Afghanistan’s young opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz created history in the ODI format. Gurbaz became the first batsman from Afghanistan to enter the top-10 in the ICC ODI batting rankings. Gurbaz performed brilliantly in the recently concluded ODI series against South Africa and won a lot of accolades. Gurbaz also scored a brilliant century in this series.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz created history. Gurbaz became the first batsman from Afghanistan to enter the top-10 in ICC ODI batting. Gurbaz performed brilliantly in the recently concluded ODI series against South Africa, for which he was rewarded. Gurbaz has reached the eighth position in the latest ODI batting rankings.
Afghanistan also created history as it played a bilateral ODI series against South Africa for the first time and won it 2-1. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a big role in Afghanistan’s success. Apart from this, Rashid Khan and Fazalhaq Farooqui showed their talent with the ball.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz becomes the first Afghanistan batter to reach the top 10 of the ICC men's ODI batting rankings 👏 🇦🇫
The previous best was Ibrahim Zadran, who had reached 12th pic.twitter.com/tlSdNVKcy1
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) September 25, 2024Amazing performance after a strange start
By the way, Rahmanullah Gurbaz had a very poor start in the first ODI against South Africa. He was out without opening the account in the first match. After this, he made a brilliant comeback and played a quick innings of 105 runs in 110 balls.
Gurbaz thrashed the Proteas bowlers and laid the foundation of Afghanistan’s victory with his aggressive batting. After this, the young right-handed opener also played an effective innings in the third ODI and scored 89 runs in 94 balls. Gurbaz showed that he has the ability to shine even under pressure.
Dominance of Indian players
If we look at the ICC ODI batting rankings, we will find that Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam occupies the top spot. After this, the next three positions are ruled by Indian players. Indian captain Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli occupy the second, third and fourth positions respectively. Ireland’s Harry Tector completes the top-5 list.
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