Rahmanullah Gurbaz, a 2001-year-old young Afghanistan, sensational cricketer who made his international debut for Afghanistan in September 2019, became the first batsman for Afghanistan to score a century and debut in one-day international (ODI) against Ireland in January 2021.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz recently scored his eighth ODI century. He scored his magnificent century in 101 runs of 120 balls, which made him to become the second youngest player with eight ODI centuries.
Previously, Rahmanullah Gurba’s playing average was 16.73 in 20 innings during run chases in one-day internationals.
On Monday, while playing against Bangladesh in Sharjah, Rahmanullah Gurba scored 101 runs with 6 sixes and 5 boundaries with a strike rate of 84.17.
Achieving this score, Rahmanullah Gurbaz broke records of many cricket legends, including the God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar, who scored in 22 years and 357 days, Virat Kohli, who scored in 23 years and 27 days, and Pakistan’s Babar Azam 23 years and 280 days.
While the South African cricketer Quinton de Kock leads the table with 8 ODI centuries at just 22 years and 312 days.
Bangladesh Vs Afghanistan Match 3rd One Day Internationals Updates
Bangladesh was set to bat first; Bangladesh gave a commendable target of 244 runs with eight wickets lost in 50 overs.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz stepped in as an ODI Captain for his debut replacing Najmul Hossain Shanto.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mahmudullah Riyad made the highest run partnership of 145 runs off 188 balls.
After which the damage was done for the impressive knock by Mehdi Miraz, who scored 66 runs off 119 balls with 4 boundaries and a strike rate of 55.46.
Mahmudullah Riyad scored highest but lost his wicket at 98 while running in between the wickets for 2nd run in the last ball of the innings, very close to his century with seven boundaries and three sixes with a strike rate of 100.
With the continuous fall of wickets, Bangladesh managed to give Afghanistan a decent chasing score of 244 runs off 8 wickets.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Azmatullah Omarzai match scorers of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan lost its early wickets of Sediq Ullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, and Captain Hashmat Ullah Shahidi. Rahmanullah Gurbaz prevented any pressure from building up on their batting lineup and spearheaded Afghanistan’s innings with his 8th Century in One Day Internationals.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored his half-century in 60 balls and went on to score another century in 117 balls. Soon, Bangladesh’s bowler Mehidy Hasan Miraz put up brakes on Rahmanullah Gurbaz sending him back for 101 which was much much-needed breakthrough for Bangladesh.
After a duck for Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai stood up to maintain the momentum for Afghanistan, where he scored his half-century in 57 balls.
Mohammad Nabi contributed with valuable support with an unbeaten 34-run knock.
Azmatullah Omarzai stayed not out on 70 runs off 77 balls and finished off the game in style with an amazing six, chasing down the target of 244 runs with 10 balls still left for overs to complete.
Score Summary:
Bangladesh 244/8 in 50 Overs.
Mahmudullah 98, Mehidy Hasan Miraz 66; Azmatullah Omarzai 4-37, Mohammad Nabi 1-37
Extras: 18 (b 0, lb 5, w 13, nb 0, p 0)
Afghanistan 246/5 in 48.2 Overs.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 101, Azmatullah Omarzai 70(not out); Nahid Rana 2-40, Mustafizur 2-50
Extras: 12 (b 0, lb 3, w 9, nb 0, p 0)
Afghanistan won by 5 wickets.
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