South Africa vs Afganistan Pitch Report and Playing XI: Australia, England, South Africa and Afghanistan are present in Group B of Champions Trophy 2025. The first match of this group will be played between Afghanistan and South Africa on Friday, 21 February. This is the first time in cricket history that Afghanistan has qualified for the Champions Trophy. This is the same Afghan team that defeated South Africa 2–1 in the ODI series in the year 2024. Let us know here how the playing XI of both teams will be for the match of Afghanistan vs South Africa and how can the pitch of the Karachi ground be treated?
Afghanistan vs South Africa – Pitch Report
This Champions Trophy match of Afghanistan and South Africa will be played at the National Stadium in Karachi. This pitch is considered to be in line with batting. Taking up the figures of the last few matches, on an average, a score of 270-300 has been being made here. New Zealand scored 320 runs in the first match of the Champions Trophy at this ground. The pitch of Karachi can be hard, which can give a good bounce to the fast bowlers. Seeing the match of Pakistan-New Zealand, it can also be guessed that the spinners can get help with the ball being old.
Head to head record
So far 5 ODI matches have been played between South Africa and Afghanistan. In these 5 matches, Africa has won 3 times and the Afghan team twice. Let us also say that Afghanistan has won twice out of the last 3 matches between the two teams.
South Africa’s possible playing XI: Temba Bavuma (Captain), Tony de Jorji, Aden Markram, Rasi Van Der Dusne, Heinrich Klassen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Engidi, Cagiso Rabada, Tabraz Shamsi
Afghanistan’s possible playing XI: Ibrahim Jadaran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Ajmatullah Umarjai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Fazal Haq Farooqui, Farid Malik
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