XtraTime Web Desk: Nepal’s cricketer Rohit Paudel wrote his name in the history books on Saturday, as he became the youngest batsman to score half century in International cricket suppressing Sachin Tendulkar and Sahid Afridi.
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At the age of just 16 years and 146 days, Paudel top-scored for Nepal with a breezy knock of 55 that came in 58 balls against UAE in the second ODI of the three-match series at ICC Academy in Dubai, and in the process broke a 29-year-old record held by Tendulkar. The Indian batting legend had achieved the feat aged 16 years and 213 days in a Test against Pakistan in Faisalabad.
Afridi took a 37 ball half century at the age of 16 years 217 days in his maiden International innings against Sri Lanka.
Riding on Paudel’s knock, Nepal posted 242/9 and then bundled out hosts UAE for 97 in 19.3 overs to register a massive 145-run win and level the series 1-1. UAE won the first ODI by three wickets.
Paudel had previously come close to setting a world record when he made his ODI debut aged 15 years and 335 days back in August 2018, making him the fourth-youngest man in history to do so.
Touted as a future star of Nepalese cricket, Paudel also struck highly-rated young and rising Indian speedster Kamlesh Nagarkoti for 24 runs in five balls in an U-19 ODI in 2016.
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