Afghanistan (325/7) defeat England (317) by 8 runs in a thriller to keep their hunt for semi-finals spot alive in ICC Champions Trophy 2025

[BouncerGuy]

Beautiful batting from Ibrahim.... Classy shots

 

[Bhaijaan]

Let’s keep playing positive cricket. We must not lose sight of a good total.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Jamie Smith has the body of a proper athlete and the face of a 13 year old. It's so weird.

 

[mominsaigol]

Jamie Smith has the body of a proper athlete and the face of a 13 year old. It's so weird.

. Lmao

 

[Human786]

Unlike Delhi , 2023, their spinners may not get much turn on this surface.

dew could be a factor too but 1 never knows with fragile mindset of this English team while chasing .... possibility of rain today ? 180/4 in 36 is good

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ibrahim bhai nearing a historic century.

The whole nation is proud of you brother.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Century for Ibrahim bhai.

Hats off to you brother. We are proud of you.

 

[Asif321]

Zadran already better than Fake king

 

[Mas-LFC]

Excellent innings. Quality player. Congrats on the ton. Ibrahim Zadran is a top quality bataman.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

dew could be a factor too but 1 never knows with fragile mindset of this English team while chasing .... possibility of rain today ? 180/4 in 36 is good

Even without dew, it'll be tough to defend . Not a gripping surface. Not with that grass covering

 

[Bhaijaan]

Azmat bhai

Wow

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Afg looking good for 350 here

 

[Asif321]

Azmat on fire

 

[jnaveen1980]

No wonder Inglis butchered them. Omarzai walks down smashes Wood for a high six.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Afg looking good for 350 here

That’s too ambitious.

Let me tell, we will be more than happy with 280+ on this pitch given the spin attack we have.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Wood reminds me of Nayan bhai who was a shorty pacer in our school but i used to effortlessly smash him for gigantic sixes straight down the ground. No disrespect Nayan bhai you were trash.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Zadran already better than Fake king

Zadran bhai plays for the nation and us passionate fans.

Pakistani batters play for batting average bro.

They’re not like us.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ibrahim Zadran is such a classy player to watch.

 

[Bhaijaan]

200 up for us already in the 38th over.

Target is to get to 300 mark

280 bare minimum from this position. If we don’t get I will call it a choke

 

[Human786]

from 37/3 , this 208/4 in 38 is terrific .

 

[Bhaijaan]

What a shot by Ibrahim bhai. Glorious cover drive for

Wood, you can’t stop us.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Zadran already better than Fake king

The last cover drive of Zadran is better than Babar's cover drive. But nobody from Afghanistan is spamming social media with that.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ibrahim Zadran is such a classy player to watch.

He looks like such a Bharatiya batter

 

[Bhaijaan]

The last cover drive of Zadran is better than Babar's cover drive. But nobody from Afghanistan is spamming social media with that.

Respectfully disagreed.

I may have 99 problems with Babar bhai but his cover drive gives grown men orgasms.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Respectfully disagreed.

I may have 99 problems but Babar bhai’s cover drive gives grown men orgasms.

No way dude. He is not remotely close to many many players in the world. This one was way more crisp.

 

[Mainul]

What a turnaround. Bravo Afghanistan

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Don't think there is any doubt that South Africa has the best bowling attack in the tournament

 

[chakdeindian]

Afg is batting far better than pak and Bangladesh..And currently Pak and ban are the two teams with batters yet to score a century..no wonder they got eliminated first

 

[Human786]

210/4 - 11 to go - ENG already look defeated

 

[jnaveen1980]

Afg is batting far better than pak and Bangladesh..And currently Pak and ban are the two teams with batters yet to score a century..no wonder they got eliminated first

Lot of them are technically correct. That bat angle, feet pointing everything look in order.

 

[jnaveen1980]

No Sandpaper, No bottle top lol attacked two teams in one sentence

 

[Bhaijaan]

Don't think there is any doubt that South Africa has the best bowling attack in the tournament

Pace attack - Saffers followed by Kiwis
Spin attack - Bharat by far

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pace attack - Saffers followed by Kiwis
Spin attack - Bharat by far

India has two very good bowlers in the bench as well. Varun/Sundar.

 

[Human786]

out

 

[Bhaijaan]

I would like to thank Yoni bhai whom i admire a lot as a batter , leader and most importantly as a human being for working with our batters. The result is clearly showing.

Thanks Yoni bhai.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Azmat bhai gone but you did your job bro. You played with intent. You played for the nation.

 

[Human786]

out

212/5 - how many they get in next 10 overs boyz ?

