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South Africa vs Afghanistan Scorecard, Match 3, ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Result · Feb 21 2025, Fri - 02:30 PM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA315/6
AFGHANISTAN208
South Africa won by 107 runs
CRR:4.78
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | ICC Champions Trophy |
| Date: | Feb 21 2025, Fri - 02:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| City: | Karachi |
| Venue: | National Stadium |
| Toss: | South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Afghanistan Playing XI: | 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 Playing XI: | Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi |
- This will be the sixth meeting between Afghanistan and South Africa in men’s ODIs and the fifth in the last five months; South Africa have won three of those five previous encounters including a 7-wicket win in their most recent clash.
- South Africa have won both their previous meetings with Afghanistan at major ODI tournaments, winning by nine wickets at the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup and by five wickets at the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
- South Africa have won only one of their last five game at the ICC Champions Trophy (T1 L3) and have lost their last two consecutive games at the tournament; in fact, they’ve not won more than one game in a single edition of the tournament since 2006 (W2 L2).
- Afghanistan have won eight of their last 10 men’s ODIs (L2) including their last three in a row but one of their two defeats in that stretch was against South Africa; in fact, they’ve won six of their last eight matches in Asia after losing five in a row in the continent prior to that.
- South Africa come into this tournament on the back of a six-game losing streak in men’s ODIs, losing to Pakistan (4 times), New Zealand (1), and Ireland (1) in that stretch; only twice before have they lost more than six straight games in the format (L10 in 2004, L10 in 2004).
- Afghanistan have scored 36.6% of their total runs from singles in men’s ODIs since the beginning of 2024, the highest rate of any full member nation in that period; however, 8.8% of their batters dismissed have been run out in that period which is also the most of any team.
- South Africa have scored 55+ runs during the power play of four of their last five men’s ODIs after doing so only once across their previous six matches in the format; though, they’ve also lost at least one wicket during each of their last six power play periods.
- Rashid Khan (198) is two away from becoming the first player to take 200 ODI wickets for Afghanistan and the 43rd player overall; he has taken at least two wickets in seven of his last eight innings and has taken nine wickets across his last three innings against South Africa including 5/19 in his last innings against them.
- Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan) has scored 210 runs against South Africa in ODIs, the second most of any player in matches between Afghanistan and South Africa in men’s ODIs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 219); however, his last innings against them was the only one in which he was dismissed (97*, 25*, 86*, 2).
- Lungi Ngidi (97) is three wickets away from reaching 100 ODI wickets for South Africa and has taken six wickets across his four innings against Afghanistan, including 2/22 in his most recent game against them (September 2024).
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