Afghanistan’s goal: Defeat England in the Champions Trophy, know the equation for semis.

Delhi: Afghanistan defeated England by 8 runs in the 8th match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. After this defeat, the England team dropped out of the Champions Trophy. In this match played at Gaddafi Stadium, Afghanistan batted first and scored 325/7 runs.

177 runs innings

Abraham Jadaran batted brilliantly and scored 177 runs. England’s team could score 317 runs. This victory of Afghanistan changed the equation to make it to the semi -finals of the Champions Trophy. Now Afghanistan, Australia and South Africa are struggling for two semi -final locations in Group A.

Status of Afghanistan

Afghanistan, with its win, reached the third place in Group A and kept the semi -final expectations alive with a net run rate of 0.160. Now his next match will be from Australia at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 28 February. The victory against England has put the three teams in a thorn in Group A, and he is fully prepared for a knockout in the next match.

Afghanistan, Australia and South Africa can qualify for the semi -finals

Afghanistan will now have to defeat Australia to reach the semi -finals. At the same time, if Australia defeats Afghanistan, then it will reach the semi -finals directly. If South Africa also performs better than Australia, then he can also qualify.

However, if Australia loses their last match, they will have to wait for the result of the match between England and South Africa on 1 March. If South Africa also loses, they would like to ensure that their net run rate is better than Australia. Currently South Africa’s net run rate is +2.140, while Australia’s +0.475.

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