushal Bhurtel caught Shaheen Afridi’s fifth ball in the hands of wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan. Vurtel started well with two fours but could not last long. He got out for eight runs off four balls. After that, captain Rohit Paudel was out lbw on the very next ball. He could not open the account. After that, Nepal suffered a third blow in the fourth ball of the second over. Nasim Shah dismissed Asif Sheikh. Asif scored five runs off five balls and was caught by Iftekhar Ahmed. After losing by three wickets in two overs, Nepal could not recover. They were eventually bowled out for 104 runs.

Gaangchil

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