Rahmanullah Gurbaz left behind the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Babar Azam and Virat Kohli to achieve a massive ODI feat as he led Afghanistan to a series win while KL Rahul revealed the reasons behind his Lucknow Super Giants exit. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on November 12.
From Pathum Nissanka to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, here is a list of five players with the most number of sixes in ODIs in 2024.
The veteran all-rounder Mahmudullah scored 98 runs and the stand-in captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz added 66 as Bangladesh posted a total of 244 for 8 in the third ODI game against Afghanistan in Sharjah. Azmatullah Omarzai took four wickets and scored a match-winning fifty for Afghanistan.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has gone past Indian icon Virat Kohli in a major record list in ODI cricket. Gurbaz slammed his eighth ODI century in the Afghanistan vs Bangladesh 3rd ODI in Sharjah.
Four teams played ODI cricket over the last week or so and the players have been rewarded for their performances in the matches. Travis Head played one of the best ODI knocks in England while Rashid Khan and Rahmanullah Gurbaz toppled records against South Africa.
Afghanistan defeated South Africa in the second ODI by 177 runs to seal the three-match series 2-0 with a game to go. They had won the series opener by six wickets chasing down 107 runs. The 177-run win is also the biggest win for Afghanistan in their ODI history.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has become the leading run-getter in the ongoing edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Gurbaz has scored 156 runs in the tournament and has moved past Aaron James of the USA to climb to the top of the table.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has scored two consecutive half-centuries to climb to the top spot on the leading run-scorers list. He surpassed Aaron Jones of USA who has scored 130 runs in two games. Gurbaz's 80 vs New Zealand is the highest individual score by an Afghan player in T20 World Cup history.
Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz added 154 runs for the opening wicket in just 87 balls to register the highest stand for any wicket for Afghanistan in their T20 World Cup history.
The Afghan batting pair made full use of the batting wicket at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. They applied relentless pressure on the inexperienced bowling attack of Uganda and made them commit errors on the field.
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