Afghanistan's Rahmanullah Gurbaz completes 2,000 ODI runs: Decoding his stats
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Afghanistan cricket team batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz attained a new milestone in ODIs. With his 10th run in the 2nd ODI versus India at Lucknow's Ekana Cricket Stadium, Gurbaz breached the 2,000-run mark. Notably, Afghanistan are chasing a mammoth target of 403 in the 2nd ODI. Earlier, Gurbaz smashed a superb hundred in the 1st ODI, breaking several records. Here's more.
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Gurbaz falls for an entertaining 41
Gurbaz scored 41 runs off 33 balls. He slammed 7 fours and a six. He fell in the 8th over after adding 52 runs alongside Ibrahim Zadran for the 1st wicket. Gurnoor Brar dismissed Gurbaz.
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7th Afghan batter to register 2,000 ODI runs
As per ESPNcricinfo, Gurbaz is the 7th Afghanistan batter to register 2,000 ODI runs. He joined the likes of Rahmat Shah (4,037), Mohammad Nabi (3,771), Mohammad Shahzad (2,727), Hashmatullah Shahidi (2,501), Asghar Afghan (2,424) and Najibullah Zadran (2,060). From 53 ODIs, Gurbaz owns 2,031 runs at 38.32. In addition to 9 hundreds, he owns 7 fifties. Versus India, he has 164 runs at 54.66.
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Breaking down his ODI numbers
In 21 away ODIs (home of opposition), Gurbaz has scored 692 runs at 34.6. He has three hundreds and 2 fifties. On the other hand, the star opener has bagged 1,339 runs from 33 neutral venue games at 40.57 (100: 6, 50s: 5).