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This milestone came after their recent win in the first ODI against New Zealand, also known as the Black Caps or the Kiwis.
The Green Shirts took on the Black Caps in the first of 5 ODIs in the series at the Rawalpindi cricket stadium on Thursday April 27. After restricting the guests to 288/7 in 50 overs, the hosts chased the target down with nine balls to spare, winning by 5 wickets. Pakistanis star batsman Fakhar Zaman was named the player of the match for scoring 117 runs off 114 deliveries.
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Having played their first ODI in 1973, also against New Zealand, Pakistan have now followed Australia and India to become only the third team to ever win 500 one day international (ODI) cricket matches.
Pakistan took 949 matches to reach the milestone. 92 of their wins came against Sri Lanka, 73 against India, 63 against West Indies, 57 against New Zealand, 34 against Australia, and 32 each against England an Bangladesh to name a few.
Australia has won 594 ODIs out of 978 played to emerge as the most dominant side in the format’s history. While India, who are the only team to have played 1000 ODIs, have won 539 so far.