Afghanistan's thrilling victory over England, the English team was eliminated from the Champions Trophy, Umarzai-Zadran became the heroes of the victory

 

 

Afghanistan has pulled off another major upset in the ICC tournament. Afghanistan defeated England by 8 wickets in the Champions Trophy, causing a big upset. With this, England's challenge in the Champions Trophy has ended. Meanwhile, Afghanistan is still in the race to reach the semi-finals. For Afghanistan, Azmatullah Umarzai took 5 wickets and Ibrahim Zadran scored 177 runs, which was the hero of the team's victory. Afghanistan defeated England by just 8 runs in a match that went down to the last over, thanks to a brilliant century from Ibrahim Zadran (177) and an all-round performance from Azmatullah Omarzai (41 runs and 5 wickets).

 

Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first, and Afghanistan crossed the 300-run mark for the first time in an ICC tournament. With this, Afghanistan reached the 325-run mark. Ibrahim Zadran's stormy innings of 177 laid the foundation for this huge total for the team. England needed 16 runs in the last two overs, i.e. 12 balls. Fazlul Haq dismissed Archer in that over and gave away 3 runs. In the last over, Umarzai gave away one run on each ball and dismissed Adil Rashid on the fifth ball, dismissing the English team and giving the team a resounding victory. Both teams got off to a poor start in the match played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. But Afghanistan made a magnificent comeback and scored 325 runs. Zadran scored Afghanistan's first century in the Champions Trophy and then scored 177 runs in the highest innings in the history of the tournament. Afghanistan lost 3 wickets in the 9th over itself. Star fast bowler Jofra Archer took these three wickets and put Afghanistan in trouble. But from here, England's bowling situation worsened and Afghanistan made a comeback.

 

After Afghanistan lost 3 wickets for 37 runs, Ibrahim Zadran put on a century partnership with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi to revive the team's innings. Shahidi scored 40 runs. After this, Azmatullah Omarzai made a significant contribution of 41 runs. After this, Mohammad Nabi washed away the English team and scored 40 runs in 24 balls with 3 sixes and 2 fours. Zadran and Nabi laid the foundation for the team's victory by putting up a century partnership in 50 balls at a strike rate of 200. For England, Archer took 3 wickets, Overton, Rashid took 1-1 and Livingstone took 2 wickets. Chasing a target of 326 runs set by Afghanistan, England started a little better, but the team's openers could not make a big innings. Salt was dismissed for 12 runs and Jamie Smith for 9 runs. Joe Root made a crucial innings of 120 runs, but could not bring the team victory. Harry Brooke scored 25 runs, Buttler 38 runs, Livingstone 10 runs and Overton 32 runs. But the team was all out for 317 runs in front of Afghanistan's penetrating bowling. For Afghanistan, Azmatullah Omarzai took 5 wickets, Nabi 2 wickets, while Fazlhaq Farooqui took 1 wicket, Noor Ahmed 1 wicket and Gulbadin Naib 1 wicket.