2024-09-22 05:11:20
Sharjah: In white ball cricket, Pakistan team captain Babar Azam is called the Pakistani batting great. He is always held in high esteem. He is called the king. However, now a special record of Babar Azam has been broken by a player less than 23 years old. His record has been shattered. We are talking about 22-year-old Afghanistan’s star opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who created history in Sharjah. Actually, a 3-match ODI series is being played between Afghanistan and South Africa at this time. The second ODI of this series was played on 20 September, in which Rahmanullah Gurbaz dominated.Rahmanullah Gurbaz broke Babar Azam’s record with a century
Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a wonderful century innings of 105 runs in the second ODI against South Africa, facing 110 balls and batting at a strike rate of 95. He hit 10 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. With this innings, Gurbaz broke Babar Azam’s record. This was Gurbaz’s 7th century in ODIs before turning 23. However, Babar had only 6 centuries to his name before turning 23. Gurbaz surpassed him in this record.
5 batsmen who scored the most ODI centuries before turning 23
- Sachin Tendulkar- 8 centuries
- Quinton de Kock- 8 centuries
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz- 7 centuries
- Virat Kohli- 7 centuries
- Babar Azam- 6 centuries
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has played 1 Test, 41 ODIs and 63 T20 matches for Afghanistan so far. He has 51 runs in Tests, 1572 in ODIs and 1657 runs in T20s. Gurbaz has scored 7 centuries in ODIs and 5 half-centuries. In T20, Rahmanullah has scored 1 century and 10 half-centuries.
Afghanistan won the second ODI by 177 runs
Afghanistan won the toss and batted first and scored 311 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, South Africa was all out for 134 runs in 34.2 overs. Afghanistan won the series by defeating South Africa in two consecutive ODIs. This is the first time that Afghanistan has won a series against South Africa in ODIs.