Gurbaz-Jardan pair created history, made a big record for Afghanistan

Afghanistan ODI Record: Afghanistan has won the series after winning the second consecutive match of the three-match ODI series being played between Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 142 runs in the second ODI. At the same time, in this match, the opening pair of Afghanistan did wonders. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Jardan, who came on the opening, made the biggest partnership in ODIs for Afghanistan.

Both the batsmen broke the 10 year old record. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Jardan shared a partnership of 256 runs in 221 balls for the first wicket. During this, both the batsmen scored a century. Gurbaj scored 145 runs in 125 balls with 13 fours and 8 sixes, while Ibrahim Jardan scored 100 runs in 119 balls with 9 fours and 1 six.

Earlier, the record of making the biggest partnership in ODIs for Afghanistan was recorded in the name of Karim Sadiq and Mohammad Shahzad. Both the batsmen shared a 218-run partnership for Afghanistan in 2010 against Scotland in ODIs.

This is how the match turned out, Afghanistan won the first ODI series against Bangladesh

At the same time, Afghanistan has won the ODI series against Bangladesh for the first time. Talking about the match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first. Afghanistan’s team came out to bat and put 331 runs on the board for 9 wickets in 50 overs.

Apart from the centuries of Gurbaz and Jardan, Mohammad Nabi scored 25* and Najibullah Zadran scored 10 runs for the team. Apart from this, no batsman could cross the double figure. Chasing the runs, the Bangladesh team got all out for 189 runs in 43.2 overs. For the team, wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim played the biggest innings of 69 runs.

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