Afghanistan's Ibrahim Zadran hammers maiden Test century: Key stats
Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran played a brilliant knock on Day 3 against Sri Lanka at the SSC ground. The youngster registered his maiden century in Test cricket. He brought up his ton in 216 deliveries. Ibrahim's century was laced with 11 boundaries as he continued as an anchor for the visitors in the second innings. Afghanistan were 197/1 when Ibrahim slammed his ton.
A defiant knock from Ibrahim
After scoring a duck in the first inning, the young dasher was keen to make it big in his second outing. He showed great determination to hammer his maiden Test century. He stitched a 106-run stand with Noor followed by another crucial 93*-run partnership with Rahmat Shah. He hammered 11 boundaries and was very keen to occupy the crease for the visitors.
A look at his Test numbers
Playing his sixth Test match, Ibrahim has amassed more than 450-plus runs at an average over 40. As mentioned this was his maiden Test century while he has also slammed four fifties in the longest format. Ibrahim is now the second-highest run-getter for Afghanistan as he surpassed Asghar Afghan's tally of 440 runs. He has scored over 1,200 runs in First-Class cricket.
Fourth Afghanistan batter with a Test hundred
Ibrahim became the fourth Afghanistan batter to hammer a century in Test cricket. The young dasher joins the likes of Rahmat Shah, Asghar, and Hashmatullah Shahidi, who have already achieved this feat. Ibrahim also owns five fifty-plus scores in Test cricket.
Highest opening partnership for Afghanistan in Test cricket
Noor, on his Test debut, stitched an important 106-run partnership with his nephew Ibrahim. The duo complimented each other brilliantly. As per ESPNcricinfo, they registered the highest opening stand for Afghanistan in Test cricket. The uncle-nephew duo surpassed the previous highest opening stand of 53 runs between Javed Ahmadi and Ibrahim against West Indies in Lucknow back in 2019.
Here's the summary of Day 3
SL resumed at 410/6 on Day 3 and were bundled out for 439 courtesy of Naveed Zadran's brilliant 4/83. In the second innings, Ibrahim and Noor added 106 runs together. The latter was dismissed just before smashing his maiden Test fifty. However, Ibrahim stitched a 93*-run partnership with Rahmat Shah. Afghanistan are 199/1 at stumps on Day 3 as they trail by 42 runs.
