Nepal's Paudel surpasses Tendulkar, Afridi with international fifty
Updated On: 27 January, 2019 08:01 AM IST | PTI
Paudel scored a 58-ball 55 as Nepal beat United Arab Emirates by 145 runs in an ODI at Dubai
Sachin Tendulkar and Shahid Afridi
Nepal's Rohit Paudel broke batting great Sachin Tendulkar's 29-year-old record, becoming the youngest batsman to hit an international half-century at the age of 16 years and 146 days.
Paudel scored a 58-ball 55 as Nepal beat United Arab Emirates by 145 runs in an ODI at Dubai. Tendulkar had hit his maiden international fifty at 16 years and 213 days in a Test match against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 1989.
Paudel also is the youngest man to score a ODI fifty, surpassing Shahid Afridi, who scored a 37-ball century against Sri Lanka at 16 years and 217 days. South African women's player Johmari Logtenburg had scored fifties in both Test and ODI cricket as a 14-year-old.
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