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Afghanistan vs South Africa Champions Trophy 2025 Match Predicted Playing 11, Squad, Players List Full Details: The Indian Express predicts the Playing XI of Afghanistan and South Africa for the third match of the Champions Trophy.

AFG vs SA Champions Trophy 2025 Predicted Playing 11 Today Match: The dark horses Afghanistan will take on South Africa in the first game of Group B at Karachi on Friday with the Afghan players looking to continue their fine ODI form against the Proteas, who they had beaten last September 2-1 at Sharjah.

Ibrahim Zadran returns

Afghanistan will heave a sigh of relief with the return of Ibrahim Zadran who was out for three months due to injury and the batter is expected to slot right in as the opener along with Rahmanullah Gurbaz. As an opening pair, these two average 48.84 with 1514 runs in 31 innings which gives Afghanistan the blistering start that they need.

The Afghanistan cricket team will face the South Africa cricket team in the third match of the Champions Trophy 2025. Both Group B teams will play their first match in the tournament. In such a situation, Hashmatullah Shahidi and Temba Bavuma will try to win Recently a tri-series was played between Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa. South Africa’s performance in this series was shameful. The team had to face defeat in both matches. New Zealand and Pakistan had trapped South Africa by 6-6 wickets.

Afghanistan

Ibrahim Zadran is set to play his first international since returning in December from more than three months out with an ankle injury.

Probable XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Nangyal Kharoti, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad

South Africa

Tony de Zorzi scored 55 off 51 against Pakistan Shaheens in Karachi on Monday, but that was only his second half-century in 18 innings across all formats and levels. It may not be enough for him to keep his place in the XI.

Probable XI: Temba Bavuma (capt), Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Marco Jansen, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi

What they said:

"A lot of Pashtuns who follow our team live in Pakistan. Hopefully their support is with us. Inshallah people in Afghanistan and Afghans living in other countries will also support us. We keep that in mind and we give 100% to give them a good result. Every country's people are happy when their team wins. Afghans are the same." - Hashmatullah Shahidi feels his compatriots' love.

"We've got a proper opening game against Afghanistan, who we know are super competitive especially in these conditions. They'll bring challenges with their mystery spinners and their swing bowlers." - Temba Bavuma refuses to underestimate his opponents.

Squads:

Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Ikram Alikhil, Naveed Zadran, Nangeyalia Kharote

South Africa Squad: Ryan Rickelton(w), Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma(c), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Corbin Bosch, Rassie van der Dussen

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