The Hashmatullah Shahidi-led Afghanistan will take on Temba Bavuma's South Africa in the third match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday, February 21. Watch the cricket match live on TV and online. (Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
🅰The 50-over showpiece, which is returning after an eight-year gap, kicked off on Wednesday with hosts Pakistan locking horns with New Zealand in Karachi. Lahore and Rawalpindi are the other two hosting cities in Pakistan, while all matches involving India will be played in Dubai.
♔The Afghans have qualified for the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time, powered by crucial wins against England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the 2023 ODI World Cup. They are entering the tournament off the back of their first-ever semi-final finish at an ICC tournament in last year's T20 World Cup.
♈As for the Proteas, they will be eyeing their second Champions Trophy title, having won at the inaugural event in Bangladesh in 1998. That title remains the only ICC silverware in South Africa's cabinet, and they will be aiming to change that.
Afghanistan Vs South Africa, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Squads
Afghanistan:🦋 Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran. Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Nangyal Kharoti, Bilal Sami
South Africa:ꦍ 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
Afghanistan Vs South Africa, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Live Streaming Details
When and where will the Afghanistan vs South Africa, ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match be played?
🐻The Afghanistan vs South Africa, ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match will be played at the National Stadium in Karachi on Friday, February 21, 2025 at 2:30pm IST.
Where will the Afghanistan vs South Africa, ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match be telecast and live streamed?
💛The Afghanistan vs South Africa, ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match will be telecast on the Star Sports 2 and Sports 18 1 TV channels in India. It will be live streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.