 

[BouncerGuy]

Good inning from Azmat. Changed the whole momentum of the game.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Omarzai gone. Afghanistan are losing this unless this pitch deteriorates significantly

 

[jnaveen1980]

Lot of these Afghanistan players speak good English. They play with lot of super stars players from all over the world in the IPL. It really helps them grow

 

[Asif321]

Zadran bhai plays for the nation and us passionate fans.

Pakistani batters play for batting average bro.

They’re not like us.

Well I agree . Afghanistan has more passion . They always punch above their weight

 

[Bhaijaan]

Well I agree . Afghanistan has more passion . They always punch above their weight

That’s our history.

 

[Human786]

ENG is in trouble ... 227/3 - 8 to go

 

[Bhaijaan]

Nabha bhais cut that one for

Brilliant intent shown

 

[Devadwal]

Azmatullah wicket was Big for England. Now Afghanistan can collapsed.

Eng is likely to bundled out them below 270.

 

[Human786]

AFG are winning this ... 233/5

 

[Bhaijaan]

Azmatullah wicket was Big for England. Now Afghanistan can collapsed.

Eng is likely to bundled out them below 270.

You are forgetting that our trailblazer pinch hitter Rashid Khan is yet to come.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ibrahim bhai on 122*

 

[Bhaijaan]

Harry bhai looks a lot like his sister Elle.

 

[Asif321]

280 won’t be enough here it seems . Need 310 something

 

[Bhaijaan]

Archer getting destroyed

and and

 

[Human786]

AFG are winning this ... 233/5

absolute murder 255/5 in 44

 

[chakdeindian]

Pace attack - Saffers followed by Kiwis
Spin attack - Bharat by far

I feel nz spin attack is pretty good and can trouble Indian batters on a good spinning track .don't forget Indian batters were more respectful to ban and pak spinners who according to me were mediocre. Only few Indian players play sweep shots and Kohli is not one among them..even w r t bowling Indian spin bowlers did not take wickets in middle over and allowed partnership to build in both the matches..I sense strongly the far better batting nz side can negate these bowlers better..it's going to be an interesting match considering both team may experiment with players who have not played yet..

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ibrahim bhai on 138*

 

[Asif321]

Omg zadran . Start a Babar vs zadran thread

 

[Blackbradman]

All class

 

[Bhaijaan]

Wow wow wow

 

[Asif321]

6 overs need 44 more for 300

 

[Blackbradman]

Jofraa is useless in final overs

 

[Bhaijaan]

1.5 billion people are Afghan today

 

[mominsaigol]

Gotta give credit to @topspin . He's the biggest advocator for YK. Afghanistan's batting massively improved under YK.

 

[Bhaijaan]

What amazing batting and passion from our lads

 

[Bhaijaan]

Archer makes a great spot and saved a boundary

 

[Asif321]

Afghans already celebrating

 

[emranabbas]

glad we don't have to play Afghanistan it would have been a humiliation sort of innings zardan is playing rizwan and babar can only dream of it

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ibrahim bhai on 143*

We are proud of you brother. This is how batting star looks like bro

 

[Asif321]

Shades of CWc 23

 

[mominsaigol]

glad we don't have to play Afghanistan it would have been a humiliation sort of innings zardan is playing rizwan and babar can only dream of it

It's okay we get to lose to Bangladesh

 

[Bhaijaan]

266/5 after 45

Can we take the total to 320?

 

[Asif321]

glad we don't have to play Afghanistan it would have been a humiliation sort of innings zardan is playing rizwan and babar can only dream of it

People need to stop comparing Babar with kohli . Let’s do Babar and zadran comparison and. Rizwan vs Rahmat shah

 

[Bhaijaan]

It's okay we get to lose to Bangladesh

We are going to crush Bangladesh tomorrow.

 

[shaz619]

@DeadlyVenom Checkout Zadran, afghans a million times more passionate and prove, pakhthoon people generally are to, which makes Rizwan even more weird @Rana

 

[emranabbas]

just look at the strike rates that's what you call positive cricket

 

[Bhaijaan]

What running bro. What running !!

Ibrahim bhai what a superstar!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Seeing how ENgland gets clobbered , did Australia over-achieved against them? I mean Inglis ODI average is only 23.

 

[jnaveen1980]

What running bro. What running !!

Ibrahim bhai what a superstar!

Afghanistan has great fit athletes

 

[Bhaijaan]

150* for our superstar Ibrahim Zadran bhai

You made us proud

 

[Asif321]

England under pressure . They usually succumb to it .

150 by King Zadran

 

[Bhaijaan]

Virat Kohli vibes

 

[Bhaijaan]

Nabi, maar bhai. Bhai ball tod de.

We have pinch hitter Rashid waiting