Afghanistan's young opener Ibrahim Zadran has scored a historic century in the Champions Trophy match against England. Team opener Zadran has become the first Afghan batsman to score a century in the history of this tournament. Batting first in this Champions Trophy match in Lahore, after Afghanistan lost 3 wickets early, 23-year-old young opener Zadran handled the innings and then increased the pace and scored a brilliant century. Ibrahim scored the sixth century of his ODI career and also opened the century account for Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy.
Afghanistan faced England in the 8th match of Champions Trophy 2025 on Wednesday 26 February at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. This match of Group B was important for both teams as both had to face defeat in their first match. In such a situation, victory was necessary here and at such a time, this talented batsman of Afghanistan first pulled his team out of difficult situations and then scored this brilliant century to register another achievement in his name.
Afghanistan had lost 3 wickets for just 37 runs. At such a time, Zadran along with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi made a great century partnership. During this, Ibrahim first completed his half-century and then increasing the pace of runs, completed his century in just 106 balls. This is the sixth century of Zadran's ODI career. But the most special thing is that he became the first batsman to score a century in the World Cup and Champions Trophy for Afghanistan.
Zadran scored a century against Australia in the World Cup 2023 and became the first Afghan batsman to do so. Zadran, who was playing his 35th ODI match, also completed his 1500 runs during this innings. He became the 9th batsman from Afghanistan to do so but he also created a record by reaching here in the least number of innings.
Apart from Zadran, captain Shahidi also played a strong innings. He scored 40 runs and shared a 103-run partnership with Zadran. Azmatullah Omarzai then came and accelerated the Afghan innings by sharing a 72-run partnership with Zadran. 41 runs in this were scored by Omarzai alone, who hit 1 four and 3 sixes in 31 balls.
