ENG Vs AFG: Afghanistan batter Ibrahim Zadran creates history be registering the highest-ever individual score in the history of the ICC Champions Trophy. The feat is achieved during the first innings of the England Vs Afghanistan match at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, on Wednesday, February 26.
Ibrahim Zadran’s blistering knock of 177 has now surpassed previous record-holder Ben Duckett, who scored 165 in the same edition, at the same venue against Australia last week.
This was Ibrahim Zadran’s 6th ODI ton, and is joint-second on the all-time list of most ODI tons for Afghanistan with Mohammad Shahzad. Rahmanullah Gurbaz still leads the chart with 8 tons to his name.
𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐃! 💯
Terrific stuff from @IZadran18 as he brings up an astonishing hundred against England at the ICC #ChampionsTrophy 2025 in Lahore. 🤩
This is his 6th hundred in ODIs and is the first century in #ChampionsTrophy by an Afghan batter. 👏#AfghanAtalan | #AFGvENG… pic.twitter.com/wWqVaXQ4fi
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) February 26, 2025
𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐄! 🤩@IZadran18 (177) now holds the record for the highest individual score in ODIs for Afghanistan, having broken his own previous record of 162 runs. 👏
Additionally, he has topped the charts for high scores in the ICC Champions… pic.twitter.com/TJGMhlVHt1
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) February 26, 2025
First-Ever Afghani Batter To Score CT Ton
Ibrahim Zadran became the nation’s first-ever centurion at the ICC ODI World Cups, and has now become the first-ever Afghanistan cricketer to do so in ICC Champions Trophy. His blistering 177-run knock lasted 146 balls, which included 12 fours and 6 sixes, as English bowlers looked helpless against the former Afghanistan captain.
The Trend Continues!
At ICC Champions Trophy 2025, every completed match so far has seen atleast one centurion. Ibrahim Zadran has kept the streak alive with his record-breaking ton against England. The Afghan batter now becomes the first-ever batter from the nation to register a 150+ score at ICC tournaments.
