Nepal prodigy Paudel eclipses Tendulkar record aged 16

Nepal teenager Rohit Paudel eclipsed a record held by the legendary Sachin Tendulkar with a historic half-century on Saturday.

Paudel became the youngest male player to score 50 in international cricket in a crushing victory over the United Arab Emirates in Dubai.

Aged just 16 and 146 days, the prodigy made 55 from 58 balls in a 145-run one-day international win.

India great Tendulkar held the previous record with 59 in a Test against fierce rivals Pakistan at the age of 16 years and 213 days back in 1989.

Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi was the youngest to score an ODI half-century at 16 years and 217 days before Paudel etched his name into the record books.

At the age of just 16 years and 146 days, Nepal's Rohit Paudel today became the youngest man to hit an international half-century, beating the likes of @sachin_rt and @SAfridiOfficial! https://t.co/lRo5UTfuFd pic.twitter.com/qsqZQDYX5y

— ICC (@ICC) January 26, 2019