Bavuma's men kickstarted their chase for the ICC trophy gold in the most remarkable way possible, with Ryan Rickelton's century and Kagiso Rabada's three-wicket haul while defending 316 runs being the show-stealing performances that inflicted a 107-loss on Afghanistan, which will do their ne
Chasing 316 runs, Afghanistan lost wickets at regular intervals. However, Rahmat kept fighting, trying to reduce the gap of defeat to the shortest margin possible and perhaps pull off a miracle. However, SA was too good and Afghanistan succumbed to a 107-run loss.
Left-hand batter Ryan Rickleton's maiden ODI century (103) stormed the South African side to 315 runs after the end of the 50 overs at the National Stadium in Karachi against Afghanistan on Friday.
Australia's ICC Champions Trophy campaign will kickstart on Saturday at Lahore against arch-rivals England, followed by matches against South Africa (February 25) at Rawalpindi and Afghanistan (February 28) at Lahore.
South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and opted to bat first in their opening game of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against Afghanistan in Karachi on Friday.
Afghanistan will start their ICC Champions Trophy campaign against South Africa at February 21 at Karachi, followed by matches against England (February 26 at Lahore), and Australia (February 28 at Lahore)
England will kickstart their Champions Trophy campaign against arch-rivals Australia from February 22 at Lahore, with matches against Afghanistan (February 26) and South Africa (March 1) coming later.
Afghanistan will kickstart their ICC Champions Trophy campaign against South Africa at February 21 at Karachi, followed by matches against England (February 26 at Lahore), and Australia (February 28 at Lahore).
Pakistan-origin bowler Shahid Shabbir and Afghanistan-based spinner Zainullah shared their experience bowling to star batters, including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, and others, during the nets session before India's Champions Trophy clash against Bangladesh on Thursday.
The embassy issued a strongly worded statement, saying Afghan nationals in both cities have been subjected to arrests, searches and orders from the police to leave and relocate to other parts of Pakistan, as per Al Jazeera.