Afghan cricketer Gurbaz's amazing performance in ODI cricket, broke this record of Virat Kohli

Sharjah. Afghanistan team has got a strong opener in the form of Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Whenever Rahmanullah Gurbaz bats, the team wins. In a way, Rahmanullah Gurbaz is proving to be a trump card for Afghanistan. Apart from this, Rahmanullah Gurbaz is continuously making record after record. Rahmanullah Gurbaz created many records by scoring a century in the third ODI International match against Bangladesh in Sharjah. He left behind legends like Virat Kohli and equaled Sachin Tendulkar. He even defeated Sachin in one record.

Before celebrating his 23rd birthday, Rahmanullah Gurbaz has joined the list of those special batsmen who have scored 8 centuries in One Day International cricket. Gurbaz has equaled the great Indian player Sachin Tendulkar and former South African captain Quinton de Kock. These players also scored 8 centuries at the age of 22. Gurbaz has left behind Virat Kohli, who had scored 7 ODI international centuries at the age of 22.

Most ODI centuries at the age of 22
8 – Rahmanullah Gurbaz
8 – Sachin Tendulkar
8 – Quinton de Kock
7 – Virat Kohli

Not only this, Rahmanullah Gurbaz has become the second player in the world to score 8 ODI International centuries at the youngest age. Ahead of him is South African batsman Quinton de Kock. De Kock scored 8 ODI centuries at the age of 22 years 312 days, while Rahmanullah Gurbaz achieved this feat at the age of 22 years 349 days. In this matter Rahmanullah Gurbaz left Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli behind. Sachin Tendulkar achieved this feat at the age of 22 years 357 days and Virat took 23 years and 27 days to do so. Babar Azam scored 8 ODI centuries at the age of 23 years and 280 days.

At the same time, if we talk about which batsman has scored 8 centuries in the least number of innings in One Day International cricket, then Hashim Amla is at the top in this list. The former South African opener had scored 8 centuries in 43 innings. The second name in the list is that of Babar Azam. This former captain of Pakistan had done this feat in 44 innings. Whereas, it took 46 innings for Rahmanullah Gurbaz to reach this feat. In such a situation, he is the third fastest batsman in the world to complete 8 centuries. He has left behind Imam Ul Haq and Quinton de Kock, who had scored 8 centuries each in 47 and 52 innings respectively in One Day International cricket.