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During the India vs Afghanistan third and final ODI match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, in the first innings, the Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi scored his maiden ODI hundred 14 years later after making his debut back in 2012. This is a historic moment for the Afghan skipper, who played a fighting knock for his team.
The Afghan captain scored a fighting hundred as he was struggling in the match with cramps due to the hot and humid conditions in Chennai. He managed to score his maiden hundred, and this knock will be special as the team was 36/4 at one stage, and he, with Azmatullah Omarzai, stitched a 105-run partnership between them.
Hashmatullah Shahidi scores his maiden ODI hundred
Hashmatullah Shahidi scored his hundred off 126 balls, which became the second-slowest hundred by an Afghan batter, joining hands with Ibrahim Zadran, scoring in 131 balls during the ODI World Cup 2023. The Afghan skipper stuck at one end despite the wickets tumbling at one stage, and the century was looking tough, but he hung on and scored the ton.
𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐃𝐈 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍! 💯
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Wickets tumbled at the other end but #HashmatullahShahidi stood tall to bring up a historic first ODI hundred! 👏#INDvAFG | 3rd ODI | LIVE NOW 👉 https://t.co/xAkABxqrVm pic.twitter.com/Y4Pob4OObB
After his century, he also entered a unique list of batters for most days taken from ODI debut to score a maiden 100. He made his debut back in 2012, and 14 years later, which is 4644 days later, he scored his hundred, joining hands with Sunil Gavaskar and Arjuna Ranatunga, who did so in 4858 and 4674 days, respectively.
Shahidi shines for Afghanistan
Hashmatullah Shahidi had the highest score of 97 runs before this match. However, soon after scoring his century, he was dismissed for 102 runs off 131 deliveries, smashing 13 fours and one six by Prasidh Krishna, who bowled excellently, picking up his maiden fifer in ODI cricket.
Coming to the match, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and elected to bat first. It was al Prasidh Krishna in the hot afternoon of Chennai as he picked four wickets in his four overs. With three batters giving out a catch to Rohit Sharma at slips.
Prasidh Krishna hero for India
After that, Omarzai and Hashmatullah Shahidi stitched a partnership between them of 105-runs. The former scored 50 off 56 deliveries, smashing 5 fours and two sixes. After Omarzai's wicket fell, Afghanistan lost 5 wickets in the span of 77 runs.
Afghanistan was bowled out for the score of 218 runs. India will begin with five runs on the scoreboard, with five penalty runs added due to Shahidi's infringement on the pitch.
After the first innings, Krishna stated, "(You still have the ball in your hand?) Yeah, I've got it in my pocket right now, but yeah, really happy to be coming in on a hot day, bowling that well, helping the team, so pretty happy now. (Has there been a conscious effort in bowling fuller) Yes, the work's been going on for quite some time now."
