AFG vs SA: Temba Bavuma won the toss..!!

The Group B match between afghanistan and south africa in the 2025 Champions Trophy series began at the National cricket Stadium in Karachi. south africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and elected to bat. South African captain Temba Bavuma, who won the toss and elected to bat, said, "We don't know what this pitch will be like. We will try to score more. I have a lot of confidence in our bowling. So we have included only one spinner, Shamsi, in the team. All the others are fast bowlers."
Afghanistan captain Asmadullah Shahidi said, "If we had won the toss, we would have chosen to bat. But winning the toss is not in our hands. We want to play quality cricket. We have good spinners in our team. We will play well today and defeat South Africa. I will be happy if we take wickets in the power play. It will be easy for other bowlers to follow that in the middle overs."
The playing eleven of afghanistan and south africa can be found here.

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Sadran, Sethgullah Attal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Asmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Nayef, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Noor Ahmed

South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton (Wicketkeeper), Tony de Georgie, Demba Bawuma (Captain), Russie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wian Mulder, Marco Johnson, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Nkiti
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Sowmiya Sriram

21/02/2025 05:35 PM