AFG vs ENG: Ibrahim Zadran played a wonderful innings for Afghanistan
AFG vs ENG: ICC Champions Trophy, 2025: The 8th match of the ongoing Champions Trophy between Afghanistan and England was played today on 26 February, Wednesday at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Let us tell you that in this exciting match, the Afghan team has won by 8 runs.
AFG vs ENG: Chasing the target of 326 runs given by Afghanistan, England needed 13 runs to win in the last over, but they could score only 4 runs and had to face defeat in the match. After this defeat, England is out of the race for the semi-finals in the Champions Trophy.
AFG vs ENG Champions Trophy match status
AFG vs ENG: If we tell you in detail about the match, then the Afghanistan cricket team won the toss and decided to bat first. The team scored a total of 325 runs for the loss of 7 wickets on the basis of Ibrahim Zadran’s innings of 177 runs in 146 balls. Zadran hit 12 fours and 6 sixes during his innings. Apart from this, captain Hasmatullah Shahidi contributed 40, Azmatullah Umarzai 41 and all-rounder Mohammad Nabi 40 runs for the team.
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— ICC (@ICC) February 26, 2025
On the other hand, if we talk about England’s bowling, they bowled brilliantly in the powerplay. In 8.5 overs, the English bowlers took three wickets of the Afghan team. But after this they could not take wickets at regular intervals, due to which the Afghan team was successful in making a big total. For England, Jofra Archer took 3 wickets, Liam Livingstone took 2 and Jamie Overton and Adil Rashid got 1-1 success.
After this, when England came out to chase the big target of 326 runs given by the Afghanistan team, they were all out for 317 runs in 49.5 overs. Joe Root tried his best to win the match for England by playing a brilliant innings of 120 runs, but after his dismissal, England’s grip on the match weakened.
On the other hand, Afghanistan bowled brilliantly, especially 24-year-old all-rounder Azmatullah Umarzai, who took 5 wickets for 58 runs in 9.5 overs. Apart from this, Mohammad Nabi took 2 wickets and Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rashid Khan and Gulbadin Naib took 1 wicket each.
