ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Mohammad Nabi becomes first Afghanistan cricketer to play 150 ODIs

Mohammad Nabi has been part of 150 ODIs out of 155 ODIs Afghanistan have played.

Mohammad Nabi has been a wonderful match-winning all-rounder for Afghanistan in limited-overs cricket. He is among the top-players from his country who went on to represent various teams in T20 leagues around the world. Nabi completed a historical milestone in his ODI career for Afghanistan when he came out to take on England at Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi, their third league encounter in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India.

Mohammad Nabi, a regular in Afghanistan XI

All-rounder Mohammad Nabi has become the first-ever player from Afghanistan to complete 150 ODIs for the nation. Mohammad Nabi is the most experienced in Afghan cricket. He was also part of the first-ever ODI game Afghanistan played in 2009 against Scotland. Afghanistan have played 155 ODI games so far, and Nabi has been part of 150 ODIs. Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi had a poor day with the bat against England in Delhi.

Mohammad Nabi couldn’t make the occasion memorable with the bat, as he found himself in big trouble against Mark Wood’s pace. Wood’s pace got Nabi in an awkward position where he couldn’t play the short delivery. Nabi got a top-edge that spooned up in the air towards point where Joe Root was positioned, and he took an easy catch to dismiss Afghan all-rounder on just nine runs.

3 players with 100 plus ODIs

38-year-old all-rounder Mohammad Nabi had played 149 ODIs (excluding England ODI in Delhi) and scored 3178 runs at an average of 26.93. He also scored a century in this format against Zimbabwe in 2015. Along with Mohammad Nabi, two others who have crossed the 100 ODIs milestone for Afghanistan. Asghar Stanikzai (now Afghan) has played 114 ODIs. Rahmat Shah today became third Afghanistan cricketer to play 100 ODIs for Afghanistan.

Rashid Khan is 4th on this list with 97 ODIs for the national side. Afghanistan batters have shown some resilience against English bowlers. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (80) and Ikram Alikhil (58) smashed half-centuries to take Afghanistan to a decent total against defending champions England. Afghanistan have also got good crowd support in Delhi.