South Africa will be keen to start the CT well.
Preview
The third match of the Champions Trophy 2025 will see Team Afghanistan locking horns with South Africa, at the National Stadium in Karachi, on Friday, February 21. South Africa have an edge in the H2H having won 3 out of the 5 times these two sides have met each other. Bavuma will lead South Africa while Afghanistan will be led by Shahidi. These two sides also met in the WT20 2024 semis where South Africa came out on top.
Match Expert Tips
The captain and vice-captains have been selected keeping the venue in mind. The National Stadium in Karachi is expected to assist the batters throughout the gane. There will be some help for the spinners in the middle overs. Afghanistan spinners should enjoy these conditions and we should have a good game.
Match Information
Afghanistan vs South Africa, 3rd Match, Group B
ICC Champions Trophy, 21 Feb 2025, Fri, 2:30 PM IST ,Karachi
Probable PlayingXI
Afghanistan
R Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(C), Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad
Bench: IA Khil, Farid Malik, N Zadran, Nangeyalia kharote, Darwish Rasooli
South Africa
T Bavuma(C), AK Markram, HE van der Dussen, T de Zorzi, DA Miller, M Jansen, RD Rickelton, H Klaasen, KA Maharaj, K Rabada, C Bosch
Bench: T Stubbs, Wiaan Mulder, T Shamsi, L Ngidi
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Pitch Report
Captains
Temba Bavuma SA | bat – 8
Temba Bavuma scored 81 runs in the previous match against PAK. He has scored 1733 runs in 46 ODI matches at an average of 44
Rashid Khan AFG | bowl – 8
Rashid Khan is a quality leg-spinner and has picked up 198 wickets in 111 ODI matches. He is also handy with the bat lowe
Gurbaz will open the batting and has scored 1769 runs in 46 ODI matches and he will also give points with his wicket-keeeping.
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Rassie van der Dussen SA | BAT – 8
Rassie van der Dussen is a vey good batter in the middle order and has amassed 2464 runs in 68 ODI matches at an impressive average of 48
Marco Jansen SA | ALL – 8
Jansen can be lethal with the new ball and was the leading wicket-take in the recently concluded SA20. He will be a top pick.
Budget
Heinrich Klaasen SA | wk – 8
Heinrich Klassen is a destructive batter and a very good player of spin. He should enjoy these shorter boundaries and look to get a big score.
Mohammad Nabi is a very good off-spinner and with a couple of left handers in the South Africa side he will be a budget pick.
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Ikram Ali Khil AFG | WK
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