Summary
Zadran was out after scoring 177 runs off 146 balls with the help of 12 fours and six sixes. This is the highest individual score by any player in Champions Trophy history.
Afghanistan’s opening batsman Ibrahim Zadran broke the old records of Champions Trophy by batting brilliantly in the match being played against England in Lahore. Zadran batted strongly due to which Afghanistan set a target of 326 runs for England to win. After winning the toss and batting first, Afghanistan scored 325 runs for seven wickets in 50 overs.
Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first, but their start was not good. England’s fast bowler Jofra Archer gave three blows to Afghanistan in the beginning. Rahmat Shah (4), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (6), and Sediqullah Atal (4) were all discharged by Archer.After this, Zadran along with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi handled the innings and played a historic innings. Zadran along with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi shared a 103-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Even after the dismissal of Zadran Shahidi, who joined the list of legends,
Zadran kept his innings going and scored a century. Even after this, he did not let the run rate slow down. Liam Livingstone gave the sixth blow to Afghanistan by dismissing Ibrahim Zadran in the last over. Zadran was out after scoring 177 runs with the help of 12 fours and six sixes in 146 balls. This is the highest individual score of any player in the history of the Champions Trophy. He surpassed England’s Ben Duckett who had scored 165 runs against Australia on the same ground in the previous match.
Highest score in the Champions Trophy
| Run | Batsman | vs | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | Ibrahim Zadran | England | 2025 |
| 165 | Ben Duckett | Australia | 2025 |
| 145* | Nathan Ashley | America | 2004 |
| 145 | andy flower | India | 2002 |
| 141* | sourav ganguly | South Africa | 2000 |
Ibrahim Zadran has left behind Kapil Dev
with this innings. Zadran has become the youngest batsman to score more than 150 runs in an ICC ODI tournament. Zadran achieved this feat at the age of 23 years 76 days, while Kapil scored more than 150 runs against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup at the age of 24 years 163 days.
This is not the first time that Ibrahim Zadran has scored a century
against a big team in an ICC tournament. Earlier, Zadran had scored an unbeaten 129 against Australia in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Now he has scored a century against England in the do or die match of the Champions Trophy. Zadran is the first batsman to score a century for Afghanistan in this tournament. This is the 10th century so far in the Champions Trophy 2025, which is the joint highest. Earlier, 10 centuries were also scored in the Champions Trophy in 2002 and 2017. Pakistan is the only team for which no one has scored a century in the Champions Trophy 2025 so far.
