Rohit Paudel recently created history by breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record to become the youngest cricketer to slam an international half-century at the age of 16 years and 146 days. Paudel broke the record during the second ODI of the three-match series against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Academy Ground in Dubai. He scored 58 runs in 55 just balls which helped his team win the match by 145 runs and take a 1-0 lead.
Paudel also broke Shahid Afridi’s record of youngest batsman to hit ODI fifty. Shahid Afridi scored half century in just 37 balls during a match against Sri Lanka in 1996 when he was aged 16 and 217 days. According to cricket.com.au, Sachin Tendulkar had scored his maiden international half-century in Faisalabad in 1989, when India was facing Pakistan in a test match. Tendulkar was 16 years and 213 days old.
Overall, in Cricket history South African women’s player Johmari Logtenburg holds the record for the youngest cricketer to score half-centuries in both Test and ODI cricket when she was 14-year-old.
