New Delhi (Staff Correspondent): In Wednesday’s Champions Trophy Group B match against England, Ibrahim Zadran hammered a 146-ball 177. Zadran’s innings shattered a number of records.
Prior to his dismissal by Liam Livingstone, Zadran set the record for the highest score in an ICC Champions Trophy match.
Zadran had hammered six hits over the fence and smashed 12 boundaries by that point. In order to win and advance in the Champions Trophy, England now needs 326 runs.
On Wednesday, Zadran broke numerous records at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. He is the only batter from Afghanistan to score hundreds in the ICC Champions Trophy and the ICC Cricket World Cup.
The 177-run haul is now the best score an Afghan batsman has ever achieved in an ODI. The 23-year-old.
I haven’t played ODI cricket for one year. So I was trying to put pressure on myself,” the batter said in the mid-game interview with the host broadcaster
He saved the club from 37/3, which made the innings noteworthy. Afghanistan set England a goal of 326 runs, with Mohammad Nabi (40), Azmatullah Omarzai (41) and skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi (40) supporting Zadran.
Afghanistan cricket team: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran
England cricket team: Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Rehan Ahmed, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
