5 Records that Afghanistan and its players hold in International cricket
Here we look at the five major records that the young Afghanistan team and its players have earned at the highest level.
5. The Mujeeb factor:
Mujeeb ur Rahman has been rewriting record books ever since his debut in 2017 when the off-spinner became the first Male cricketer to be born in the 21st century. Mujeeb bagged his maiden ODI five-fer with 5/50 against Zimbabwe at the Sharjah this year. He was only 16 years and 325 days old at the time of his five-fer making him the youngest player to claim a five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.
Mujeeb thus broke the longstanding record held by Waqar Younis who picked up 6/26 at the age of 18 years and 164 days against Sri Lanka at the same venue in 1990. The off-spinner shared the new ball in the game where he picked up his maiden ODI five-fer.
Thus, Mujeeb became only the 2nd spinner after Bermuda’s Dwayne Leverock to take an ODI five-fer while opening the bowling. Sri Lanka’s Akila Dananjaya became the 3rd one with his 6/29 in the second half of 2018 against South Africa.
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