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Nepal vs Pakistan Scorecard, Match 1, Asia Cup 2023
Result · Aug 30 2023, Wed - 03:00 PM (IST)
Match 1, - Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan
PAKISTAN342/6
NEPAL104
Pakistan won by 238 runs
CRR:4.39
Player Of The Match
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.