Afghanistan and South Africa will play their first match of Champions Trophy in Karachi today in the first match of Group B South Africa is not in the best form in ODIs. They have lost 6 matches in a row but all this happened because they were not playing with their best XIs many of their players were busy in the South African Franchise Cricket League
Afghanistan, on the other hand, have won 8 of their last 10 ODIs including 2-1 series wins over South Africa in Sharjah in September.
The last time these two clashed in an ICC tournament was in last year’s T20 World Cup; they played against each other in the semi-finals Afghanistan reached the semi-finals in the World Cup and defeated teams like New Zealand, Bangladesh and Australia.However, South Africa shattered Afghanistan’s dream of advancing by bowling them out for 56 runs in the semi-final match.
When : February 21, 2:30 PM IST
where :Karachi International Stadium
What to expect: Hot day and flat pitch expected
Team news
Afghanistan
Ibrahim Jagran will play his first international match since returning in December after being out for more than 3 months due to a technical injury
south africa
The presence of David Miller, Eden Markram and Kagiso Rabada will strengthen the fast South Africa
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South Africa has lost three out of the four ODIs played at this ground
Afghanistan have played only two of their 175 ODIs in Pakistan and both were played in Lahore where they lost to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the 2023 Asia Cup
The team batting first has won 27 times on this ground and the team fielding first has won 28 times.