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Rashid had the duty to take England dwelling within the remaining two overs however might solely handle 5 runs off 7 balls.
“Whenever I come in the commentary box, a stat guy keeps repeating that he’s got 11 (10) hundreds. I’m sorry Adil, but you didn’t look like a guy with 11 hundreds,” joked Wasim Akram, talking on the Sports activities Central channel.
Sunil Gavaskar added to the enjoyable.
“If he’s batting at No.9, how can he get a hundred? He should be opening the batting. This message should be sent to the England team management that he has got 11 hundreds, he should be opening the batting,” Gavaskar added.
England relied majorly on Joe Root to assist them chase down a goal of 326. Root slammed 120 off 111 balls, however no different batter managed to cross 40. Ben Duckett (38), Jos Buttler (38) and Jamie Overton (32) had been the subsequent greatest contributors.
Batting first, Afghanistan recovered from a high order droop to publish a complete of 325. Ibrahim Zadran smashed a scintillating 177 off 146 balls, making it the best particular person rating in Champions Trophy historical past.
Azmatullah Omarzai additionally performed an important position with each bat and ball, hitting a 31-ball 41 after which taking an outstanding five-wicket haul.
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