Nepal batsman Rohit Paudel who is 16 years 146 days, hit 55 off 58 balls against UAE, became the youngest male player in the history to make an international half-century.
The previous youngest was none other than Sachin Tendulkar who made 59 in a test against Pakistan at the age of 16 years and 213 days, while in ODIs the mark was set by Shahid Afridi who smashed a 37 ball centuary which was also a record at the time at the age of 16 years and 217 days in his maiden international innings against Sri Lanka.
However, Paudel is some way off the overall record for all international cricket with South Africa Women's Johmari Logtenburg having struck Test and ODI half-centuaries as a 14 year old.
He had previously come close to setting a world record when he made his ODI debut at the age of 15 years and 335 days back in August 2018 which made him the fourth youngest man in history to do so.