His landmark came during the first Twenty20 International match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka in Dambulla.
In limited-overs cricket, Gurbaz has been Afghanistan’s mainstay at the top of the order. In T20I cricket, he has given the visitors some outstanding starts.
We interpret his T20I stats here.
The ninth Afghan cricketer to accomplish this feat According to ESPNcricinfo, Gurbaz is the ninth Afghan cricketer to make 50 T20I appearances. Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi, who highlights in his 116th T20I is Afghanistan’s most covered player in this configuration.
Najibullah Zadran is the main other Afghan cricketer with 100 T20I appearances.
Afghanistan’s magic leg-spinner Rashid Khan has shown up in T20I cricket.
Fifth-most elevated run-getter for Afghanistan in T20Is
Gurbaz has been shocking for Afghanistan in the most limited configuration of the game. The 22-year-old has amassed 1,271 runs from 49 matches at a normal of 25.93. His strike pace of 137.1 is likewise exceptionally good. In this format, the dasher has smashed six fifty-five tons.
Quite, he is among the three Afghanistan hitters with a T20I hundred.
Most runs for Afghanistan since his presentation in T20Is
Gurbaz made his T20I debut for Afghanistan against Zimbabwe at Mirpur in September 2019. From that point forward, he has scored the most runs for the Afghans in this configuration.
During this time, Najubullah is the only other Afghan batter to score more than 1,000 runs (1,035).
Followed by Nabi (806) and Hazratullah Zazai (714).
Gurbaz is the main Afghan hitter to hammer a T20I ton in this period.
Gurbaz midpoints 50.66 against Sri Lanka in T20Is
The 22-year-old has delighted in playing against the Lankan Lions in the most limited organization of the game. Gurbaz has amassed 152 runs from three T20Is against SL at a great normal of 50.66.
He possesses a strike pace of 174.71 and has pounded a single fifty against them.
Gurbaz has scored 1,061 runs in 39 T20Is on Asian soil, hammering five fifties and a ton.
Other T20I accomplishments for Gurbaz The lone run scored by Gurbaz came from just 50 deliveries against the UAE in Sharjah last year. He scored Afghanistan’s second-fastest T20I hundred, according to ESPNcricinfo.
His association of 137 runs with Ibrahim Zadran against UAE in 2023 for the subsequent wicket is Afghanistan’s second-most elevated organization in T20Is.
Gurbaz’s count of 77 sixes in T20Is is the third-most elevated among Afghan hitters.