Delhi: In the match played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Afghanistan won the toss against England and batting first and set a challenging target of 326 runs. The England team remained just 8 runs away from achieving this goal and Afghanistan made a thrilling victory and made a big upset. With this defeat, England team was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Ibrahim Jadaran, the hero of Afghanistan's victory, played a brilliant innings of 177 runs, and fast bowler Ajmatullah Umarjai, who took five wickets.

England has failed to win two consecutive matches and will now face South Africa in his last league match. South Africa already has three points with Australia. On the other hand, Afghanistan's account has now been two points, but to stay in the semi -finals, he will have to defeat Australia in his last group match.

On the historic victory of Afghanistan, captain Hashtullah Shaheedi expressed happiness, “We are very happy as a team and our country will also be happy with this victory. Now we are focusing on the next match.

We defeated England for the first time in 2023 and are getting better continuously. This match was tense, but we controlled it well. ”

He further said, “Ibrahim Jadaran is a talented player. We had lost the first three wickets early, which was under pressure, but the partnership between me and Jadaran was very important. It was one of the best innings of ODI cricket. “

He said, “Ajmatullah Umarjai also performed brilliantly. He played with positive intentions and threw important overs. There are talented youth and experienced players in our team, who are playing their role well.

We hope that we will retain this rhythm against Australia too. However, it will be a new day and the same match will decide who will reach the semi -finals. We will try to do the best for ourselves that day. “