There is a three-match ODI series between Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Afghanistan won the series 2-1. Afghanistan performed well in the third ODI and defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs. In this match, Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rehmanullah Ghubaz scored a brilliant century. It was because of his century that his team was able to win the match. This is his third international century this year. This is also the 8th ODI century of his career. In this century, Gubaz created a special record, leaving behind the legendary batsman Virat Kohli of Team India. At the same time, he also tied Sachin Tendulkar.
Gulbaaz surpasses Virat
Gulbaaz’s eighth ODI century helped him overtake Kohli but he could not overtake the great Sachin Tendulkar. Gubaz took just 46 innings to score his eighth ODI century. Apart from this, he has scored 8 ODI hundreds at the age of 22. Only Sachin Tendulkar and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock have scored eight centuries at such a young age. At this age, Virat Kohli already has 7 ODI centuries to his name. In this case, he is now ahead of Virat Kohli in this list. Apart from this, Gulbaaz ranks third in the list of batsmen who have scored 8 ODI centuries in the fewest ODI innings.
Most ODI centuries occur in the 22nd
- 8 – Rahmanullah Gulbaaz
- 8 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 8 – Quinton de Kock
- 7 – Virat Kohli
- 6 – Babar Azam
- 6 – Uppurtalanga
8 Minimum number of innings to reach ODI century:
- Hashim Amla: 43 innings
- Babar Azam: 44 innings
- Rahmanullah Gubaz: 46 innings
- Imam-ul-Haq: 47 innings
- Quinton DeKock: 52 innings
- Callum McLeod: 56 innings
- Shikhar Dhawan: 57 innings
How was the game?
In the third ODI between Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Bengal Tigers won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 244 runs in 50 overs, thanks to Mahmudullah’s 98 runs and Mehdi Hasan Miraz’s 66 runs. Afghanistan’s target is to score 245 runs to win this match. They scored 246 runs in 48.2 overs, losing only 5 wickets and won the match by 5 wickets.
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