The Afghan captain scored a fighting hundred as he was struggling in the match with cramps due to the hot and humid conditions in Chennai. He managed to score his maiden hundred, and this knock will be special as the team was 36/4 at one stage, and he, with Azmatullah Omarzai, stitched a 105-run partnership between them.
Hashmatullah Shahidi scores his maiden ODI hundred
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After his century, he also entered a unique list of batters for most days taken from ODI debut to score a maiden 100. He made his debut back in 2012, and 14 years later, which is 4644 days later, he scored his hundred, joining hands with Sunil Gavaskar and Arjuna Ranatunga, who did so in 4858 and 4674 days, respectively.
Coming to the match, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and elected to bat first. It was al Prasidh Krishna in the hot afternoon of Chennai as he picked four wickets in his four overs. With three batters giving out a catch to Rohit Sharma at slips.
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