Champions Trophy England vs Afganistan Score: In the eighth match of the Champions Trophy 2025, Afghanistan has scored 325 runs while playing first. Now England will have to score 326 runs to survive in the semi -final race. Ibrahim Zadran was the biggest hero of the Afghan team, who scored an unbeaten 177 runs. Apart from him, apart from captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi and Ajmatullah Umarjai also brought the team to a big score from small innings. Jofra Archer took the most 3 wickets for England.
In this match played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Afghanistan won the toss and chose the first batting. This decision did not prove to be good in the beginning because the Afghan team had fallen to the score of 37 wickets. After that Ibrahim Jadaran, along with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, partnered 104 runs and got his team back in the match. Shahidi scored 40 runs. Jadran then accompanied Ajmatullah Umrajai to 72 runs and finally with Mohammad Nabi, a faster partnership of 111 runs.
Ibrahim Jadaran created history
Ibrahim Jadaran has made several records in the innings of 177 runs in this match. He has become the first player to score a century for Afghanistan in Champions Trophy history. Along with this, he has also become the biggest personal score in the Champions Trophy history. Jadaran hit 12 fours and 6 sixes in his 177 -run innings.
This is the same ground, on which England scored a historic score of 351 runs while playing first. In response, Australia won that match by 5 wickets thanks to a century of 120 runs of Josh English. England and Afghanistan Champions Trophy have lost their first match in 2025. It is very important for both teams to win this match to survive in the semi -finals.
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