Rehmanullah Gurbaz
AFG vs SA: Afghanistan created new history by defeating South Africa in the second consecutive ODI. Earlier, the Afghan team had done the great feat of defeating South Africa for the first time in the first ODI and now after winning the second ODI, it took an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the series. Afghanistan has succeeded in winning a series against South Africa for the first time. Batting first, Afghanistan scored a huge score of 311 runs by losing 4 wickets in 50 overs. In response to Afghanistan’s score, the batsmen of the South African team disappointed and except the top order, no one bothered to stay at the crease. After the first 4 batsmen, no player could touch the double digit figure and the entire team collapsed for just 134 runs. Rashid Khan took 5 wickets for Afghanistan while Nangealiya Kharote took 4 wickets. In this way, Afghanistan won the match by 177 runs and made a record of its biggest victory.
AFG’s biggest wins in ODIs (by runs)
- 177 vs SA, Sharjah, Today*
- 154 vs ZIM, Sharjah, 2018
- 146 vs ZIM, Sharjah, 2018
- 142 vs BAN, Chittagong, 2023
- 138 vs IRE, Sharjah, 2017
Gurbaj equals a big record
Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz made a significant contribution with the bat in Afghanistan’s victory. Gurbaz scored a brilliant century and created a new record for Afghanistan. He played a brilliant innings of 110 runs with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes and became the batsman with the most centuries in ODI cricket for Afghanistan. He broke the record of Mohammad Shahzad.
The century that Gurbaz scored against South Africa is the 7th ODI century of his career. At the same time, Mohammad Shahzad had achieved the feat of scoring 6 centuries in ODIs for Afghanistan. Not only this, Gurbaz has equaled the big record of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam with this century. 22-year-old Gurbaz has equaled Kohli and Babar’s record of scoring the most centuries in ODIs before the age of 23. Both Kohli and Babar had achieved the feat of scoring 7 ODI centuries before the age of 23.
Most ODI centuries for Afghanistan
- 7 – Rehmanullah Gurbaz*
- 6 – Mohammed Shahzad
- 5 – Ibrahim Zadran
- 5 – Rehmat Shah
Most ODI centuries before the age of 23
- 8 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 8 – Quinton de Kock
- 7 – Rehmanullah Gurbaz*
- 7 – Virat Kohli
- 6 – Babar Azam
- 6 – Upul Tharanga
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