Afghanistan defeated England by 8 runs and knocked them out of the Champions Trophy. In the match played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Afghan captain Hashmatullah won the toss and elected to bat first, which proved to be very beneficial.
The Afghanistan team scored 325 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 50 overs while playing first. On behalf of Afghanistan, Rahmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran started the innings, but at the beginning of the match, Afghan opener Rahmanullah Garbaz got out after scoring 6 runs, while Siddiqullah also returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs on a total of 15, after which Rahmat Shah also scored 4 runs.
On this occasion, the opener Ibrahim Zadran showed excellent batting performance, Ibrahim Zadran scored a magnificent century and was dismissed in the last over after scoring 177 runs off 146 balls. The 23-year-old batsman’s innings included 6 sixes and 12 fours.
Afghan captain Hashmatullah scored 40 runs, senior player Muhammad Nabi played an innings of 40 runs off 24 balls. Azmatullah Umarzai also got out after scoring 41 runs off 31 balls.
The entire England team scored 317 runs and got out on the fifth ball of the last over. Joy Root scored 120 runs. Joffer Archer took 3 wickets, Liam Livingstone took 2 wickets and Adil Rashid took 1 wicket for England.
