Ibrahim Zadran took a second after scoring his maiden ODI World Cup hundred to thank legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for his steering that helped him rating the century.
Notably, Zadran scored an unbeaten hundred in opposition to the five-time ODI World Cup winners Australia on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai within the thirty ninth sport of the continued ODI World Cup and in addition grew to become the primary Afghan participant to attain an ODI World Cup ton.
Whereas chatting with the broadcasters after the tip of Afghanistan’s innings, Zadran thanked Sachin for his phrases of knowledge. Sachin had turned up on the Wankhede on the eve of the Australia versus Afghanistan conflict and interacted with the Afghan gamers.
After conversing with the Afghan gamers, he additionally had a chat together with his former India teammate Ajay Jadeja, who’s at the moment mentoring the Afghanistan cricket staff. The ‘Grasp Blaster’ was additionally seen participating in a dialog with Afghanistan’s head coach Jonathan Trott.
Sachin’s phrases appear to have rubbed off effectively on Zadran, particularly, because the 21-year-old prolonged his gratitude in direction of the “God of Cricket”.
“I had an excellent chat with Sachin Tendulkar; he shared his expertise and I mentioned earlier than the match that I’ll bat like Sachin Tendulkar; he gave me a variety of power and confidence,” Zadran informed the broadcaster.
Afghanistan’s taking part in XI:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq
Bench:
Fazalhaq Farooqi, Najibullah Zadran, Abdul Rahman, Riaz Hassan
Help workers:
Jonathan Trott, Hamid Hassan, Ryan Maron, Raees Ahmadzai
Australia’s taking part in XI:
Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Bench:
Cameron Inexperienced, Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Steven Smith
Help workers:
Andrew McDonald, Andre Borovec, Daniel Vettori, Michael Di Venuto, Andy Flower
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