Champions Trophy 2025: Rashid Khan has a chance to make a great record against ENG, no cricketer from Afghanistan has been able to do this

Afghanistan vs England Champions Trophy 2025: Afghanistan cricket team's star spinner Rashid Khan will have a chance to make a special record in the Champions Trophy 2025 match against England at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday (26 February).

Let us tell you that Rashid's performance was disappointing in the first match played against South Africa, he gave 59 runs in his quota of 10 overs without taking any wicket.

200 wickets in ODIs

If Rashid takes 2 wickets in this match, he will complete his 200 wickets in ODIs and will become the first player from Afghanistan to reach this figure. Rashid has taken 198 wickets in 105 innings of 112 ODIs played so far. Mohammad Nabi is second on this list with 174 wickets.

Opportunity to surpass Allan Donald

Rashid can surpass Allan Donald in terms of taking the fastest 200 ODI wickets, who reached this figure in 117 ODIs.

Fastest 200 wickets in ODI

Mitchell Starc- 102 matches

Saqlain Mushtaq- 104 matches

Mohammed Shami- 104 matches

Trent Boult- 107 matches

Brett Lee- 112 matches

Allan Donald- 117 matches

2000 runs and 400 wickets

Rashid has scored 1976 runs in 152 innings of 213 matches played in all three formats. As soon as he scores 24 runs, he will become the first player from Afghanistan to take 400 wickets and score 2000 or more runs in international cricket.

It is worth noting that this match is very important for Afghanistan and England. It is important for both the teams to win this match to keep their hopes of reaching the semi-finals alive. Afghanistan had to face defeat against South Africa in the first match and England had to face defeat against Australia.