The right-handed batsman achieved this feat against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Updated On – 07:21 PM, Tue – 7 November 23
Hyderabad: Afghanistan’s opener Ibrahim Zadran made history by becoming the first-ever Afghanistan batsman to score a century in World Cup history.
The right-handed batsman achieved this feat against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
He took 131 balls to reach the century mark and remained not out by the end of Afghanistan’s innings, scoring 129* runs off 143 balls, which included 8 fours and 3 sixes.
Zadran secured his place in the record books with his sensible play, taking singles and hitting boundaries at regular intervals.
His elegant knock helped the Afghanistan team register a total of 291 runs on the scoreboard.