South Africa vs Afghanistan Pitch Report, Weather Report & Playing XI: Karachi Set To Witness Another High-Scoring Encounter
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The Champions Trophy 2025 is well and truly underway with two matches of Group A taking pace in the first two days. The action in Group B is all set to begin on Friday (February 21) as South Africa is set to take on Afghanistan at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi. This will be a historic moment for the Afghans as they take part in their first-ever Champions Trophy edition. South Africa will be looking to finally come back into form after losing two ODIs on the trot in the recent tri-series involving them, Pakistan and New Zealand.
South Africa Vs Afghanistan Pitch Report
The South Africa vs Afghanistan game will be the second game that is taking pace in Karachi in the Champions Tropy 2025. The first match proved to be a batting paradise, as New Zealand slammed 320 runs. Karachi has been a high-scoring venue, and hence we might expect another high-scoring encounter on Friday.
The Karachi pitch also showed some assistance for the spinners. Hence the side with better spinners, which is Afghanistan in this case, will get a lot of help on a turning Karachi track.
South Africa Vs Afghanistan Weather Report
According to Accuweather.com, Karachi is expected to witness no rainfall on Friday. Hence, fans can expect to see a full 100 overs of action between South Africa and Afghanistan. However, 88% cloud cover is expected throughout the day at Karachi. Hhence, the match is expected to be played in overcast conditions.
Predicted Playing XI:
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Ryan Rickelton, Matthew Breetzke, Rassie van de Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi
Squads:
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran. Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Bilal Sami
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch. Travelling reserve: Kwena Maphaka
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