Afghanistan's 18-year old batsman breaks Sachin Tendulkar's long-standing record

Afghanistan cricketer Ikram Ali Khil broke the long-standing record of legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar in their World Cup match against West Indies. Ikram became the youngest batsman in the history of World Cup to score 80 plus score in an innings. Ikram scored 86 runs against West Indies but couldn’t help his team win the match.

Sachin Tendulkar scored 81 runs at the age of 18 years 318 days in a World Cup match against Zimbabwe in 1992. Ikram broke Sachin’s record at the age of 18 years 278 days. However, Ikram said that he idolises Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara. “Kumar Sangakkara is always in mind and my thoughts when I am batting out there,” Ikram was quoted as saying by cricketworldcup.com.

Ikram was included in the team as a replacement for injured wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Shahzad.

The wicket-keeper batsman made nine appearances for Afghanistan, scoring 148 runs at an average of 24.67. His knock of 86 runs in the losing cause for Afghanistan was also his best-ever score in the One-Day International (ODI) format.

Afghanistan played their last match of the World Cup against West Indies, which they lost by 23 runs. Afghanistan was not able to open their account in this World Cup as they lost every single match they played.

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