Delhi: The tenth match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (ICC Champions Trophy) is to be played between Australia and Afghanistan at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. On one hand, Afghanistan lost their first match against South Africa by 107 runs while the Australian team has won the match by 5 wickets against England, chasing 351, the highest score in the history of Champions Trophy. Both teams have a strong strategy.
In such a situation, it will be interesting to see how they cover themselves to compete further. Let us take a look at the pitch report for this match and the possible playing 11 of both teams.
Afghanistan’s spirits up after winning England
The performance of the Afghanistan team in the first match in the Champions Trophy has not been very impressed. But in the second match, he has created a sensation by defeating England. In this match, Afghanistan has now kept itself in the semi -final race with a thrilling win by 8 runs. Talking about the Afghan team, the team has caught the rhythm here too. Afghanistan’s team has the biggest strength of experienced players like Rashid Khan, captain Hasmatullah Shaheedi, all rounder Gulbadin Naib and batsman Rahmat Shah as a spinner.
Not only this, the spin bowling of this team is one of the best bowling units in the world, but in recent months the team has played very few ODIs, due to which their preparation has not been done as good. Apart from this, there is a lack of experience in fast bowling attack.
Strong Situation In Is Australia
Recently, the match played by Australia’s team was canceled due to rain. Earlier, this team won their first match against England by 5 wickets. From the bowler of the team, the batsmen are doing well.
Steve Smith -led Australia team will depend on players like Travis Head and Glenn Maxwell. Australia knows well to deal with the pressure of the big competition and that is why it has 6 titles in the ODI World Cup, another in the T20 World Cup and 2 titles in the Champions Trophy.
The batsmen of the team have the ability to turn the dice of the match under any circumstances, but due to the injury of the three major fast bowlers of the team, the batsmen have got additional responsibility where they once again have a chance to pressurize their pressure in the 50 -over format.
Pitch report
A total of 74 ODIs have been played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore so far where the team that batting first has been successful 37 times and the first bowling team has succeeded in 35 times. Here the average score of the first innings is considered 253 and the average score of the second innings is considered to be 218. However, ever since the stadium’s pitch is getting flat, the target of 300 is also considered safe here.
There was a highest score of 375 runs in the ODI played between Pakistan and Zimbabwe. The pitch of the Gaddafi Stadium usually provides good bounce and speed that makes it favorable for fast bowlers.
Afghanistan and Australia’s playing 11
| Afghanistan | Australia |
|---|---|
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicket keeper) | Matthew short |
| Ibrahim Jadaran | Travis Head |
| Sedikullah Atal | Steve Smith (Captain) |
| Rahmat Shah | Marnas labushen |
| Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain) | Josh english (wicket keeper) |
| Ajmatullah Umarjai | Alex Carry |
| Gulbadin Naib | Glenn Maxwell |
| Mohammad Nabi | Ben dwarshis |
| Rashid Khan | Nathan alice |
| Flawed Farooqui | Adam zampa |
| Noor Ahmed | Spencer Johnson |
Match details
| Match | Afghanistan and Australia |
| Site | Gaddafi Stadium of Lahore |
| Date and time | 28 February 2025, 2:30 |
| Live broadcast and streaming details | Star Sports, Sports 18, Jio Hotstar |
Head-to-head record
| Head-to-head record | Description |
| Match played | 4 |
| Won by Australia | 4 |
| Won by Afghanistan | 0 |
| Tie (tied) | 0 |
| No result (no result) | 0 |
| Match played for the first time | 25 August 2012 |
| Most of the most recent match | 23 June 2024 |
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