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The tenth match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between Australia and Afghanistan today. The match will begin at 2:30 pm at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore. Both teams have had two matches each. Australia won one and the second match was washed away in water. At the same time, Afghanistan had to win one and defeat in one.
Afghanistan and Australia will be face to face for the first time in the history of the Champions Trophy. Overall 4 ODIs were played between the two. Australia won all matches. However, the Afghan team, which descended with the tag of dark horses, cannot be taken lightly. The team defeated England in their last match and dropped it out of the tournament.
The team winning the match will qualify for the semi-finals from Group B. If the Afghanistan team loses, it will be out of the tournament, while the Kangaroo team lost, they will have to depend on the outcome of the match between South Africa and Australia.
Match details, tenth match AUS vs AFG date: 28 February Stadium: Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, Lahore Time: Toss 2:00 PM, Match Start- 2:30 PM
Maxwell scored a double century from Australia in the last clash The last time Australia and Afghanistan clashed in the 2023 ODI World Cup. In front of the target of 292 runs in this match, Afghanistan dropped 7 wickets for 92 runs of Kangaroos. Then on the basis of Glenn Maxwell’s double century, the team won by 3 wickets in 46.5 overs.
All -rounder Maxwell scored an unbeaten 201 runs on 128 balls in the match. He became the first player to score a double century while chasing runs in ODIs. In this match, Maxwell broke Pakistani batsman Fakhar Zaman’s record of 193 runs. The match was held on 7 November 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Afghan opener Ibrahim Jadaran also played an unbeaten century of 129 runs in the match.
The photo of Glenn Maxwell is on 7 November 2023, when Australia and Afghanistan were competed in the ODI World Cup.
Names of Kangaroos in ODIs All the matches of Australia and Afghanistan have been named Australia. The team won all out of 4. However, Afghanistan named the previous clash in the T20 World Cup of both.
Ibrahim Jadaran Champions Trophy, who won the Afghan team by scoring a record 177 runs against England, the second top scorer of Ibrahim tournament is the second top scorer of 2025. He has scored 194 runs in 2 matches. Ahead of him is English opener Ben Docket, who has 203 runs.
Ajmatullah Omarjai Champions Trophy is the top wicket of 2025. Omarjai bowled brilliantly against England. He took 5 wickets for 58 runs in the match.
English in magnificent form Josh English won Australia by scoring a brilliant century in the first match. English scored 120 runs, chasing the record target of 352 runs from the England team. Apart from him, the team also has batsmen like Steve Smith and Travis Head.
Ben Dwarshas has taken the most 3 wickets in the tournament for the Kangaroos in the bowling department. The team’s second match against South Africa was canceled due to rain.
Pitch report The pitch of Gaddafi Stadium is batting-friendly and that is why high scoring matches have been played here. There are 71 ODIs so far in the stadium. The first batting team won 36 matches and the first bowling team won 33 matches. At the same time, a match could not be resulted in. While a match has also been tied. The highest score here is 375/3, which Pakistan made against Zimbabwe in 2015. Gaddafi Stadium has the highest run chase 356/5, which Australia did against England in this tournament.
Weather report On Friday, Lahore also has 71% chances of rain. On this day, it will be cloudy throughout the day and the weather will also be cold. Temperature is expected to be around 11 to 19 ° C. At the same time, the air will run at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour.
Possible playing-11 Australia of both teams: Steve Smith (captain), Matthew Short, Travis Head, Marnas Labushen, Alex Carrie, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dvarshas, Nathan Elis, Spencer Johnson and Adam Jampa.
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shaheedi (Captain), Ibrahim Jadaran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sedikullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ajmatullah Omrajai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naeb, Rashid Khan, Nur Ahmed and Fazal-Haq Farooqui.