Hashmatullah Shahidi indicates Ibrahim Zadran’s tone as “one of the greatest” after hitting ENG by CT 2025

In the 8th match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the Afghan national team from Afghanistan was in action on Wednesday, February 26th.

The Cricket National Team led by Afghanistan Hashmatullah Shahidi took over the English Cricket National Team led by Jos Buttler at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

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As a group we are happy – hashmatullah shahidi

First in the race, Afghanistan published a huge 325/7 set on the Board of Directors and defended it quite well, combining England for 317 in 49.5 overs.

Speaking after the race, Hashmatullah Shahidi said he was happy with the victory and described Ibrahim Zadran’s 177-firing as one of the best Innings Odi of all time. Hashmatullah Shahidi said:

“As a team we are happy. Our nation will be happy with this victory. Moving on to the next game. We hit them for the first time in 2023. We are improving day by day.

“Today was a tense game. We checked it well. I am happy with the result.

Azmat played a good blow – hashmatullah shahidi

Shahidi was further praising Azmatullah Omarzai for his heroine. Said:

“Azmat played a good blow. He played with a positive intention. He bent down and critical overs.

Hashmatullah Shahidi added that the victory over England will give them great confidence in the fight against Australia. Stated:

“Let’s hope we get the momentum in the game in relation to Australia. It will give us confidence, but it will be a new day, this game will decide who will go to the semifinals. We will do what is good for us that day.”

How did Afghanistan appear in the previous ODI match with England?

Afghanistan gave a performance for ages in the previous ODI match against England. They humbled defenders with an impressive 69 -year victory in Delhi on October 15, during the ICC 2023 World Cup.

Afghanistan’s opener, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, which forged 80 runs just 57 balls, laid the foundation for a large set with its explosive performance.

He put the Afghans in a dominant position with his aggressive blow and received great support from Ikram Alikhil, who entered a crucial 58 Innings.

From the lower class, Mujeeb ur Rahman played an inflatable 28 of 16 balls, and Rashid Khan broke 23 runs from 22 balls as the Afghanistan team ended with a total of 284 runs on the boat at 49.5 overs.

The defense of the whole, Afghanistan’s bowlers were ruthless. Mujeeb Ur Rahman (3/51) and Rashid Khan (3/37) turned England to problems and Mohammad Nabi (2/16) controls the middle hyper -surrender. Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen-Ul-Haq also chose a wicket each and dug England for 215 runs at 40.3 overs to pull one of the biggest uphearts of the story of Incricket.