Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored a century in just 48 balls. (Photo- PTI)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz Hundred vs India: In the first match of the three-match ODI series between India and Afghanistan, Afghan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a brilliant and memorable century innings, giving class to the Indian bowlers. However, behind this explosive innings of Gurbaz, there was a big mistake of the Indian team itself. If captain Shubhman Gill and senior player Rohit Sharma had shown wisdom, Gurbaz would have returned to the pavilion on just 11 runs.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored a century in just 48 balls
Due to continuous heavy rain in Dharamshala, the match started with a delay of about 4 hours. Considering the weather and wastage of time, the umpires reduced the match to 25-25 overs. After this, a stormy inning was seen from the bat of Rahmanullah Gurbaz. He touched the 100-run mark in just 48 balls. Which is also the record for the fastest century in ODI for Afghanistan. At the same time, this is the second fastest century in ODI against India. He has also become the first batsman after Shahid Afridi to score a century in less than 50 balls in ODI against India. Shahid Afridi did this in 45 balls in the year 2005.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 102 runs in 51 balls in this match, which included 8 fours and 8 sixes. He scored these runs at a strike rate of 200.00. However, Nitish Kumar Reddy ended his innings by bowling a brilliant yorker.
Rohit-Gil’s mistake cost India dearly
At the very beginning of the Afghanistan team’s innings, the Indian team also lost a golden opportunity to take control of the match. Actually, this entire incident happened in the third over of Afghanistan’s innings, when fast bowler Arshdeep Singh was bowling. Arshdeep completely dismissed Gurbaz on the fifth ball of the over. The ball hit his left pad straight. Indian players strongly appealed for LBW, but the umpire declared it not-out.
After the umpire’s refusal, the Indian camp looked confused. Captain Shubhman Gill and Rohit Sharma felt that the ball had hit the bat and hit the batting pad, so Team India decided not to take DRS review. At that time Gurbaz was playing after scoring only 11 runs. But when the replay of this ball was shown on TV screens, the Indian fans and team management were shocked. Replays clearly showed that the bat had no contact with the ball and the ball was directly hitting the upper part of the middle stump. That is, if India had taken a review there, the umpire would have had to change his decision and Gurbaz would have been out. Rehmanullah Gurbaz took full advantage of this carelessness and returned to the pavilion after scoring a century.
