🌟 Ibrahim Zadran Creates History in Champions Trophy 🏆🏰
- 2025-02-27
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🔹 177 Runs! - Ibrahim Zadran's knock against England is the highest individual score by an Afghanistan batter in ODIs!
✦ Previous best? His own 162 vs Sri Lanka (2022, Pallekele).
🔹 First Afghan to score a hundred in Champions Trophy!
✦ He was also the first Afghan batter to score a World Cup ton (129* vs Australia, 2023).
🔹 Record-Breaking Champions Trophy Knock!
✦ Ibrahim’s 177 is the highest-ever score in Champions Trophy history!
✦ Previous record? Ben Duckett’s 165 vs Australia.
🔹 Afghanistan’s Explosive Finish!
✦ 113 runs in the last 10 overs (41-50)!
✦ Only two better performances:
130 vs UAE (2014)
122 vs Zimbabwe (2018)
🔹 Afghanistan’s Batting Surge!
✦ Started slow: 39/3 in the first 10 overs.
✦ Middle overs (11-40): Scored 173 runs, 9 fours, 5 sixes!
🔹 Ibrahim's Strike Rate Magic!
✦ First 50 balls: 70.77 strike rate (slow and steady)
✦ After 50 balls: 101.12 strike rate (beast mode!)
✦ Vs England: 33 runs in first 50 balls, then smashed 144 in next 96!
🔹 Afghanistan Tackles Short Balls!
✦ Vs SA (Previous Match): Lost 6 wickets to short balls, scored 89 off 87 balls.
✦ Vs England: Dominated! Scored 80 off 89 balls, lost only 1 wicket (Rahmat Shah).
🔹 Jofra Archer’s Powerplay Destruction!
✦ 3 wickets in first 10 overs – first time England did this in 13 ODIs!
✦ Fastest Englishman to 50 ODI wickets (30 matches)!
✦ But, leaked 64 runs in 10 overs, including a 20-run over (his most expensive in ODIs).
🔹 Joe Root Breaks a 6-Year Drought!
✦ First ODI ton since 2019 World Cup vs West Indies.
✦ Took 36 innings to break the curse, despite scoring 10 fifties in that time.
🔹 England’s Nightmare Continues!
✦ 6 consecutive ODI losses since Nov 2024.
✦ Last time this happened? 2009 vs Australia (0-6 down in a 7-match series).
🔹 Afghan Fast Bowling Power!
✦ Azmatullah Omarzai's 5-wicket haul vs England joins an elite list:
✦ Gulbadin Naib (6-for vs Ireland, 2019)
✦ Hamid Hassan (5-for vs UAE, 2014)
✦ First-ever Afghan 5-wicket haul at an ICC ODI event (World Cup/Champions Trophy)!
🔹 Omarzai Joins Tendulkar’s Exclusive Club!
✦ Only two players with 40+ runs & 4+ wickets in a Champions Trophy match:
✦ Sachin Tendulkar (141 runs & 4 wickets vs Australia, 1998)
✦ Azmatullah Omarzai (41 runs & 5 wickets vs England, 2025)
🔹 Most Hundreds in a Champions Trophy Edition!
✦ 11 centuries in just 7 matches – a new record!
✦ Previous best? 10 tons in 2002 & 2017 editions.
🔹 Ben Duckett’s Speed Run to 1000 ODI Runs!
✦ Reached 1000 ODI runs in 21 innings!
✦ Fastest Englishmen alongside:
- ✦ Kevin Pietersen
- ✦ Jonathan Trott
- ✦ Dawid Malan
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