Hashmatullah Shahidi, on Thursday, became the first Afghanistan batsman to hit 200 in an innings of a Test match♑. The 26-year-old cricketer achie♍ved the feat in the ongoing second Test against Zimbabwe at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
He was followed by captain Asghar Afghan as the 33-year-ol🌃d also crossedღ the 150-run mark in the post-lunch session. The duo added 307 runs for the fourth wicket as Zimbabwe bowlers looked lost for ideas.
Meanwhile, Afghan also become the lead💝ing run-scorer for his side in the longest format of the game, having played most Tests among his teammates.
In their first innings, Afghanistan posted 545/4 on the board with the help of Shahidi’s gutsy double century, Asghar’s ton and Ibrahim Zadran, Nasir Jamal’s fifties.
Afghanistan l💖ost the first Test within two days, but th𝓡eir batsman made a strong comeback in the second game.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
First Afghanistan player to🅘 score a Test double ton!
Take a bow, 🔥
— ICC (@ICC)
Congrats hash on 😼well deserved double 🍨hundred,hope to see you do this again and again 👏🏼
— Mohammad Nabi (@MohammadNabi007)
HISTORY ALERT! becomes the first Afghan Double-Centurion in Test Cricket! Congratulations 🐭to the Brilliant left-hander on an historic achie♌vement!
𒆙— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials)
Hasmatullah Shahidi is the first player from 🇦🇫 Afghanistan to hit a Test match double hundred
Congrats bro more success to you👏👍— Mohibullah khan (@mohibkhan7111)
Well done 💯💯 👏
— Rahmanullah Gurbaz (@RGurbaz_21)
What a players! Superstars & ⭐️
— Ezat Rahmani (@EzatRahmani2)
Congratulations to Afghanistan �🦋�🇫 and for a historic first double ton for an Afghan player in test cricket.
— Khushal Wakily (@kwakily)
Congrates double century to Hashmatullah.👏
Welldone 👏— Yasin Saadat🇦🇫 (@YasinSaadat)
Hashmatullah double hundred-Congratula🐽tions! First to achieve this milestone 💯💯 👏👏
— Fazel Qadir Fazly (@qadirfazly)
First✃ Afghaniಌstan player to score a Test double ton!
Take a bow, 🔥
— Naraz Pashtoon R (@PashtonNaraz)
Congratulations 👏 to Hashmatullah Shahidi.
ಌHe became the first Afghan to score 200 runs in a 🏏Test match.— Jamroz 🌐 (@ImJamroz)
