DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka: Shahid Afridi shattered a luminous 124 off 60 balls as Pakistan piled up their maximum one-day sum, with 385-7 alongside Bangladesh in their Asia Cup match Monday.

Afridi plundered 17 limitations and four sixes following he won the toss in a match that held only educational attention after India and Sri Lanka fit for Thursday’s finishing.

Pakistan’s sum surpassed their previous most excellent of 371-9 alongside Sri Lanka in Nairobi in 1996, a match in which Afridi fractured 102 off 40 balls.

Pakistan, who misplaced barely to both India and Sri Lanka, used the game to display their batting authority after openers Imran Farhat (66) and Shahzaib Hasan (50) put on 81 by the 13th over.
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There was one more half-century from Umar Akmal, who made 50 throughout a fifth-wicket stand of 136 with Afridi.

The chatting point of the innings was the bizarre notice of Umar Amin, who was run out by Mohammad Mahmudullah while affecting from the off to the leg-side at the non-striker’s end after implementation a single.

Amin’s bat was in the air as he walked crossways the popping pleat and was evidently not trying to take a single when Mahmudullah bankrupt the stumps.

Umpires Billy Doctrove and Bruce Oxenford referred the conclusion to the TV umpire, who stated Amin run out.

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