Rahmanullah Gurbaz registered his name in the history book of Afghanistan cricket by becoming the first batsman to hit a century on his ODI debut. The wicketkeeper-batsman was opening the innings for his country and started his ODI career with a big six over square leg in the first game of the three-match ODI series against Ireland in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
He finished on run a ball 127 filled with 8 fours and nine sixes that steered Afghanistan to a good total before Rashid Khan took the game to the Irish camp and led the team to a formidable total of 287 in 50 overs.
He also rose to two more records on his way to a superlative century as he beat India’s Navjot Singh Sidhu for hitting a maximum number of sixes on his ODI debut. He also came second to only Desmond Haynes for scoring the highest score by a debutant batsman who had scored 148 against Australia in Antigua in 1978.
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