{"id":892288,"date":"2025-02-27T02:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T20:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/?p=892288"},"modified":"2025-02-27T02:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T20:43:27","slug":"ct-2025-ibrahim-zadrans-177-5-eliminate-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technosports.co.in\/ct-2025-ibrahim-zadrans-177-5-eliminate-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions Trophy 2025: Ibrahim Zadran’s 177 And Omarzai’s 5-wicket Haul Eliminate England"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The politicians may not have wanted this match to proceed, but who could have denied the raw euphoria that erupted in Lahore? Afghanistan completed the double they began at the 2023 World Cup, knocking England out of the Champions Trophy<\/a> in a dramatic, nerve-wracking scramble for glory.<\/p>\n\n\n

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With England needing eight runs and only two balls remaining, Mark Wood injured and all recognized batters dismissed, Adil Rashid swung desperately off the penultimate delivery. His shot found Ibrahim Zadran\u2014the man of the moment\u2014who calmly took the catch in front of the dugout, matching the composure he had shown while crafting a sublime 177 from 146 balls, an innings simply too good to falter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

England\u2019s hopes had largely rested on Joe Root, whose 120 off 111 balls marked his 17th ODI century\u2014but his first since the 2019 World Cup. With better support and free from the cramps that plagued him during the final push, his steady run-a-ball pace might have been enough. Instead, he fell to a well-directed effort ball from the relentless Azmatullah Omarzai, whose five-wicket haul capped off an invaluable 41-run cameo that had rescued Afghanistan from a precarious position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the loss, a stunned Jos Buttler refrained from making any \u201cemotional\u201d decisions about his captaincy but acknowledged the deep-seated lack of confidence that had contributed to England\u2019s downfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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