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The 1st Match, Group A of Asia Cup, 2023 was played today between Pakistan vs Nepal at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan. In which Pakistan defeted Nepal by a big margin of 238 runs.
Pakistan batted first after winning the toss, started the inning not very well, but after the opening pair Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan handled the inning. Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 21 runs in 5.3 over, Fakhar Zaman dismissed for 14 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in 20 balls, next batsman Babar Azam came to bat, meanwhile the second wicket also dismissed for 25 runs in first ball of the 7th over, Imam-ul-Haq dismissed for 5 runs in 14 balls, next batsman Mohammad Rizwan came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnerhsip of 86 runs with Babar Azam, the third wicket has dismissed for 111 runs in 23.4 over, Mohammad Rizwan dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 44 runs with the help of 6 boundaires in 50 balls, followed by Agha Salman came to bat and he was dismissed very quickly just for 5 runs in 14 balls as fourth wicket in 27.5 over, the team score was 124 runs, next batsman Iftikhar Ahmed came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant powerful double-century partnership of 214 runs with Babar Azam, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 338 runs in fourth ball of the final over, Babar Azam dismissed after playing a very briliant powerful century and a half-century inning of 151 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 14 boundaires in just 131 balls, next batsman Shadab Khan came to bat and he dismissed just for 4 runs in 2 balls as sixth wicket in final ball of the inning, the team score was 342 runs, and Iftikhar Ahmed played a very brilliant unbeaten century inning of 109 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 11 boundaires in just 71 balls. In this way, Pakistan scored 342 runs for losing just 6 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs and set a very strong target of 343 runs in front of Nepal.
Nepal bowlers Sompal Kami took 2 wickets for 85 runs in his spell, Karan KC 1 wicket for 54 runs in 9 overs, Sandeep Lamichhane 1 wicket for 69 runs in his spell, Lalit Rajbanshi was wicketless for 48 runs in his spell, Dipendra Singh wicketless for 40 runs in 6 overs, Gulsan Jha wicketless for 35 runs in 4 overs, and Kushal Bhurtel also wicketless for 10 runs in 1 over.
Nepal chasing 343 runs in the second inning the entire team dismissed just for 104 runs in fourth ball of the 24th over and lost the match by 238 runs, Nepal started the inning very poorly, Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed just for 10 runs in fifth ball of the 1st over, Kushal Bhurtel dismissed just for 8 runs in 4 balls, next batsman Rohit Paudel camet to bat and he was dismissed just in 1 ball without scoring as second wicket in last ball of the first over, the team score was just 10 runs, next batsman Aarif Sheikh came to bat, in meanwhile the third wicket also dismissed for 14 runs in 1.4 over, Aasif Sheikh dismissed just for 5 runs in 5 balls, followed by Sompal Kami came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 59 runs with Aarif Sheikh, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 73 runs in 14.4 over, Aarif Sheikh dismissed after scoring 26 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 38 balls, next batsman Gulsan Jha came to bat and he good strike rotate for a while with Sompal Kami, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 82 runs in last ball of the 17th over, Sompal Kami dismissed after scoring 28 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 46 balls, next batsman Dipendra Singh Airee came to bat and he was dismissed just for 3 runs in 11 balls as sixth wicket in 20.5 over, the team score was 90 runs, next batsman Kushal Malla came to bat, meanwhile the 7th wicket also dismissed for 91 runs in 21.3 over, Gulsan Jha dismissed for 13 runs in 23 balls, next batsman Sandeep Lamichhane came to bat and he was dismissed just in 2 balls without scoring as 8th wicket in 21.5 over, the team score was 91 runs, followed by Karan KC came to bat, after a few moments the 9th wicket also dismissed for 104 runs in 23.2 overs, Kushal Malla dismissed just for 6 runs in 4 balls, next batsman Lalit Rajbanshi came to bat and he was dismissed just in 2 balls without scoring as final wicket in 23.4 over, the team score was 104 runs, and Karan KC was remains unbeaten without scoring. In this way, continuously wickets failed one after another and end of the result the entire team all-out just for 104 runs in 23.4 over and lost the match by a big margin of 238 runs.
Pakistani bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Shadab Khan took 4 wickets just for 27 runs in 6.4 over, Haris Rauf 2 wickets just for 16 runs in 5 overs, Shaheen Afridi 2 wickets just for 27 runs in 5 overs, Naseem Shah 1 wicket just for 17 runs in 5 overs, and Mohammad Nawaz 1 wicket for 13 run in 2 overs.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Pakistani batsman Babar Azam was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very briliant powerful century and a half-century inning of 151 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 14 boundaires in just 131 balls.
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