South Africa vs Afghanistan
The third match of the Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between Afghanistan and South Africa. This match will be held at the National Stadium in Karachi. This will be the first match of this tournament for both teams. In the last few years, the Afghanistan team performed brilliantly in international cricket and that is why their team managed to qualify for this Champions Trophy. Talking about the African team, their recent record in ODI format has not been as good.
Afghanistan’s record against South Africa
If we talk about the head to head records of both the teams, then a total of five matches have been played between Afghanistan and South Africa in this format, out of which the African team has won in three, while in two, Afghanistan has won. At the same time, Afghanistan has won two of the last three matches. The last ODI series between these two teams was played in Sharjah in 2024. The series was named after Afghanistan 2–1. In such a situation, South Africa’s record against Afghanistan in recent matches has not been as good and after seeing these figures, the African team will not make the mistake of taking Afghanistan lightly.
Afghanistan’s recent record
The Afghanistan team is performing brilliantly in ODI format these days. He has won the last four bilateral series. Prior to the Champions Trophy, he defeated Zimbabwe 2–0 in the three-match series. Before that he defeated Bangladesh (2–1), South Africa (2–1) and Ireland (2–0).
South Africa’s recent record
Talking about South Africa, his recent record in ODI format has been worse. Prior to the Champions Trophy 2025, the African team played a tri -series against Pakistan and New Zealand. In this series, South Africa was first defeated by New Zealand, while after that he had to face defeat at the hands of Pakistan. Before that, the African team played an ODI series against Pakistan at their home, where they had to face a 3–0 clean sweep.
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