This pair is of Afghanistan's Ibrahim Zadran and his uncle Noor Ali Zadran. Uncle Noor Ali made his international debut in ODI in April 2009, but till then Afghanistan (Afghanistan Cricket Team) had not got Test status. Afghanistan played its first Test in the year 2018. Noor played his first Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo in February 2024, 15 years after his international debut. This Afghanistan team also included his nephew Ibrahim, who became his uncle's 'senior' in the Test format by debuting in September 2019. This moment was memorable for the uncle-nephew duo. In the match, Ibrahim gave the Test cap to uncle Noor.
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Played a partnership of 106 runs for the first wicket
Ibrahim and Noor started Afghanistan's innings in the Test. In the first innings, nephew Ibrahim Zadran got out without opening the account while uncle Noor scored 31 runs. Ibrahim compensated for the failure in the first innings by scoring a century in the second innings. The uncle-nephew duo shared a 106-run partnership during this period. During this, Noor scored 47 runs with the help of five fours and Ibrahim Zadran scored 114 runs with the help of 12 fours. However, despite this performance, the Afghan team had to face defeat by 10 wickets in the match. Let us tell you, there is an age difference of about 13 years between Ibrahim and Noor.
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This uncle-nephew duo also played together in the Tolerance Test against Ireland in March 2024. Both of them opened in this Test as well. In the first innings, Ibrahim contributed 52 and Noor 7 runs, while in the second innings, Ibrahim scored 12 and Noor scored 32 runs. After this Test against Ireland, Noor announced his retirement from international cricket. In an international career spanning 15 years, Noor got to play only 2 Tests, 51 ODIs and 23 T20 matches. In Test cricket, he has scored 117 runs at an average of 29.25, 1216 (one century) in ODIs at an average of 24.81 and 597 runs (four half-centuries) in T20s at an average of 27.13.
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Nephew Ibrahim is one of the best batsmen of Afghanistan
At the same time, Noor's 22-year-old nephew Ibrahim is counted among the best batsmen of Afghanistan at present. So far he has played seven Tests, 33 ODIs and 44 T20 matches. He has scored 541 runs (one century) at an average of 38.64 in Test cricket, 1440 runs (five centuries) at an average of 48.00 in ODIs and 1105 runs (8 half-centuries) at an average of 29.07 in T20s. Ibrahim has also captained the Afghanistan team in 9 T20 matches. After the World Cup 2023, Rashid Khan was not available for the team due to back surgery. In his absence, Ibrahim led the Afghan team in the Test series against UAE, India and Sri Lanka.
In the recently concluded T20 World Cup, Ibrahim scored 231 runs in 8 matches at an average of 28.87 and became the highest run scorer for Afghanistan after Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Not only this, Ibrahim's bat also performed well in the ODI World Cup held in India last year and he scored 376 runs in 9 matches at an average of 47. He was the highest run scorer for Zimbabwe in the tournament.
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Uncle and nephew have also played Test together
There has been an occasion in Test cricket when the uncle-nephew duo has played a Test together. The special thing is that this pair is also from Afghanistan. In the Test against Ireland in Dehradun in March 2019, Asghar Afghan and wrist spinner Waqar Salmakhel were part of Afghanistan's playing eleven. Asghar Afghan was the captain of the Afghanistan team in this Test, under whose leadership nephew Waqar made his Test debut. Waqar took 2-2 wickets in both innings of the debut Test. It is worth noting that Asghar Afghan's real name was Asghar Stanikzai. To give a glimpse of Afghani identity in his name itself, he changed his name to 'Asghar Afghan'.
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first published : July 15, 2024, 08:15 IST