Afghanistan Record Its Highest Ever Test Total in Single Innings Courtesy Rahmat Shah And Hashmatullah Shahidi’s Double Centuries, Achieves Feat During ZIM vs AFG 1st Test 2024
Rahmat Shah And Hashmatullah Shahidi scored double centuries while Afsar Zazai scored a century for Afghanistan as the visitors scored 699 runs in the first innings of the ZIM vs AFG 1st Test 2024. This is the Afghanistan national cricket team’s highest total in Test innings.
The Afghanistan national cricket team is playing a Boxing Day Test against the Zimbabwe national cricket team at the Queens Sports Club in Zimbabwe. In the high-scoring game, Zimbabwe scored 586 runs in the first innings which was their highest Test innings total. Replying to the same, the Afghanistan side also reset record books scoring 699 runs in their first innings. Rahmat Shah And Hashmatullah Shahidi scored double centuries while Afsar Zazai scored a century. Interestingly their earlier highest score (545) was also against Zimbabwe scored in 2021. Hashmatullah Shahidi Becomes First Afghanistan Batter To Hit Two Double Hundreds in Tests, Achieves Feat in ZIM vs AFG 1st Test 2024.
Afghanistan Record Its Highest Ever Test Total in Single Innings
Two sizzling double hundreds and a century power Afghanistan to their highest-ever Test total 🔥
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— ICC (@ICC) December 30, 2024
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