Delhi: The eighth match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is being played between Afghanistan and England at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore today (26 February). In this match, Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Jadaran hit a brilliant century while batting tremendously. Along with this innings, he also achieved many important achievements. Let's look at their records –
Ibrahim Jadaran has become the first and only batsman of Afghanistan to score two centuries in any ICC ODI tournament. This is his second century against England. Even before this, he scored a century in the ICC ODI event itself.
Jadran has equaled Babar Azam and Shubman Gill in the case of scoring the most centuries after the first 35 innings of ODI career. Babur scored 7 centuries in 35 innings, while Shubman Gill, Upul Tharanga and Imam ul Haq scored 6-6 centuries. This was the sixth century of Afghan batsman.
The record of the biggest personal innings from Afghanistan in ODI cricket was also in the name of Jadran earlier, but today he left behind his old record. He scored 177 runs against England, making him the biggest score in ODIs for Afghanistan.
Ibrahim Jadaran has now become the youngest batsman to score more than 150 runs in the ICC ODI event. He achieved this feat at the age of 23 years 76 days. Earlier this record was in the name of Kapil Dev, who scored 175* runs at the age of 24 years 163 days.
Ibrahim Jadaran created history on 26 February 2025 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. He played a stormy innings of 177 runs from 146 balls against England, in which he made a series of fours and sixes. With this innings, he has become the biggest personal score in the Champions Trophy history.
Ibrahim created this record by breaking the record of England batsman Ben Docket. The special thing is that Ben Docket made this record by scoring 165 runs on 22 February 2025, but Jadaran demolished his record only four days later.
Ibrahim Jadaran performed strong batting in this match. He scored 177 runs from 146 balls at a strike rate of 121.23, including 12 fours and 6 sixes. His magnificent innings ended by Liam Livingstone, when he caught Jadaran out of Jofra Archer.