Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran smashed 162 to register his team’s highest ever individual score, bringing the tourists to 313-8 against Sri Lanka in their final one-day international on Wednesday. The tourists, who lead the three-match series 1-0 after the rained off second match, chose to bat first in Pallekele but lost three early wickets. Ibrahim, who hit a match-winning 106 in the opener, and left-handed Najibullah Zadran , who made 77, then put on 154 runs to rebuild and put Sri Lanka on the back foot. The effort was Afghanistan’s best fourth-wicket partnership, breaking a 2013 record of 144 between Nawroz Mangal and Samiullah Shinwari against Scotland. It was the 20-year-old Ibrahim’s third century in just his eighth ODI and surpassed Afghanistan’s previous top score of 131 not out by Mohammad Shahzad. The pair started slowly from 57-3 and changed gears after Ibrahim reached his fifty in the 25th over. They made a boundary in almost every over that followed, with Najibullah reaching his fifty with a four off Dhananjaya de Silva . Sponsored by Vuukle The southpaw smashed eight fours and one six before falling to a stunning catch at mid-wicket by skipper Dasun Shanaka off wrist spinner Wanindu… Read full this story
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