Pakistan cricket team captain, Babar Azam, displayed a match-winning innings against Nepal in the first game of the Asia Cup 2023 at the Multan Cricket Stadium.
The all-format captain scored 151 runs off 131 deliveries, including 14 boundaries and four sixes, leading the national side to post a huge total of 343 runs on the board.
With this record-breaking knock, the Lahore-born cricketer overtook Virat Kohli’s highest individual score as a captain in Asia Cup history.
The former Indian captain had scored 136 runs against Bangladesh in the 2014 edition, while Sourav Ganguly had scored 135* against Bangladesh back in 2000. Here’s the top 5 list:
| Batter | Score | Country | Opposition | Year |
| Babar Azam | 151 | Pakistan | Nepal | 2023 |
| Virat Kohli | 136 | India | Bangladesh | 2014 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 135* | India | Bangladesh | 2000 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 131* | Sri Lanka | India | 1997 |
It is worth noting that the 28-year-old batter is now just one century away from equaling the record of Saeed Anwar for the most centuries in ODI cricket for Pakistan.
With this century, the right-handed batter created history by scoring the fastest 19 ODI hundreds, surpassing the record of former South African batter, Hashim Amla.
