Hashmatullah Shahidi becomes Afghanistan's 4th-highest run-getter in ODIs
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Afghanistan's cricket team captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has reached a major career milestone by becoming his nation's fourth-highest run-getter in ODI cricket.
He achieved the feat with his 10th run in Afghanistan's final league game in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy against Australia in Lahore.
Shahidi displaced Asghar Afghan at the fourth place. He was dismissed for 20 off 49 balls (1 four).
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Shahidi, who made his ODI debut way back in 2013, is one of Afghanistan's finest batters ever.
During the game against the Aussies, he went past Afghan's tally of 2,424 runs.
In terms of ODI runs, Shahidi is only behind Rahmat Shah (3,976 runs), Mohammad Nabi (3,600-plus runs) and Mohammad Shahzad (2,727 runs).
The left-handed batsman has scored 1,281 runs as captain.
Career
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Playing his 90th ODI, Shahidi has raced to 2,435 runs at 33.81. .
He has a highest score of 97* in the format and has scored 22 half-centuries.
The batsman's strike rate is 67.39.
The southpaw has completed 64 runs across three ODIs against the Aussies.
Meanwhile, Shahidi has 1,526 runs in neutral ODIs at 35.48.