Afghanistan Team did an impossible thing once again by beating England with 8 runs of margin. Earlier too they beat England in ICC World Cup 2023 which was held in India, In that too they beat England by 69 runs. It has been a great growth of the Afghanistan team not only challenging big teams but beating them convincingly. This is not just a one-day process but took a year of preserving. 

They were great in associate nation matches and performed extremely well to attain this position at what they are today. Some players are not associated with it today but have been a part of this process and would be extremely happy today with what their team has achieved. It was a do-or-die situation for both teams but in the end, it was Afghanistan who held their nerves to pull off a massive victory. 

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Ibrahim Zadran And Azmatullah Omarzai Heroics

Both England and Afghanistan were in a do-or-die situation if they had to qualify anyone would have to win the game, the game had all the elements of twists and turns that a cricket fan would enjoy a lot. Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat first though the wickets were crumbling at one end but Ibrahim Zadran was in his zone he just blasted the runs flow with boundaries and sixes. He faced 146 balls scoring 177 runs which is equally half of the score attained by Afghanistan in his innings he has hit 12 fours and 6 sixes. 

 With the support of his innings, Afghanistan gave England the target of 326 runs which was quite achievable in the modern era and with the type of form English batters had attained it would be a slicer. But sometimes an unusual thing happens in cricket.

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 Azmatullah Omarzai came in between of England's victory. England too had a cozy start at the score of 30 runs they lost 2 wickets. But it was Joe Root who kept one end ticking but the other end became a path hole where batsmen get digging. They never had an answer to Omarzai deliveries even Root after completing his century became the victim of Omarzai itself. He took 5 wickets haul giving only 58 runs in his quota. 

Sachin Tendulkar Couldn't Hold On

After the victory of Afghanistan even God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar couldn't control his emotions he even tweeted in his account and congratulated the whole team and said Now Afghanistan steady and constent rise is truly inspiring and they can't be considered as upsets anymore. 

Afghanistan’s steady and consistent rise in international cricket has been inspiring! You can’t term their wins as upsets any more, they’ve made this a habit now.

A superb century by @IZadran18 and a wonderful five-for by @AzmatOmarzay, sealed another memorable win for Afghanistan.… pic.twitter.com/J1MVULDtKC

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 26, 2025

 TThe way Afghanistan team and their cricket has been evolved is truly remarkable now it is a gate opener for them at their given day they can be heavy on any team.