MATCH NO – 3rd Match
SERIES – Champions Trophy – 2025
DATE – 21st February, 2024
TIME – 02:30 PM IST
VENUE – National Stadium, Karachi
INTRODUCTION
IINTRODUCTION
The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is set to commence on February 19, 2025, marking the tournament’s return after an eight-year hiatus. This edition features the top eight One Day International (ODI) teams competing across venues in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The participating teams are divided into two groups:
Group A: Pakistan, India, New Zealand, and Bangladesh
Group B: Australia, England, South Africa, and Afghanistan
Each team will play the others in their group once, with the top two from each group advancing to the semi-finals. Matches are scheduled in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Dubai. Notably, due to political tensions, India will play all its matches in Dubai.
Hosting this tournament is a monumental event for Pakistan, marking its first major ICC event since the 1996 World Cup. The country has undertaken extensive preparations, including stadium upgrades and enhanced security measures, to ensure a successful event.
MATCH PREVIEW
Third Match of Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between Afghanistan and South Africa .Both teams are strong contender for CT – 2025 and Afghanistan team performed super in recent ODI Matches and won 8 matches out of last 10 matches whereas South Africa team performed not too good in recent matches and won only 3 matches and lost 7 in last 10 matches.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks but India’s team looks more balanced and strong, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between South Africa and Afghanistan.
PITCH REPORT
The National Stadium in Karachi is renowned for its batting-friendly pitches, often resulting in high-scoring encounters. Historically, the surface has been flat, allowing batsmen to play their shots freely. Early in the match, fast bowlers might find some assistance, but as the game progresses, the pitch tends to favor batsmen. Spinners may gain some traction as the ball ages, but significant turn is uncommon. Dew can be a factor in day-night matches, potentially making batting easier under lights. Captains winning the toss often prefer to bowl first to capitalize on early bowling conditions and to take advantage of potentially improved batting conditions in the second innings.
One Day Internationals (ODIs):
Average First Innings Score: 263
Highest Team Total: 374/4 by India against Hong Kong in 2008
Lowest Team Total: 115 all out by Bangladesh against Pakistan in 2008
Highest Successful Run Chase: 310/4 by India against Sri Lanka in 2008
Highest Individual Score: 181 by Sir Viv Richards (West Indies) against Sri Lanka in 1987
Best Bowling Figures: 6/13 by Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka) against India in 2008
Overall, the National Stadium in Karachi offers conditions that heavily favor batsmen, with bowlers needing to employ strategic variations to succeed.
GROUND STATS (ODI)
| TOTAL MATCH | 57 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 220+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 27 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 28 |
| NO RESULT | 02 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 200 | 09 |
| BETWEEN 250 TO 249 | 11 |
| BETWEEN 250 TO 299 | 08 |
| ABOVE SCORE 300 | 17 |
BOWLERS STATS ON NATIONAL STADIUM (ODII)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 57
PACER WICKETS – 364
SPINNER WICKETS – 215.
AFG VS SA TEAM NEWS,SQUADS, PLAYING11 & PLAYER STATS
AFGHANISTAN (AFG):
TEAM NEWS
- Afghanistan Team performed superb in recent ODI series and won last 3 ODI series against South Africa, Zimbabwe & Bangladesh
- Last time when Afghanistan and ISouth Afriica played against each other the Afghanistan team failed to defend a total of 169 runs and lost the match by 7 wickets.
- In the last match Afghanistan team successfully chased a low total of 127 runs and won the match by 8 wickets against Zimbabwe.
- Sediqullah Atal scored 52 runs, Abdul Mlaik scored 29 runs, Rahmat Shah scored 17 runs & Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 20 runs in the previous match against Zimbabwe.
- A M Ghazanfar took 5 wickets, Rashid Khan took 3 wickets and Fareed Malik & Azmatullah omarzai took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Zimbabwe.
- Both teams have played 5 ODI matches and Afghanistan won 2 matches and lost 3 matches against South Africa.
SQUADS
Batting – Hashmatullah Shahidi ©, Rahmat Shah, Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikran Alikhil (wk).
Bowling – Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmed, Fareed Malik, Naveed Zadran.
