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Rahmanullah Gurbaz wreaked havoc by scoring a stormy century, becoming the first cricketer from Afghanistan to make such a record

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Afghanistan's young opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz created history by scoring a century in the second match of the 3-match ODI series against South Africa.

Afghanistan's young opening batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz created history by scoring a century in the second match of the 3-match ODI series against South Africa. This is the seventh century of his ODI career. With this, he has become the player to score the most centuries for Afghanistan. He has left behind Mohammad Shahzad (6).

He completed his seventh century in 107 balls in the 42nd ODI played for Afghanistan. He left his bat in the air to celebrate the century. However, he could not stay at the crease for long after scoring a century and was out after scoring 105 runs in 110 balls with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from this, Gurbaz has become the third youngest player to score an ODI century against South Africa.

Players who have scored the most centuries in ODIs for Afghanistan

Rehmanullah Gurbaz – 7

Mohammad Shahzad – 6

Ibrahim Zadran – 5

Rehmat Shah – 5

Youngest player to score an ODI century against South Africa

22 years and 4 days – Ahmad Shehzad, 2013

22 years 167 days – Kane Williamson, 2013

22 years 297 days – Rehmanullah Gurbaz

Afghanistan's playing XI for the 2nd ODI against South Africa: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Riaz Hasan, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharote, Allah Ghazanfar, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

South Africa's playing XI for the 2nd ODI against Afghanistan: Reeza Hendricks, Tony De Georgi, Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Bjorn Fortuin, Nandre Burger, Nkaba Peter, Lungi Ngidi.

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