World Cup 2023: Abdullah Shafique Creates History As He Scores Century On World Cup Debut
Abdullah Shafique Creates History As He Scores Century On World Cup Debut:
The right-handed opener for Pakistan, Abdullah Shafique scored a magnificent century against Sri Lanka and created a unique record for Pakistan.
The 23-year-old Pakistani opener replaced Fakhar Zaman in the second match of the World Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka and created history while chasing a huge total of 345 runs.
- Abdullah Shafique with a brilliant century against Sri Lanka becomes the first Pakistani batsman to score a century on the debut of the World Cup.
- The young Pakistani opener also created the record of becoming the batsman to score his maiden century in ODI cricket that too on his World Cup debut.
- The young prodigy from Sialkot, Abdullah Shafique also became the first Pakistani batsman to score a century in the World Cup that too in India.
- He also becomes the Pakistani batsman who has registered the highest score by a Pakistani batsman on his Cricket World Cup debut.
Pakistan was struggling big time in the powerplay as they lost two early wickets but that magnificent innings of 113 runs off just 103 deliveries helped Pakistan chase down a mammoth score of around 350 in the World Cup 2023.
Abdullah Shafique smashed 10 fours and 3 huge sixes and scored a century with a strike-rate of 109.7 in his match-winning knock of 113 runs that too under the immense pressure of a World Cup game.
