Multan: Babar Azam, the team captain, scored an impressive 151 runs and Iftikhar Ahmed achieved his first ever century in One Day International (ODI) cricket. Pakistan won by a huge margin of 238 runs against Nepal in the first match of the Asia Cup. Babar and Iftikhar played important roles in helping Pakistan reach a score of 342/6 after deciding to bat first. Babar played very well, scoring 151 runs off 130 balls. He had two important partnerships in the game. First, he scored 86 runs with Mohammad Rizwan, who made 44 runs off 50 balls. Then, Babar had a great partnership with Iftikhar where they scored 214 runs together. Iftikhar remained not out with 109 runs off 71 balls. Their partnerships helped Pakistan reach a very high score. Babar hit the ball and scored 56 runs with 14 fours and four sixes. Iftikhar also played well and hit 11 boundaries and four sixes. Nepal’s batters did not put up a strong fight and were all out for 104 runs in 23. 4 overs Leg-break bowler Shahdab Khan took four wickets and gave up only 27 runs to help end Nepal’s batting line-up. “Please rephrase this passage in simpler terms.