Who is Ibrahim Zadran?, his biography, cricket career, all you need to know

By Kaif - Feb 27, 2025 02:27 PM
Last updated on Feb 27, 2025 03:50 PM

Who is Ibrahim Zadran?, his biography, cricket career, all you need to know

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Ibrahim Zadran scored the highest individual score in the history of the Champions Trophy: The Afghanistan cricket team has kept the hopes of the semi-finals alive after defeating England by 8 runs in the 8th match of the Champions Trophy 2025. Star batsman Ibrahim Zadran played the biggest role in the team's victory, who scored 177 runs in 146 balls with the help of 12 fours and 6 sixes. This is the highest individual score in the history of the Champions Trophy.

Thanks to the brilliant innings of 23-year-old Zadran, Afghanistan put 325 runs on the board. In response, while chasing the target, England's team was reduced to a score of 317 in 49.5. Ibrahim Zadran is making a lot of headlines in the cricket world due to his brilliant innings against England. Let us give you all the information related to Ibrahim's career through this article.

Ibrahim Zadran Biography

Afghanistan's rising star Ibrahim Zadran was born on 12 December 2001 in Kabul. Zadran grew up playing cricket with Mujeeb-ur-Rahman. In an interview given to Cricbuzz, he told that, in his childhood, he used to play cricket in the garden with his family members.

Afghanistan made their debut in ICC tournaments in the T20 World Cup 2010. It was only after this that Zadran took cricket seriously and joined an academy. He has watched many international matches of Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli to enhance his skills.

Ibrahim Zadran Cricket Career

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Ibrahim Zadran made his ODI debut against West Indies in 2019. However, after his debut, he had to wait a long time to play his second match. Zadran made a comeback in the ODI format in February 2022. After returning to the team once again, he never looked back. While away from the national team, he worked a lot on his physical and mental fitness.

Ibrahim Zadran has so far scored 1456 runs in 34 ODIs for Afghanistan at an average of 46.97, a strike rate of 80.05, which includes 7 half-centuries and 5 centuries. At the same time, he has scored 1105 runs in 44 T20 matches at an average of 29.08 and 541 runs in 7 Test matches at an average of 38.64.