In the Champions Trophy 2025, Afghanistan defeated England and dropped it out of the tournament in 2025. On the basis of Ibrahim Jadaran (177 )'s brilliant century and Ajmatullah Omrajai (41 runs and 5 wickets), Afghanistan defeated the former world champion by a close margin of just 8 runs in the last over match till the last over. With this victory, Afghanistan has kept their expectations alive to reach the semi -finals. At the same time, England's dream of winning the Champions Trophy once again broke. England lost to Australia in the first match. With 2 consecutive defeats, Jose Butler's team has been eliminated from the semi -final race.

Both teams started poorly in the match played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore and then they returned from the century of two batsmen. The young opener Ibrahim Jadaran did this work on behalf of Afghanistan first. Jadaran scored the first century for Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy and then scored 177 runs in the biggest innings of the history of this tournament. In response to this, his legendary batsman Joe Root took the front for England and after nearly 6 years long wait, he made a return to the team by scoring a century in ODI cricket.

Afghanistan had a poor start and by the 9th over, the team had lost 3 wickets. These three wickets were shocking by star fast bowler Joffra Archer and put Afghanistan in trouble. But from here, England's bowling was the same, which was against Australia. Ibrahim Jadaran, along with captain Hashtullah Shahidi and Ajmatullah Omrajai, took the team beyond 200 runs. It was here that Jadaran completed the sixth century of ODI career and then with Mohammad Nabi, a explosive partnership of 111 runs in just 55 balls and took the team to a big score of 325 runs.