Afghanistan’s opener Ibrahim Zadran reached a 177 champion trophy record to lift his country from an early bamboleo to 325-7 against England in his group match in Lahore on Wednesday.
The group B’s clash at the Gaddafi Stadium is effectively a knockout with the losing team outside the semifinal 50 -against tournament against.
Playing under the cloud of boycott calls of some British politicians for the difficult situation of women in the nation governed by the Taliban, Afghanistan chose to hit in an attempt to recover from their loss of openness.
But soon they went to 37-3 within nine overs before Zadran gathered the tickets with an association of 103 in the fourth Wickt with Captain hashmatullah Shahidi, who made 40.
Zadran later added 111 for the sixth Wickt with Mohammad Nabi, who hit 40 in 24 balls. The 23 -year -old unleashed the alley in England and exceeded his previous 162 Best of 162 in his blow of 146 balls with 12 four and six.
Not only did he break his own record for the highest individual ODI score in Afghanistan, but also a tournament record, days after the defeat of Ben Duckett at the opening of England before Australia.
The fast bowling player of England, Jofra Archer, hit three early blows, including two in one, starting with Rahmanullah Gurbaz launched for six.
Jofra and his New-Ball Mark Wood partner obtained rapid speeds between 145-150 kilometers per hour, but they were soon shaken by an injury in Wood, who twice left the field. Wood’s absence after bowling only four overs allowed Zadran to counteract, forcing the patron Jos Buttler to rotate his bowling options.
The Adil Rashid leg spinner finally broke the pod when Shahidi launched, who could not connect an inverse attempt and the ball shook the stumps.
Zadran reached his seventh hate ton with a single from Liam Livingstone when he and Azmatullah Omarzai changed their march in a quick position of 72 until Omarzai left 41.
Zadran was not affected by the Wickt as he maintained the attack and hit Archer of six and three of Archer.
Wood rang again after playing bowling at another game of four overs with Buttler to administer his options against a Zadran and Nabi fuss.
Zadran finally fell to Livingstone, who also sent Nabi in the final.
Afghanistan previously faced England in a hate in the 2023 World Cup in New Delhi, where they surprised the defending champions with an impressive victory.
