Rashid Khan marks his 250th international against Zimbabwe
Sports Central by DRM's Sharjah final broadcast draws more than half a million views within seven hours.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,276,521 views a day, 52 times a normal first day on this channel (24,503).
Live | Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe | Match 4 | Final Match | Afghanistan ODI Tri-Series 2026 | M9R1K
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- 4:19Zimbabwe wins the toss and chooses to bat; Afghanistan also wanted to bowl first.
- 8:24Farveez Maharoof assesses a dry, hard pitch and suggests a potentially defendable total.
- 13:33Afghanistan presents Rashid Khan with a trophy marking his 250th international, followed by an interview.
- 27:26The teams line up for Zimbabwe's and Afghanistan's national anthems.
- 35:05The match begins with Fazalhaq Farooqi bowling to Zimbabwe's opening pair.
- 55:30Farooqi bowls Tadiwanashe Marumani with an inswinger to claim Afghanistan's first wicket.
Afghanistan's players gather around Rashid Khan with a commemorative trophy before the final gets underway. There is a personal milestone to recognize before the team gets back to pursuing silverware together.
"So blessed to be someone reaching out to 250 games for Afghanistan," Rashid says in the pre-match interview. Asked about handling the occasion, he brings the conversation back to adjusting quickly to the conditions and the wicket.
The coverage on clips channel Sports Central by DRM has reached roughly 572,000 views in seven hours, an unusually fast start for its long broadcasts. The channel's full-match highlights and first-innings highlights of the same final are also drawing views well above their usual starts.
At the toss, the captains get the arrangement they both wanted. Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza chooses to bat; Afghanistan's Rahmat Shah says he wanted to bowl anyway. Farveez Maharoof describes a dry, hard surface, while the broadcast team debates how much Zimbabwe will need to defend.
Afghanistan's change brings Fazalhaq Farooqi into the side, and the opening exchanges give that decision a storyline. Brian Bennett strikes consecutive boundaries off him, but Farooqi later sends an inswinger through Tadiwanashe Marumani's defenses for the first wicket. For viewers looking for the cricket rather than the build-up, the opening ball comes about 35 minutes into the upload.
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- Channel
- Sports Central by DRM
- Subscribers
- 6,780,000 ▲ 20,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 24,319,400
- Channel views, pace per day
- 6,778,452 (on a normal day: 3,110,981)
- Video published
- October 23, 2026
- Video views so far
- 571,925 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,276,521
The numbers
The final's long broadcast and its shorter highlights are both having unusually strong starts. Across Sports Central by DRM, daily views are more than double the usual level.
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Who chooses to bat first in this final?
Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza wins the toss and elects to bat.