All Rounder – Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharote.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran/Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi ©, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohamamd Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Fareed Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
PLAYER STATS:
1. IBRAHIM ZADRAN – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 11r, 3r, 24r, 7r, 5r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 15r. |
| Total Stats vs SA | 1 INNING – 15 RUNS. |
2. RAHMANULLAH GURBAZ (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 5r, 1r, 1r, 6r, 7r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 89r, 105r, 0r, 25r. |
| Total Stats vs SA | 4 INNINGS – 219 RUNS – 54A. |
3. RAHMAT SHAH – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 19r, 139r, 234r, 17r, 1r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 1r, 50tr, 8r, 26r, 6r. |
| Total Stats vs SA | 5 INNINGS – 91 RUNS. |
4. HASHMATULLAH SHAHIDI © – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 13r, 13r, 246r, 20r, 29r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 10r, 16r, 2r, 8r. |
| Total Stats vs SA | 4 INNINGS – 36 RUNS. |
5. GULBADIN NAIB – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 5+0W, 62+2W, 55+0W, 47+1W, 2r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 34r, 5+1W. |
| Total Stats vs SA | 2 INNINGS – 39 RUNS – 1W. |
6. AZMATULLAH OMARZAI – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 13+0W, 1W, 0W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 2+1W, 86r, 25+0W, 97+0W. |
| Total Stats vs SA | 4 INNINGS – 210 RUNS – 210A – 1W. |
7. MOHAMMAD NABI – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 4+0W, 0W, 1W, 3W, 15+1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 5+1W, 13+0W, 2W, 2+0W, 1r |
| Total Stats vs SA | 5 INNINGS – 21 RUNS – 3W. |
8. RASHID KHAN – RHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 2W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 6+5W, 2W, 14+2W, 35+0W. |
| Total Stats vs SA | 4 INNINGS – 55 RUNS – 9W. |
9. NOOR AHMAD – LAC
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 0W. |
| Total Stats vs SA | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
10. FAZALHAQ FAROOQI – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 0W, 4W. |
| Total Stats vs SA | 2 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
11. FAREED MALIK – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SA | 1W. |
| Total Stats vs SA | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
SOUTH AFRICA (SA)
TEAM NEWS
- South Africa did not perform very well in recent odi series and lost the last 2 ODI series against Afghanistan & Pakistan.
- Last time when both teams played against each other South Africa team successfully chased 169 runs and won the match by 7 wickets.
- In the last ODI match South African team failed to defend a high total of 354 runs and lost the match by 6 wickets against Pakistan.
- Temba Bavuma Scored 82 runs, Tony de Zorgi scored 22 runs Matthew Bretzke scored 83 runs, Heinrich Klaasen scored 87 runs & Verreyne scored 44 runs in the previous match against Pakistan.
- Wiaan Mulder took 2 wickets, Lungi Ngidi & Corbin Bosch took 1-1 wickets each in the previous match against Pakistan.
- Both teams have played 5 odi matches and South Africa won 3 matches and lost 2 matches against Afghanistan.
SQUADS
Batting – Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Temba Bavuma ©, Tone de Zorzi, Rassie Van der Dussen, David Miller.
Bowling – Keshav Maharaj, Tabraziz Shamsi, Kagisio Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.
All Rounder – Marco Jansen, Wiaan Mulder, Corbin Bosch.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Ryan Riceklton (wk)/Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma ©, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markan, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi
PLAYER STATS:
1. RYAN RICELTON (WK) – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 33r, 44r, 22r, 59r, 63r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
2. TEMBA BAVUMA © – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 82r, 20r, 106r, 40r, 31r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 82 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | 22r, 38r, 23r. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | 3 INNINGS – 83 RUNS. |
3. RASSIE VAN DER DUSSEN – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 23r, 40r, 30r, 48r, 24r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | 76r. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | 1 INNING – 76 RUNS. |
4. AIDEN AMRKRAM – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 6+1W, 11+1W, 2W, 62+0W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | 69+0W, 21+1W, 2+1W, 25r, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | 5 INNINGS – 117 RUNS – 2W. |
5. HEINRICH KLAASEN – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 87r, 76r, 13r, 66r, 5r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 87 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | 10r. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | 1 INNING – 10 RUNS. |
6. DAVID MILLER – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 6r, 45r, 29r, 24r, 40r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | 24r. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | 1 INNING – 24 RUNS. |
7. WIAAN MULDER – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2+2W, 64+0W, 30+1W, 0W, 6r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 2 RUNS -2W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | 0W, 2+0W, 52+0W. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | 3 INNINGS – 54 RUNS – 0W. |
8. MARCO JASNEN – RHB+LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 5+2W, 23+1W, 1W, 3W, 7+0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
9. KESHAV MAHARAJ – LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | 2W. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
10. KAGISO RABADA – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 4W, 2W, 2W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | 0W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
11. TABRAIZ SHAMSI – LAC
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs AFG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs AFG | NOT PLAYED YET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 05
- AFG WIN – 02
- SA WIN – 03
- NO RESULT – 01.
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
COMING SOON……
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
SOUTH AFRICA MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
