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Gurbaz ranks ODI greats before Afghanistan face Zimbabwe

Sports Central by DRM's live-match upload nears a million views, with a dust storm interrupting the pre-match buildup in Abu Dhabi.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,967,011 views a day, 89 times a normal first day on this channel (22,090).

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2:00Afghanistan wins the toss and chooses to bat at Zayed Cricket Stadium.
7:25Rahmanullah Gurbaz takes on a blind-ranking challenge featuring legendary ODI batters.
13:03Rashid Khan discusses World Cup preparation and switching between T20 and ODI cricket.
17:35A dust storm sweeps across the venue during the pre-match coverage.
33:28Blessing Muzarabani opens Zimbabwe's bowling against Gurbaz.
59:37Gurbaz hits his first six of the innings off Muzarabani.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has a different challenge before opening Afghanistan's innings: putting legendary ODI batters into a blind ranking. He starts with a warning about his own judgment, asking people not to get him wrong.

That lighter segment sits inside Sports Central by DRM's Afghanistan-Zimbabwe broadcast upload, which drew about 970,000 views in eight hours. It is an unusually fast start for a long broadcast on the clips channel, whose cricket catalog stretches from Pakistan internationals to Pakistan Super League finishes.

The coverage comes from Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, with Zimbabwe arriving after a win over Bangladesh in the tri-series opener. Afghanistan captain Rahmat Shah chooses to bat, while Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza declines to name a target he wants to restrict them to.

Between the toss and the opening deliveries, Rashid Khan offers a straightforward account of his bowling approach: hit the right area consistently and put pressure on the batter. Then the weather supplies an unscripted interruption, with dust sweeping across the venue during the pitch-report segment.

The match action begins later in the upload, as Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran walk out to open against Zimbabwe's seamers. For readers who want the shorter route, the channel's full-match highlights also started far above their usual pace, alongside separate second-innings highlights and a powerplay edit.

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The facts

Channel: Sports Central by DRM
Subscribers: 6,770,000 ▲ 20,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 28,540,945
Channel views, pace per day: 3,636,358 (on a normal day: 3,105,773)
Video published: October 19, 2026
Video views so far: 968,709 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 1,967,011

The numbers

The live-match upload has the standout start, while the full-match highlights are also drawing views much faster than the channel's usual regular videos.

the video's first day

usual first day here

22,090

this video

1,967,011

subscribers

6,770,000

▲ 20,000 in the last 7 days

total views

4,098,741,673

views per day

3,636,358