Mujeeb slams fastest fifty by an Afghanistan batter in ODIs
What's the story
Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman registered his maiden ODI fifty in the third ODI against Pakistan in Colombo.
Notably, he reached his milestone in only 26 balls.
Mujeeb slammed the fastest fifty scored by an Afghanistan batter in ODI cricket.
Although the Afghans lost the match by 59 runs, Mujeeb was valiant in his fight till the end.
Here we decode his stats.
Record
Fastest fifty for Afghanistan in ODI cricket
The 22-year-old registered his maiden ODI half-century in just 26 balls.
Mujeeb's 64-run knock was laced with five fours and five maximums.
The youngster broke Rashid Khan's record who slammed an ODI fifty in 27 balls against Ireland.
Eventually, Mujeeb was dismissed via hit-wicket to Shaheen Afridi's bowling (46th over).
Before this, Mujeeb's best score in ODI cricket was 18*.
Stats
A look at his ODI numbers
With this sensational knock, Mujeeb has amassed 181 runs in 64 ODIs at an average of 9.05.
He surpassed Azmatullah Omarzai's tally on 137 runs in this format.
With the ball, the 22-year-old spinner has compiled 91 wickets in 64 matches at 25.08 (ER: 4.08).
His tally includes a fifer and three, four wicket-hauls.
Against Pakistan, Mujeeb has scalped nine wickets in five matches.
Summary
How did the match pan out?
Batting first, Pakistan lost their openers inside 12.5 overs. But Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan steadied the ship by adding 110 runs. Later, Mohammed Nawaz and Agha Salman added 61 runs to take Pakistan to 268/8.
In reply, Afghanistan were reduced to 97/7. Shahidullah and Mujeeb added 57 runs to evade the embarrassment. The latter slammed a sensational fifty but it wasn't enough.