Afghanistan vs England: Rashid Khan on the verge of creating a massive world record, just needs to do this..

The eighth match of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 is slated to be played between Afghanistan and England at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday, 26th of February. The game will commence from 2:30 PM IST (Indian Standard Time) onwards. 

This match is going to be really important for both teams as the winner of this game will get the chance to stay alive in the race of qualifying for the Semi-finals of the tournament and the loser will get eliminated from the tournament. 

Ahead of this exciting contesrlt, Afghanistan's elite leg spinner Rashid Khan has a brilliant chance of creating history in this match. He has a chance to create a massive world record if he manages to dismiss two English batters as he will complete 200 ODI wickets. 

He currently has 198 scalps to his name in 112 ODI matches so far and he takes two wickets versus the Three Lions, then he will complete a double century in the format. His best figures with the ball read 7-18 and the stats go on to show how important the 26-year-old has been for the Afghan Atalans. 

If he picks up two more wickets, he will write his name in the record books. No Afghani bowler tillbnow has been able to pick up 200 wickets for the National Team and Rashid has an amazing opportunity to become the first ever bowler from his nation to do so.

Top three bowlers to take the most wickets for Afghanistan in ODI Cricket

Rashid is currently the highest wicket taker for Afghanistan in One Day Internationals having dismissed 198 batters. He's followed by veteran off spinner Mohammad Nabi who has 174 wickets to his name in 171 matches. His best figures read 5-17. Right arm pacer Dawlat Zadran is ranked third in this list, with 115 scalps in 82 matches. 

The Afghanistan versus England match will be very important

The match between Afghanistan and England will be very important for both teams as they look to keep their hopes of making it to the semi-finals phase alive. Both these teams have played one match each in the Champions Trophy so far and have suffered defeat in it. England was defeated by Australia, while Afghanistan suffered a defeat against South Africa. If both the teams have to reach the semi-finals, then they will have to win the remaining matches at any cost.

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