Afghanistan has created a big upset in the Champions Trophy 2025. In a thrilling match, Afghanistan beat England by 8 runs. With this defeat, Jose Butler and the company are out of the Champions Trophy.
Afghanistan hopes to reach the semifinals. Ibrahim Zadra played a naughty innings of 177 runs from Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Azmatullah Umarzai made a comeback in bowling and took 5 wickets.
The bad start of England
England did not have a good start while chasing a 326 -run target. Phil Salt was out for just 12 runs. Jamie Smith, who was then third, could not do anything special in the batting and scored 9 runs and became the victim of Mohammad Nabi. Harry Brook was also dismissed for 25 off 21 balls, which was caught out in his own bowling by the Nabi.
Ben Duckt hit some powerful shots but could not take advantage of a good start and was dismissed by Rashid Khan with 38 runs. After this, Joe Root and Captain Jose Butler together with a 83 -run partnership for the fifth wicket.
If the route could not win the century
Butler gave his wicket at the wrong time after scoring 38 runs. Jamie Overton joined the route after this and the two participated in a half -century. Root batted brilliantly and scored a century in ODI cricket almost five years later. The English team’s experienced batsman played a brilliant 120 off 111 balls. But the route could not lead to England to the win and returned to the pavilion in the 45th over of the innings. With Overton out of the 48th over, the hopes of the English team were fulfilled. The entire England team was all out for 317 runs.
Ibrahim Zadra in Lahore
Afghanistan, who won the toss, did not have a good start. Gurbaz could not do anything special with the bat and was out with just 6 runs. Atal and Rahmat Shah also returned the pavilion cheaply. Ibrahim Zadran and Captain Shahidi stabilized Afghanistan’s innings that looked in trouble after losing three wickets for 37 runs.
Ibrahim Zadra hit a bat with a bat and took the English bowlers to a halt. The Afghan batsman completed his century in 106 balls. Shahidi was dismissed for 40 runs. Zadar continued his explosive batting from the other end and played the biggest innings in the history of the Champions Trophy. He scored 177 off 146 balls. Ibrahim Zadra hit 12 fours and six sixes during his innings. In the final overs, Mohammad Nabi also hit 40 off 24 balls, resulting in Afghanistan managed to score 325 runs on the scoreboard after losing 7 wickets in 50 overs.
