World Cup 2019: Imam-ul-Haq scripts history, becomes the youngest centurion for Pakistan at WC

The elegant left-hander achieved the record when he scored a run-a-ball ton against Bangladesh in Pakistan's last round-robin fixture at the 2019 ICC World Cup at Lord's, London.

Pakistan's opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq scripted history when he became his nation's youngest centurion in World Cup cricket history. The elegant left-hander achieved the record when he scored a run-a-ball ton against Bangladesh in Pakistan's last round-robin fixture at the 2019 ICC World Cup at Lord's, London. The 23-year old Haq broke the record of Salim Malik, who achieved the feat at the age of 24.

Imam-ul-Haq joins the party!

The Pakistan batsman brings up his fifty at Lord's. Can he convert this into a hundred? #WeHaveWeWill | #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/hgHDyRR5oI — ICC (@ICC) July 5, 2019

Haq also became the eleventh Pakistani batsman to score a century at the World Cup and joined an elite list of former great like Saeed Anwar, Rameez Raja, Aamir Sohail, Javed Miandad. He also became the second Pakistani batsman after Babar Azam to score a ton in the ongoing World Cup Imam has been pretty solid at the top of the order in the tournament, amassing 305 runs in 8 games for the Green Shirts with one century and one half ton.