Afghanistan’s opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz created history in the first ODI played against India in Dharamshala. Gurbaz scored a century in just 48 balls in this rain-affected 25-over match. With this he destroyed many records. This was Gurbaz’s 9th century in ODI cricket.

Fastest century in ODI for Afghanistan

Gurbaz played an innings of 102 runs in 51 balls. During this period, 8 fours and 8 sixes came from his bat. With this, Gurbaz has become the batsman to score the fastest century in ODI for Afghanistan. Gurbaz broke the records of Mohammad Shehzad (vs Scotland, 2010) and Karim Sadiq (vs Netherlands, 2012), who scored centuries in 72 balls each. Whereas Navroz Mangal (vs Scotland, 2013) and Mohammad Shahzad (vs Ireland, 2019) are jointly at third position in this list.

Second fastest century against India

This is the second fastest century by any team against India in the history of ODI cricket. In this list, former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi is at number-1, who scored a century in just 45 balls against India in the year 2005. At the same time, James Faulkner of Australia (year 2013), AB de Villiers of South Africa (year 2015) and Michael Bracewell of New Zealand (year 2023) are jointly at third place in the list with 57-57 balls.

Most ODI centuries for Afghanistan

Gurbaz is the batsman who has scored the most centuries in ODIs for Afghanistan. After him, Ibrahim Zadran and Mohammad Shahzad are at second place in this list, who have played 6-6 century innings.

Second fastest half century for Afghanistan

During this match, Gurbaz completed his half-century in 25 balls, which was the second fastest fifty by an Afghanistan batsman in the ODI format. Mohammad Nabi tops this list, who completed his ODI half-century in 24 balls against Sri Lanka in the year 2023.

Gurbaz’s century did not work, Afghanistan lost in the first ODI

However, this century of Rahmanullah Gurbaz could not bring victory to Afghanistan. India won the rain-affected first ODI by 7 wickets. In this match played in Dharamshala, Afghanistan had scored 194 runs after playing first. In reply, Team India achieved the first target in 13 balls. For India, captain Shubhman Gill returned unbeaten on 84 runs in 66 balls and KL Rahul returned unbeaten on 39 runs in 19 balls. Rohit Sharma was run out after scoring 16 runs. Whereas Ishan Kishan played an inning of 34 runs in 22 balls. Gurnoor Brar and Harsh Dubey took three wickets each in the debut match. Let us tell you that due to rain this match was played of 25-25 overs.

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