At the age of 16 years and 146 days, Rohit Paudel is the youngest male player to score an international half-century.

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.

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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.